Stenaelurillus fuscus Cao & Li

Cao, Qi, Li, Shuqiang & Żabka, Marek, 2016, The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 630, pp. 43-104 : 69

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Salticidae

Stenaelurillus fuscus Cao & Li sp. n. Figs 40, 41, 42, 43

Type.

Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Rubber-Tea plantation (21°55.551'N, 101°16.923'E, 561 m), 11 December 2006, G. Zheng leg.

Etymology.

From Latin fuscus (dark), in reference to the dark carapace; adjective.

Diagnosis.

Similar to Stenaelurillus minutus Song & Chai, 1991 (see Wesołowska 2014: fig. 4 A–D), but embolus straight (Fig. 40C) vs. bent; sclerotized apophysis (the longer one) located anteriorly to embolus (Fig. 40C) vs. posteriorly; RTA almost triangular (Fig. 40B) vs. broad with thin, long, pointed apex in Stenaelurillus minutus .

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length 5.30, CL 2.80, CW 2.35, AL 2.50, AW 1.60. Eye measurements: AME 0.48, ALE 0.30, PME 0.06, PLE 0.29, AER 1.75, PER 1.60, EFL 1.30. Clypeus height 0.31 high. Legs: I 4.50 (1.50, 0.75, 1.00, 0.75, 0.50); II 6.85 (1.50, 0.65, 0.95, 0.70, 0.50); III 5.35 (1.80, 0.70, 1.15, 1.15, 0.55); IV 5.85 (2.00, 0.75, 1.25, 1.25, 0.60).

Carapace dark, moderately high and slightly broadened posteriorly (Fig. 42A). Lateral carapace margins with long, dense brush-like setae. Chelicerae dark brown. Maxillae and labium brown, tips light with greyish hairs. Sternum dark, oval. Abdomen shield-shaped, anterior edge with long dense bristles. Venter and spinnerets dark grey. Legs dark with dense hairs and numerous spines. Palpal tibia white and short, about 1/3 the length of the cymbium. Tibia with ventral, digitiform, obtuse apophysis and triangular RTA (Fig. 40B). Seminal duct encircling retrolateral part of tegulum. Tegulum oval, with long and triangular posterior lobe.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality.