Cicurina yuelushanensis, Wang & Zhou & Peng, 2019

Wang, Lu-Yu, Zhou, Gu-Chun & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2019, Four new species of the spider genus Cicurina Menge, 1871 from China (Araneae: Dictynidae), Zootaxa 4615 (2), pp. 351-364 : 356-358

Cicurina yuelushanensis spec. nov.

Figures 7 A–D, 8A–G, 12

Type material. Holotype male, China, Hunan Prov., Changsha City, Mt. Yuelu , 28°10′52″ N, 112°55′58″ E, elev. 234 m, 19 November 2017, L.Y. Wang leg. Paratypes (20 males and 55 females): 1 male, 8 females, Mt. Yuelu , same location as holotype, 9 February 2017, G.C. Zhou leg. ; 2 males, 5 females, Mt. Yuelu , 28°11′05″ N, 112°55′51″ E, elev. 289 m, 15 February 2017, G.C. Zhou leg. ; 1 male, 2 females, Mt. Yuelu , 28°10′50″ N, 112°56′17″ E, elev. 142 m, 16 February 2017, G.C. Zhou leg. ; 1 male, Mt. Yuelu , 28°10′59″ N, 112°56′13″ E, elev. 163 m, 1 March 2017, G.C. Zhou leg. ; 4 females, Mt. Yuelu , same location as holotype, 26 March 2017, G.C. Zhou leg. ; 8 females, Mt. Yuelu , 28°10′50″ N, 112°56′19″ E, elev. 115 m, 24 April 2017, G.C. Zhou leg. ; 15 males, 28 females, Mt. Yuelu , same location as holotype, 8 December 2016, G.C. Zhou leg.

Male pedipalp ( Figs 7 A–B, 8C–E). RTA strong, with a single fold and rounded end. Embolus originating at approximately 6-o’clock position. Embolus slender and filiform, its anterior part resting in the long groove of conductor. Conductor strong and with a knife-like end.

Females total length 3.61–4.48. The female ( Fig. 8B ) of total length 3.63: Prosoma 1.57 long, 1.21 wide; opisthosoma 2.04 long, 1.77 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.02, ALE 0.08, PME 0.08, PLE 0.09; AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.08, PME–PLE 0.04, ALE–PLE 0.05. MOA 0.21 long, anterior width 0.08, posterior width 0.24. Clypeus height 0.11. Leg measurements: I 4.41 (1.24, 1.56, 0.93, 0.68); II 3.95 (1.16, 1.33, 0.90, 0.56); III 3.56 (1.01, 1.20, 0.86, 0.49); IV 4.63 (1.28, 1.55, 1.16, 0.64).

Epigyne ( Figs 7 C–D, 8F–G). Atrium wide and archway-like. Copulatory openings located on the shoulders of atrium. Copulatory ducts long and folded. Spermathecae large and ball-shaped. Fertilization ducts hook-like.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Hunan, China ( Fig. 12 ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cicurina yuelushanensis spec. nov., holotype male (A–B) and paratype female (C–D). A Left male pedipalp, ventral view. B Same, retrolateral view. C Epigyne, ventral view. D Vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: At—atrium, CD—copulatory duct, CO—copulatory opening, Co—conductor, Em—embolus, FD—fertilization duct, RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis, Sp—spermathecae.

FIGURE 8. Cicurina yuelushanensis spec. nov., holotype male (A, C–E) and paratype female (B, F–G). A Male habitus, dorsal view. B Female habitus, dorsal view. C Left male pedipalp, prolateral view. D Same, ventral view. E Same, retrolateral view. F Epigyne, ventral view. G Vulva, dorsal view.

FIGURE 12. Distribution records of six Cicurina species in China. Circles with dots are locations of cities.