Strandella paranglampara 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 : 12-13

Strandella paranglampara Barrion , Barrion- Dupo & Heong, new species [ Figure 12 A-G]

MALE. Holotype male, total length 1.49mm. Cephalothorax length 0.77 mm, width 0.57 mm. Abdomen length 0.71 mm, width 0.31 mm. Paratype male, total length 1.30 mm.

Carapace. Brownish yellow, 1.35x longer than wide and broadest medially. Cephalic area higher than the thoracic area. Chelicerae brownish yellow, twice longer than broad. Promargin bears three teeth. Maxillae, labium and sternum light brown. Sternum slightly longer than wide.

Eyes. In two rows of four, subequal in length. AER strongly recurved. PER moderately procurved. Eye diameter (mm.): PME=ALE (0.06)> AME (0.04)> PLE (0.035). Clypeus height wide, 2.16x PME diameter.

Legs. Yellowish brown except for light yellow coxae, basal one-third of femora III and IV, all metatarsi and tarsi. Femora I and II slightly swollen towards base. Tibia I as long as metatarsus IV. Tibia IV and femur II subequal in length. Leg formula 1423.

Pedipalp 0.29 0.09 0.14 - 0.31 0.83 Abdomen. Black, oblong, 2.29x longer than

wide and distinctly narrower than cephalothorax.

Palpal organ reddish brown and slightly longer than femur I. Tibia and paracymbium form four fingers in normal repose (dorsal view). Tibia with five arms (teeth), two located ventrally and three retrolaterally. Paracymbium long, J-shaped forming a whitish lamp-like bulb apically. Cymbium blunt apically and protruded laterally towards apex of paracymbium.

FEMALE. Unknown.

Material Examined. Holotype male (coll. no. SO44a) and paratype male (coll. no. SO44b), CHI- NA, Hainan Island, Panja Town, Songtao Reservoir, 3 April 2011, ATBarrion, JLACatindig and SCVillareal.

Diagnostic Features. This new species runs close to Strandella quadrimaculata (Uyemura, 1937) but differs from the latter in (1) the unique shape of the paracymbium, conductor and embolus, (2) body length, and (3) leg spination and measurements.

Etymology: Derived from the bulb-like shape of the paracymbium in Tagalog (parang=like + lampara=bulb).