Cicurina zhazuweii, 2017

Li, Shuqiang & Wang, Xiaoxiao, 2017, New cave-dwelling spiders of the family Dictynidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Guangxi and Guizhou, China, Zoological Systematics 42 (2), pp. 125-228 : 204-207

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201711

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AB92E114-07FF-41A5-AF24-DF04F8232CA5

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E87CA-9727-FFEB-FF73-7DC86B72F86E

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scientific name

Cicurina zhazuweii
status

 

posteriorly in C. zhazuweii Li View in CoL , sp. nov.).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 2.90 ( Fig. 77E View Figure 77 ). Prosoma length 1.40, width 1.13. Cephalic region width 0.50. Prosoma pyriform. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellow, with relatively flat cephalic area. Fovea reduced. Cervical groove indistinct. Eight eyes, AME black, others white. Borders of eyes, particularly AME, encircled with black. PER slightly procurved by half PME diameter. Eye diameters: AME 0.06, ALE 0.08, PLE 0.09, PME 0.08. Eye interdistances: ALE-PLE 0.01, AME-ALE 0.01, AME-AME 0.02, PLE-PME 0.03, PME-PME 0.08. Eye region length 0.16, width 0.36. Clypeus height 0.08. Chelicerae light brown, length 1.10, width 0.50, with distinct lateral condyles, 3 (1 large, 2 small) promarginal and 6 retromarginal teeth. Labium light brown, length 0.19, width 0.24. Gnathocoxae light brown, length 0.33, width 0.25. Sternum yellow, length 0.80, width 0.75. Legs yellow. Leg formula IV-I-II-III. Leg measurements: I 4.15 (1.20, 0.45, 1.00, 0.85, 0.65); II 3.96 (1.13, 0.48, 0.90, 0.85, 0.60); III 3.71 (1.05, 0.43, 0.75, 0.85, 0.63); IV 4.51 (1.25, 0.40, 1.10, 1.13, 0.63). Opisthosoma length 1.50, width 1.20. Opisthosoma yellow, with two rows of gray, large spots. No cribellum and no calamistrum.

Pedipalpus ( Figs 73–74 View Figure 73 View Figure 74 , 76 View Figure 76 ). Cymbium length 0.61. Apex of cymbium as long as wide. Embolus originating at approximately 9-o’clock position. Sperm duct in tegulum slender and coiled. TA prolaterally recurving towards base of TA, long, slim, slightly coiled and pointed. RTA apical end pointed, simple, with a single fold and with 2 setae. Spur ear-shaped.

Female (paratype). Total length 3.50 ( Figs 77C–D View Figure 77 ). Prosoma length 1.65, width 1.25. Cephalic region width 0.70. Cephalic part flat. PER slightly procurved by one PME diameter. Eye diameters: AME 0.06, ALE 0.08, PLE 0.10, PME 0.07. Eye interdistances: ALE-PLE 0.01, AME-ALE 0.01, AME-AME 0.02, PLE-PME 0.03, PME-PME 0.08. Eye region length 0.17, width 0.46. Clypeus height 0.15. Chelicerae length 0.68, width 0.34. Chelicerae with distinct lateral condyles, 3 promarginal and 8 retromarginal teeth. Labium length 0.11, width 0.30. Gnathocoxae length 0.36, width 0.30. Sternum length 0.90, width 0.80. Leg formula IV-I-II-III. Leg measurements: I 4.78 (1.35, 0.55, 1.20, 1.00, 0.68); II 4.48 (1.25, 0.50, 1.08, 1.00, 0.65); III 4.24 (1.20, 0.50, 0.93, 0.98, 0.63); IV 5.53 (1.50, 0.55, 1.33, 1.40, 0.75). Opisthosoma length 1.90, width 1.50. Opisthosoma white. Dorsal with two rows of black, big spots .

Epigynum ( Figs 75 View Figure 75 , 77A–B View Figure 77 ). Width 0.38. Epigynum with large atrium, wide, median with several setae. Bursae enlarged, not fused. Fertilization duct medially attached to the spermathecae base.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 97 View Figure 97 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Hahniidae

Genus

Cicurina

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