Wendilgarda panjanensis Barrion

Alberto T. Barrion, Aimee Lynn A. Barrion-Dupo, Josie Lynn A. Catindig, Sylvia C. Villareal, Ducheng Cai, Qianhua Yuan & Kong Luen Heong, 2016, NEW SPECIES OF SPIDERS (ARANEAE) FROM HAINAN ISLAND, CHINA, UPLB Museum Publications in Natural History 3, pp. 1-103 : 40-41

46. Wendilgarda panjanensis Barrion , Barrion-

Dupo & Heong, new species [ Figure 46 A-H]

MALE. Total length of holotype 1.29mm. Cephalothorax length 0.63mm, 0.51mm and height 0.47mm.Abdomen 1.07mm, width 0.80mm and height 0.71mm.

male, width length Carapace. Dark reddish brown, 1.24x longer than wide, cephalic distinctly narrower than thoracic area. Sternum blackis brown, 1.18x wider than long (0.40:0.34). Labium reddish brown. Maxillae dull yellow. Chelicerae yellow brown.

Eyes. Recurved AE row as long as straight to procurved PE row. Eye diameter (mm):PLE (0.07)> AME=ALE=PME (0.06). ALE almost perpendicular to PLE.Clypeus height wide, 2.16x AME diameter.

Legs. Yellow except light brown tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi. Distal one-third of tibia IV reddish brown. Tibiae I-IV each with very long slender spine about 3x tibial diameter, retrolateral of tibia I with a similar spine 2.5x its diameter. Tibia IV with 2 dorsal and one retrolateral spines. Three relatively short Tm present on dorsobasal area of tibia IV. Femur I almost as long as patella I + tibia I. Tarsus II and III subequal. Pedipalp yellow except brownish cymbium. Leg formula 1243.

Abdomen. Globose, graywhite with double gray E-band anterodorsally and three wavy grayish bands medially and subposteriorly. Seven closelyspaced gray lines present posterodorsally.

Palpal organ with a prominently large and bulbous tegulum.Cymbium parallel-sided with subtruncate to rounded apex viewed laterally.

FEMALE. Unknown.

Material Examined. Holotype male (coll. no. S039), CHINA, Hainan Is. Panja town, Songtao Reservoir, 0 3 April 2011, ATBarrion, JLACatindig and SCVillareal. Paratype 1 male, (coll. no. Ha2011 -6), same data as for holotype but collected from Haiko, 0 9 April 2011

Diagnostic Features. Wendilgarda panjanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong new species closely resembles the general morphological features of W. liliwensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 . However, it can be differentiated from the said species in (1) distinctly reddish carapace, (2) abdominal design, (3) palpal structure particularly the large and bulbous tegulum, (4) leg spination and color pattern.

Etymology. The specific epithet is named after

the type locality.

Figures

Figure 46 A-H. Wendilgarda panjanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, new species, holotype male (A), posterior end of abdomen (B), lateral eyes [ALE & PLE] (C), tibia I (D), tibia IV (E), ventral (F) and lateral (G) views of pedipalp, and lateral view of palpal organ showing tegulum, cymbium and tibia (H).