Corusca bawangensis, Zhou, Yuanye & Li, Shuqiang, 2013

Zhou, Yuanye & Li, Shuqiang, 2013, Two New Genera of Jumping Spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Salticidae), Zootaxa 3712 (1), pp. 1-84 : 5

Corusca bawangensis sp. nov.

Figs 7–12 , 258

Type material: Holotype: male, Mt. Bawangling (19°01.952′N, 109°06.147′E, alt. 698 m), Hainan Island, China, 29 July 2007, leg. Shuqiang Li.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis. This species resembles C. falcata sp. nov. and C. sanyaensis sp. nov. in having similar male palp, but can be easily distinguished by the different tegular apophysis which is sharply pointed, and the presence of a broad embolic apophysis ( Figs 7 , 9, 11 ).

Description. Male ( Figs 7–12 ): Total length 1.9, PL 1.1, PW 0.9, OL 0.8, OW 0.75. Eye sizes: AME 0.25, ALE 0.2, PME 0.05, PLE 0.15, AER 0.9, PER 0.8, EFL 0.6. Legs: I 1.8 (0.55, 0.25, 0.45, 0.35, 0.2), II 1.55 (0.5, 0.25, 0.3, 0.3, 0.2), III 1.65 (0.5, 0.2, 0.35, 0.35, 0.25), IV 2.3 (0.75, 0.3, 0.55, 0.45, 0.25); formula: 4132.

Dorsal prosoma light brown, with dark sides, clothed brown and white setae. Clypeus height 0.1, Clypeus gray brown, covered with white setae. Fovea, cervicle and radial grooves unclear. Chelicerae small and yellow, with two promarginal teeth, retromargin with four teeth. Endites, labium and sternum yellow. Leg I with black spots. Metatarsus I with three pairs of ventral spines. Opisthosoma cylindrical, yellowish brown, with two grayish black latitudinal stripes; anterior and posterior margins covered with long brown setae; ventral opisthosoma yellow. Spinnerets light yellow, anterior spinnerets shorter and stronger than posterior ones. Palp ( Figs 7–11 ): Bulbus broad. Embolus long, ribbon-like and convoluted. Embolic apophysis whip-shaped. Tegular apophysis small and sharply pointed. Median apophysis terminates with a small hook.

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. The species is known only from the type locality ( Fig. 258 ).

Figures

FIGURE 258. Records of genus Corusca gen. nov. and genus Insula gen. nov. from Hainan, China. 1, C. acris sp. nov.; 2, C. bawangensis sp. nov.; 3, C. falcata sp. nov.; 4, C. gracilis sp. nov.; 5, C. jianfengensis sp. nov.; 6, C. liaoi (Peng & Li, 2006); 7, C. sanyaensis sp. nov.; 8, C. setifera sp. nov.; 9, C. viriosa sp. nov.; 10, C. wuzhishanensis sp. nov.; 11, I. curva sp. nov.; 12, I. hebetata sp. nov.; 13, I. limuensis sp. nov.; 14, I. longa sp. nov.; 15, I. maculata (Peng & Kim, 1997); 16, I. minuta sp. nov.; 17, I. nigricula sp. nov.; 18, I. ramosa sp. nov.; 19, I. scutata sp. nov.; 20, I. squamata sp. nov.; 21, I. tumida sp. nov.; 22, I. uncinata sp. nov.

FIGURES 7 – 8. Corusca bawangensis sp. nov., male holotype. 7, palp, ventral view; 8, palp, retrolateral view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Corusca bawangensis sp. nov., male holotype. 9, palp, prolateral view; 10, palp, retrolateral view; 11, palp, ventral view; 12, habitus, dorsal view.