Cicurina majiangensis Li, 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 : 208-210

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459577

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Cicurina majiangensis Li
status

sp. nov.

Cicurina majiangensis Li View in CoL , sp. nov. ( Figs 78–80 View Figure 78 View Figure 79 View Figure 80 , 97 View Figure 97 )

Type material. Holotype. Male, China, Guizhou, Kaili City , Majiang County, Xinshan Town , Gubin Village , cave without name, 26º30.047'N, 107º31.151'E, elev. 1065 m, 29 November 2011, H. Chen & Z. Zha leg., deposited in IZCAS. GoogleMaps

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

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to C. wusanani Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 83–84 View Figure 83 View Figure 84 , 86 View Figure 86 ), but can be distinguished by details of the TA.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 2.10. Prosoma length 1.10, width 0.92. Cephalic region width 0.50. Prosoma pyriform, cephalic part flat, covered with several setae. Thoracic part yellow, fovea reduced, prosoma margin indistinct. Eight eyes, AME black, others white, all eyes encircled with black. Eye diameters: AME 0.04, ALE 0.08, PLE 0.08, PME 0.06. Eye interdistances: ALE-PLE 0.01, AME-ALE 0.01, AME-AME 0.02, PLE-PME 0.03, PME-PME 0.05. Eye region length 0.15, width 0.30. Clypeus height 0.10. Chelicerae length 0.46, width 0.21, yellow-brown. Chelicerae with distinct lateral condyles, 3 (1 large, 2 small) promarginal and 5 retromarginal teeth. Chelicerae, labium and gnathocoxae yellow; sternum white. Labium length 0.13, width 0.18. Gnathocoxae length, width 0.23. Sternum length 0.65, width 0.60. Legs yellow. Leg formula IV-I-II-III. Leg measurements: I 3.45 (1.00, 0.35, 0.85, 0.75, 0.50); II 3.20 (0.95, 0.35, 0.75, 0.65, 0.50); III 2.73 (0.78, 0.30, 0.55, 0.65, 0.45); IV 3.63 (1.00, 0.35, 0.85, 0.88, 0.55). Opisthosoma length 0.98, width 0.85. Opisthosoma pale, without distinct pattern. No cribellum.

Pedipalpus ( Figs 78–80 View Figure 78 View Figure 79 View Figure 80 ). Cymbium length 0.63. Apex of cymbium wide. Embolus originating at approximately 6- o’clock position. Sperm duct in tegulum shaped like a short hair pin or paper clip. Apex of subtegulum with a deep notch. TA prolaterally recurving towards base of a long and slim TA. TA with a small and rough lateral apophysis. RTA apical end pointed, simple, with a single fold and 2 setae. Spur ear-shaped.

Female. Unknown.

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

IZCAS

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

TA

Timescale Adventures Research and Interpretive Center

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Hahniidae

Genus

Cicurina

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