Paraharmochirus tualapaensis, Zhang & Maddison, 2012

Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae) 3491, Zootaxa 3491, pp. 1-74 : 36-39

Paraharmochirus tualapaensis sp. nov.

Figs 170–182

Type material. Holotype: male, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Southern Highlands Province: Tualapa, near Wanakipa , 5.283° S, 142.498° E, elev. 1100 m a.s.l., 13–22 July 2008, forest edge, coll. W. Maddison & Luc Fimo Tuki, WPM#08-010 ( UBC-SEM AR00091 ) . Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype ( UBC-SEM AR00092 ) ; 1 female, same data as holotype ; 2 female and 1 male in three vials, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Southern Highlands Province: Putuwé , junction of Lagaip & Uruwabwa Rivers, 5.231° S, 142.532° E, elev. 570 m a.s.l., 23–26 July 2008, coll. W. Maddison & Luc Fimo Tuki, WPM#08-019 .

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the type locality.

Diagnosis. Resembles P. monstrosus Szombathy, 1915 in general body form and color pattern, but differs in the presence of two promarginal teeth on the male chelicera (no promarginal tooth in P. monstrosus ), and the embolus of the male palp coiling no more than one circle ( Fig. 178; 1.5 circles in P. monstrosus ). Epigynum has a large window with a median septum ( Fig. 181), and the spermathecae are round and relatively small ( Fig. 182).

Description. Male (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00091). Carapace length 1.8; abdomen length 1.9. Carapace with many small punctures, and widest at PLEs. Chelicera: yellow brown; with two promarginal teeth and one bicuspid retromarginal tooth. Palp ( Figs 178–179): light yellow brown. Embolus long and wide, coiled clockwise (left palp ventral view); embolic disc at prolateral side of palpal bulb; retrolateral sperm duct loop at distal end of tegulum; tegular lobe absent. Retrolateral tibial apophysis robust and pointed at tip. First pair of legs long and robust; with fringe on ventral tibia; tibia with seven proventral and six retroventral macrosetae; metatarsus with three pairs of ventral macrosetae. Measurements of legs: I 4.8, II 2.8, III 2.8, IV 3.5. Color in alcohol ( Fig. 176): carapace orange, with some white setae; dorsal abdomen constricted at 1/3 from anterior end, with white markings within the constriction; abdomen light brown anterior to the constriction and dark brown posterior to the constriction; first pair of legs light orange, other legs light yellow to gray brown. Some specimens darker in color.

Female (paratype, UBC-SEM AR00092). Carapace length 1.5 (variation 1.5–1.8, n=4); abdomen length 1.9. Chelicera ( Fig. 180): with two promarginal teeth and one bicuspid retromarginal tooth. Tibia of first leg with six pairs of ventral macrosetae; metatarsus with three pairs. Measurements of legs: I 2.7, II 2.0, III 2.1, IV 2.6. Epigynum ( Figs 181–182): window relatively big. Copulatory duct long and sac-like, without accessory gland; spermatheca small and spherical. Color in alcohol ( Fig. 177): similar to that of male.

Natural history. Specimens were collected from tree trunks at forest edge.