Parvattus zhui, 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 : 70-71

Parvattus zhui sp. nov.

Figs 75–80

Type material. Holotype: male, CHINA: GUANGXI: Ningming County, about 3km north west of Aidian Village, 21.833° N, 107.017° E, elev. 406–538 m, 19 May 2006, coll. J. Zhang, W. G. Lian & H. Q. Ma, JXZ06#010 (UBC- SEM AR00186).

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Prof. Mingsheng Zhu, who made great contributions in studies of Chinese spider fauna, and tragically died of lung cancer in 2010. Prof. Zhu organized and executed the expedition to Guangxi Province, China in 2006, during which this species was first found.

Diagnosis. See diagnosis of the genus.

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00186). Carapace length 1.3; abdomen length 1.0. Chelicera ( Fig. 78 ): dark brown. Palp ( Figs 79–80 ): proximal tegular lobe and ventral tibial bump present; embolus short and wide and slightly coiled; retrolateral sperm duct loop occupying about three quarters of bulb width; retrolateral tibial apophysis finger-like ( Figs 79–80 ). First tibia with three pairs of ventral macrosetae; first metatarsus with two pairs of ventral macrosetae. Measurements of legs: I 2.3, II 1.9, III 2.4, IV 2.4. Color in alcohol ( Fig. 75 ): carapace red brown, scattered with light colored scales, eye area dark brown; abdomen also red brown, with yellowish brown symmetrical markings; legs light yellow with gray brown wide annuli.

Female. Unknown.

Natural history. Specimens were found in leaf litter at the edge of forest.

Figures

FIGURES 75 – 80. Parvattus zhui sp. nov. 75 male holotype, dorsal view; 76 male carapace, dorsal view; 77 male carapace, lateral view; 78 male endites, labium and chelicerae, ventral view; 79 male left palp, ventral view; 80 male left palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 75, 0.5 mm; 76 – 78, 0.2 mm; 79 – 80, 0.1 mm.