Thiania latibola, 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 : 72-73

Thiania latibola sp. nov.

Figs 81–84 , 107

Type material. Holotype: male, MALAYSIA: PAHANG: Cameron Highlands, Arcadia, Trail 3, 4.482° N, 101.388° E, elev. 1550 m, 21–23 May 2005, coll. W. Maddison, D. Li, I. Agnarsson & J. Zhang, WPM#05–033 (UBC-SEM AR00187).

Etymology. The specific epithet is from the combination of lati (wide) and bola (derived from embolus), referring to the wide embolus of the male palp.

Diagnosis. Similar to Thiania bhamoensis Thorell (see Prószyński 1984; Żabka 1985), but differs in the absence of iridescent scales on the dorsal abdomen ( Figs 81 , 107 ) and the axe-like embolus ( Figs 82–83 ). The species can also be distinguished from Nicylla sundevalli Thorell (see Prószyński 1968) by the pointed retromarginal tooth on the male chelicera ( Fig. 84 ) and the shape of the embolus of the male palp ( Figs 82–83 ).

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00187). Carapace length 2.8; abdomen length 3.2. Chelicera ( Fig. 84 ): red brown; promargin with one bicuspid tooth, retromargin with one tooth. Palp ( Figs 82–83 ): brownish. Palpal bulb wide with an obvious proximal tegular lobe; embolic disc large; embolus short and wide; retrolateral tibial apophysis long and finger-like. First tibia with four pairs of ventral macrosetae; first metatarsus with three pairs of ventral macrosetae. Measurements of legs: I 7.2, II 5.3, III 5.3, IV 5.2. Color in alcohol ( Fig. 81 ): carapace brown, covered with white setae, eye area dark; abdomen brown, with three light yellow bands at posterior part; legs light yellow to brown.

Female. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 81 – 84. Thiania latibola sp. nov. 81 male holotype, dorsal view; 82 male left palp, ventral view; 83 male left palp, retrolateral view; 84 male left chelicera, back view. Scale bars: 81, 2.0 mm; 82 – 84, 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 102 – 107. Living spider photos. 102 – 103 Emathis gombak sp. nov.: 102 male; 103 female. 104 – 105 Laufeia concava sp. nov.: 104 male; 105 female. 106 male of Colyttus robustus sp. nov .. 107 male of Thiania latibola sp. nov .. Figures 102 – 107 are copyright © 2012 W. P. Maddison, released under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC – BY) 3.0 license.