Speocera cattien Li & Li, 2019

Tong, Yanfeng, Li, Fengyuan, Song, Yang, Chen, Haifeng & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Thirty-two new species of the genus Speocera Berland, 1914 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from China, Madagascar and Southeast Asia, Zoological Systematics 44 (1), pp. 1-75 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201901
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:044F94BB-26D6-486A-95B6-F137F5C9AACB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459943
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scientific name	Speocera cattien Li & Li
status	sp. nov.

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Speocera cattien Li & Li View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 16–17 View Figure 16 View Figure 17 , 56A View Figure 56 )

Material examined. Holotype ♂ ( IZCAS), Vietnam, Dong Nai Province, Cat Tien National Park, Natural Forest (11º27.005′N, 107º21.863′E), elev. 173 m, 5.IX.2015, leg. Q. Zhao, Y. Li & Z. Chen. Paratype 1♀ ( IZCAS), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

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

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. xuanson Li & Li sp. nov., but males can be distinguished by the unmodified chelicerae ( Fig. 56A View Figure 56 ), the incrassate palpal tibia and cymbium ( Figs 16A–B View Figure 16 ) and the sickle-shaped embolus ( Fig. 16D View Figure 16 ), and females by the short afferent spermathecae and the large oval spermathecae ( Fig. 17A View Figure 17 ). S. xuanson males have the chelicerae laterally excavated, with a small horn-like apophysis ( Figs 57I–J View Figure 57 ), the palpal tibia and cymbium not incrassate ( Figs 51A– B View Figure 51 ), and a nearly straight embolus ( Fig. 51D View Figure 51 ), and females have very small spermathecae with long, curved afferent spermathecae ( Fig. 52A View Figure 52 ).

Description. Male. Total length 1.01; carapace length 0.46; carapace width 0.43; abdomen length 0.63; abdomen width 0.38. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; light yellow, suffused with purplish pattern ( Fig. 17C View Figure 17 ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum light yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide. Endites light yellow, suffused with purplish tinge; with serrula; labium light yellow, suffused with purplish tinge. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two small denticles ( Fig. 56A View Figure 56 ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes surrounded by black pigmentation, ALE, PME nearly subequal, PLE largest ( Fig. 17C View Figure 17 ). Opisthosoma oval; purplish. Legs light yellow; leg formula 4123; leg lengths I 2.20 (0.63, 0.16, 0.64, 0.48, 0.29); II 1.99 (0.58, 0.16, 0.55, 0.42, 0.28); III 1.74 (0.49, 0.14, 0.46, 0.39, 0.27); IV 2.45 (0.67, 0.17, 0.70, 0.54, 0.36). Genitalia ( Fig. 16 View Figure 16 ). Palpal femur long; palpal tibia and cymbium incrassate, tibia about 1.2 times as long as cymbium ( Figs 16A–B View Figure 16 ). Cymbium conical, without prolateral extension. Bulb spherical. Embolus long, sickle-shaped, dark and basally with a short associated sclerite; sperm duct initially wide, gradually narrowing distally ( Fig. 16D View Figure 16 ).

Female. Total length 1.10; carapace length 0.51; carapace width 0.44; abdomen length 0.58; abdomen width 0.52. Similar to male in color and general features ( Figs 17D–E View Figure 17 ) but larger. Leg lengths I 2.08 (0.59, 0.18, 0.59, 0.44, 0.28); II 1.81 (0.50, 0.14, 0.51, 0.39, 0.27); III 1.60 (0.45, 0.13, 0.41, 0.37, 0.25); IV 2.18 (0.63, 0.15, 0.60, 0.51, 0.30). Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae short, curved, not extending past the sides of the abdomen; tip of the afferent spermathecae question mark shaped ( Fig. 17B View Figure 17 ); spermathecae large, oval ( Fig. 17A View Figure 17 ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.