Otacilia guposhan, Mu, Yannan & Zhang, Feng, 2023

Mu, Yannan & Zhang, Feng, 2023, Further additions to the guardstone spider fauna from China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae), Zootaxa 5338 (1), pp. 1-104 : 31-34

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CAA37212-3008-43F4-98DE-94D7A3FFD3B6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8283837

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/364E87DE-866D-FFA8-5AA6-FE8ADB222443

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Plazi

scientific name

Otacilia guposhan
status

sp. nov.

Otacilia guposhan View in CoL sp. nov. (ÊḆƜŴṚff)

Figs 22–24 View FIGURE 22 View FIGURE 23 View FIGURE 24

Type material. Holotype ♁, CHINA: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Hezhou City, Pinggui district , Guposhan scenic spot (24°37′47.49″N, 111°31′46.89″E, 830 m a.s.l.), 11 May 2021, leg. Yannan Mu. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 3 ♀, with same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. This new species resembles O. celata ( Fu, Chen & Zhang, 2016) in having a strong retrolateral tibial apophysis and dorsal tibial apophysis, but can be recognized by: 1) the upward bending embolus (vs not bending, cf. Fig. 23C View FIGURE 23 and figs 1D, 2B in Fu et al. [2016]), 2) curved, beak-shaped retrolateral tibial apophysis and dorsal tibial apophysis (vs not curved, cf. Fig. 23B View FIGURE 23 and figs 1E, 2C in Fu et al. [2016]), 3) triangular tegular apophysis (vs semicircular, cf. Fig. 23C View FIGURE 23 and figs 1D, 2B in Fu et al. [2016]), 4) crack-shaped copulatory openings (vs round, cf. Fig. 23E View FIGURE 23 and fig. 2D in Fu et al. [2016]), and 5) the longer connecting tubes (vs short, cf Fig. 23F View FIGURE 23 and figs 1G, 2E in Fu et al. [2016]).

Description. Male (Holotype): total length 2.13, carapace 1.05 long, 0.92 wide; abdomen 1.08 long, 0.73 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.07, PME 0.06, PLE 0.07; AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–ALE 0.15, PME–PME 0.07, PME–PLE 0.04, PLE–PLE 0.27, ALE–PLE 0.05. EAW 0.37, CRW 0.52, EAW/CRW 0.71, CRW/CW 0.57. MOA 0.17 long, anterior width 0.14, posterior width 0.20. CH 0.11, CH /AME 2.20. Labium 0.13 long, 0.17 wide. Sternum 0.66 long, 0.62 wide. Leg measurements: Ⅰ 3.65 (1.00, 0.34, 1.00, 0.90, 0.41), II 3.18 (0.87, 0.37, 0.77, 0.75, 0.42), III 2.83 (0.76, 0.34, 0.62, 0.70, 0.41), IV 3.88 (0.99, 0.34, 0.87, 1.14, 0.54). Spination: femur I d 1 pl 3, femur II d 1 pl 1, femur IV d 1, tibia Ⅰ pv 6 rv 7, tibia II pv 6 rv 6, metatarsus Ⅰ pv 4 rv 4, metatarsus II pv 4 rv 3.

Coloration. Carapace yellow, with several shapes resembling flowing water droplets beside fovea. Abdomen off-white, with small narrow dorsal scutum; dorsum with pair of black triangular patterns and four chevron stripes posteriorly ( Fig. 22A, B View FIGURE 22 ).

Palp as in Figs 23A–D View FIGURE 23 , 24A–C View FIGURE 24 . Femoral apophysis well developed, round, near tip of femur. Retrolateral tibial apophysis strong, slightly curved, digital tip curved towards tegulum; dorsal tibial apophysis smaller than retrolateral tibial apophysis, with broad base and thin, beak-shaped tip towards cymbium. Tegulum wider than cymbium, pyriform-shaped; tegular apophysis triangular, located at retrolateral tip of tegulum. Sperm duct distinct, U-shaped, tapering from retrolateral of tegulum to embolus. Embolus short, base wide, tip spine-shaped and upwards. Conductor absent.

Female (Paratype): total length 2.22, carapace 1.03 long, 0.88 wide; abdomen 1.19 lo0ng, 0.86 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.07, PME 0.05, PLE 0.07; AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–ALE 0.14, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.04, PLE–PLE 0.25, ALE–PLE 0.05. EAW 0.35, CRW 0.50, EAW/CRW 0.70, CRW/CW 0.57. MOA 0.15 long, anterior width 0.13, posterior width 0.18. CH 0.08, CH /AME 1.60. Labium 0.11 long, 0.16 wide. Sternum 0.66 long, 0.58 wide. Leg measurements: Ⅰ 3.45 (0.91, 0.37, 0.94, 0.86, 0.37), II 2.95 (0.79, 0.40, 0.68, 0.70, 0.38), III 2.59 (0.67, 0.33, 0.50, 0.67, 0.42), IV 3.72 (0.99, 0.34, 0.82, 1.03, 0.54). Spination: femur I d 1 pl 3, femur II d 1 pl 1, femur IV d 1, tibia Ⅰ pv 6 rv 7, tibia II pv 6 rv 5, metatarsus Ⅰ pv 4 rv 4, metatarsus II pv 4 rv 3. Other characters as for male, except dorsal scutum absent, color darker and body slightly larger ( Fig. 22C, D View FIGURE 22 ).

Epigyne as in Figs 23E–F View FIGURE 23 , 24D–E View FIGURE 24 . Epigynal plate weakly sclerotized, posterior edge W-shaped. Median septum absent. Copulatory openings transverse, crack-shaped, located at middle of plate. Copulatory ducts short and thick, curved and connected with large bursa. Connecting tubes long and curved. Spermathecae globular, close to each other. Fertilization ducts located at posterior margin of spermathecae.

Distribution. China (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Phrurolithidae

Genus

Otacilia

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