Tropizodium murphyorum, Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Jocqué, Rudy & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2012

Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Jocqué, Rudy & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2012, Two new species of the spider genus Tropizodium Jocqué & Churchill, 2005 with notes on the femoral organ clade from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Zodariidae, Zodariinae), Zootaxa 3327, pp. 62-68 : 66-67

Tropizodium murphyorum sp. nov.

Figs 7, 9 , 12

Type material. Holotype, ♀: INDONESIA, Bali: near Giumanuk coast, leaf litter sifting, 21 November 1997, leg. J. Murphy ( RBINS, MC 23186 ).

Diagnosis. Tropizodium murphyorum sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from its congeners by the reniform, anterior epigynal chamber on the epigyne ( Figs 7 , 12 ) and by the distinctly enlarged anterior glandular pore on the spermathecae ( Figs 9 , 12 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym dedicated to Frances and John Murphy who collected the type specimen.

Description. Female (holotype): Total length 2.08; prosoma 1.10 long, 0.82 wide. Leg measurements: leg I 3.36 (0.88, 0.38, 0.74, 0.80, 0.56); leg II 3.00 (0.76, 0.36, 0.54, 0.84, 0.50); leg III 2.98 (0.80, 0.36, 0.52, 0.76, 0.54); leg IV 4.54 (1.18, 0.42, 1.00, 1.30, 0.64). Eyes: ALE 0.12; other eyes 0.06.

Coloration and pattern. Carapace yellow, with black ocular region and faint brownish markings on clypeus and posterior margin of pars cephalica; legs pale yellow. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark brown; venter and lateral sides pale yellow.

Genitalia ( Figs 7, 9 , 12 ). Epigynal region weakly sclerotized, with transverse depression situated anteriorly; copulatory orifices opening on lateral margin of depression. Spermathecae subspherical; surface provided with numerous glandular pores, one distinctly large pore situated anteriorly. Fertilization ducts lanceolate, relatively short.

Male. Unknown.

Natural history. The holotype of T. murphyorum sp. nov. was collected by sifting leaf litter and decomposing organic material in the coastal area.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 9. 3 – 6, 8, Tropizodium siam. nov. 3 – 5, Holotype, male. 6, 8, Paratype, female. 7, 9, Tropizodium murphyorum sp. nov., holotype, female. 3, Male palp, ventral. 4, Retrolateral. 5, MA, prolateral. 6 – 7, Epigyne, ventral. 8 – 9, Right spermatheca, dorsal. Scale lines: 3 – 5, 8 – 9 = 0.1 mm; 6 – 7 = 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 10 – 12. 10 – 11, Tropizodium siam. nov., paratype, female. 12, Tropizodium murphyorum sp. nov., holotype, female. 10, Epigyne, ventral. 11 – 12, Internal genitalia, dorsal. Scale lines: 10 = 0.1 mm; 11 – 12. = 0.2 mm.