Parabathippus kiabau, Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012

Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from Southeast Asia and Africa (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae), Zootaxa 3581, pp. 53-80 : 67

Parabathippus kiabau sp. nov.

Figs 61–65

Type material. Holotype: male, MALAYSIA: Sabah: Village of Kiabau , Central Sabah, 5.832° N, 117.225° E, coll. K. Ober, 23 November 2000, #00.437 (UBC-SEM AR00183).

Etymology. A noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Could be recognized from other Parabathippus species by the male cheliceral dentition ( Figs 64–65 ), the thin embolus, the wide embolic spiral and the large embolic disc of the male palp ( Figs 62–63 ).

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00183). Carapace length 2.2; abdomen length 2.1. Chelicera ( Figs 64–65 ): slightly elongate; promargin and retromargin each with three teeth. Palp ( Figs 62–63 ): yellow brown. Embolic disc large and round; embolus coiled for one and a half circle; retrolateral tibial apophysis long and fingerlike. First tibia with seven ventral macrosetae (3–4 aligned); first metatarsus with five ventral macrosetae (3–2 aligned). Measurements of legs: I 5.3, II 4.3, III 6.0, IV 4.7. Color in alcohol ( Fig. 61 ): carapace dark red brown, with a tri-forked orange marking behind posterior lateral eyes; abdomen gray brown with yellowish irregular markings; first two pairs of legs red brown, last two pairs light orange with brownish annuli.

Female. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 61 – 65. Parabathippus kiabau sp. nov. 61 male holotype, dorsal view; 62 male left palp, ventral view; 63 male left palp, retrolateral view; 64 male left chelicera, prolateral view; 65 male left chelicera, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 61, 1.0 mm; 62 – 65, 0.2 mm.