Teutamus deelemanae, Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Tavano, Maria & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2012

Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Tavano, Maria & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2012, Seventeen new species of the spider genus Teutamus Thorell, 1890 from Southeast Asia (Araneae: Liocranidae), Journal of Natural History 46, pp. 1689-1730 : 1725-1726

Teutamus deelemanae sp. nov.

( Figure 16 C,D)

Diagnosis

The female of T. deelemanae sp. nov. can be recognized by the elliptic spermathecae and the partially hidden glandular pore situated underneath the insemination ducts ( Figure 16 D).

Type material

Holotype. ♀, Malaysia: Johor State: Mt Ophir, Puteri Waterfall , 80–130 m, rainforest near stream , 21 May 2004, leg. P.J. Schwendinger ( MHNG, MAL-04 / 03) .

Etymology

The specific epithet is an eponymous patronym (genitive form of a noun), dedicated to Dr Christa Deeleman-Reinhold, a prolific expert on Southeast Asian spider fauna.

Description

Female (holotype). Total length 5.12; prosoma 2.46 long, 1.68 wide; opisthosoma 2.66 long, 1.32 wide. Leg formula: 1423; I 11.26 (2.54, 1.02, 3.54, 2.46, 1.70); II 8.98 (2.06, 1.00, 2.76, 1.94, 1.22); III 7.62 (1.72, 1.00, 2.16, 1.68, 1.06); IV 10.70 (2.58, 1.02, 3.00, 2.64, 1.46). Spination: Leg I: Femora p1-1-1; tibiae p8 r8; metatarsi p6 r6. Leg II: Tibiae p7 r7; metatarsi p4 r5. Carapace reddish brown; submarginal lobes triangular, their apices bluntly pointed. Sternum brown. Legs hairless, uniform in colour, yellowish brown. Opisthosoma elongate-ovoid. Dorsum pale.

Genitalia ( Figure 16 C,D): Epigyne with circular copulatory orifices situated anteriorly. Insemination ducts elongated, curving posteriorly then forming two tortuous loops, connected to apical portion of spermathecae. Spermathecae more or less elliptic, provided with apical glandular pore on dorsal surface, partially hidden by insemination ducts. Fertilization ducts lanceolated.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in Malaysia ( Figure 18).

Figures

Figure 16. Teutamus leptothecus sp. nov., female holotype (A, B). Teutamus deelemanae sp. nov., female holotype (C, D). (A, C) Epigastric region, ventral; (B, D) internal genitalia, dorsal. Scale bars 0. 2 5 mm.