Gyro zeppeli Lin & Li, 2024

Lin, Yejie, Li, Shuqiang, Mo, Haolin & Wang, Xihao, 2024, Thirty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam, Zoological Systematics 49 (1), pp. 4-98 : 78-80

Gyro zeppeli Lin & Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 67 , 72F )

Etymology. The specific name is an arbitrary combination of letters; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. Same as for the genus.

Description. Female (holotype). Total length 0.64, carapace 0.25 long, 0.22 wide, opisthosoma 0.58 long, 0.39 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.03, ALE 0.03, PME 0.03, PLE 0.03, AME–AME 0.01, AME–ALE 0, PME–PME 0.03, PME–PLE 0, AME–PME 0.02, ALE–PLE 0. Female palp 1 claw, with 5 long denticles. Leg measurements: I 0.45 (0.14, 0.14, 0.06, 0.11), II 0.34 (0.10, 0.11, 0.04, 0.09), III 0.38 (0.10, 0.12, 0.06, 0.10), IV 0.47 (0.14, 0.16, 0.06, 0.11).

Coloration ( Fig. 72F ). Carapace yellowish brown. Cervical and radial furrows inconspicuous. Chelicerae brown. Endites and labium yellowish brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Legs stout, brown with black setae. Opisthosoma oval, gray, covered with sparse black setae, venter with 2 pairs of muscle sigillae.

Genitalia. ( Fig. 67 ). Epigynal plate oval, with triangular hood anteriorly. Copulatory openings situated medially. Copulatory ducts short. Secondary spermathecae located anteriorly, oval. Primary spermathecae membranous, as wide as secondary spermathecae, secondary spermathecae sclerotized. Fertilization duct small, directed at 12:00-o’clock-position from secondary spermatheca.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ♀ (IZCAS-Ar44886), China: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna , Mengla Co., Menglun Township , XTBG, Leprosy Vil. (21.8932°N, 101.2883°E, elev. ca 550 m), 20.IX.2017, Yanfeng Tong leg.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Figures

Figure 67. Gyro zeppeli Lin & Li, sp. nov., holotype female. A. Epigyne, ventral view; B. Vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CD— copulatory duct; CO—copulatory opening; FD—fertilization duct; H—hood; PS—primary spermatheca; SS—secondary spermatheca. Scale bars=0.05mm.

Figure 72. Theridiidae spp., dorsal view, holotype (A, B, D, F) and paratype (C, E), habitus.A. Chrosiothes pengqi Lin & Li, sp. nov., female; B, C. Coscinida hantao Lin & Li, sp. nov., male and female; D, E. Gushangzao shiqian Lin & Li, sp. nov., male and female; F. Gyro zeppeli Lin & Li, sp. nov., female. Scale bars: A–E =0.3 mm; F=0.2mm.