Nigorella hirticeps ( Song & Chai, 1992 )

Lin, Yejie, Xin, Yafei, Wang, Cheng & Li, Shuqiang, 2023, On ten jumping spider species described by Song and Chai (1992) based on type specimens (Araneae, Salticidae), Zootaxa 5389 (1), pp. 1-33 : 11-16

Nigorella hirticeps ( Song & Chai, 1992) ( Figs 11A–B , 12A–F )

Pharacocerus hirticeps Song & Chai, 1992: 80 , figs 7A–C (♂); Song & Li, 1997: 436, figs 46A–C (♂).

Evarcha hirticeps : Song et al., 1999: 510, figs 294K, L (♂, transferred from Pharacocerus ); Yin et al., 2012: 1364, figs 740a–d (♂, considered as the senior synonym of E. hunanensis ); Zha & Zhang, 2014: 83, figs 1–10 (♂ ♀); Peng, 2020: 132, figs 82a–d (♂).

Nigorella hirticeps : Prószyński, 2018b: 157, figs 16C, D, C1, D1, 17D, 18A, D, E (♂ ♀, transferred from Evarcha ).

Evarcha hunanensis Peng et al., 1993: 9 , figs 12–15 (♂); Song et al., 1999: 510, figs 294M, N (♂).

Nigorella hunanensis : Prószyński, 2018b: 157, figs 18B, C (♂, removed from the junior synonym of Evarcha hirticeps , transferred from Evarcha ). syn. res.

Type material of Nigorella hirticeps . Holotype ♂ ( IZCAS-Ar9264 ), China, Hubei Province, Hefeng County, 19.V.1989, examined.

Type material of Nigorella hunanensis . Holotype ♂ and paratype ♂, China, Hunan Province, Yizhang County, 20.VII.1989, Yongjin Zhang leg. ; Paratype ♂, China, Hunan Province, Lin County, 30.VI.1983, Changmin Yin leg. Type specimen deposited in Hunan Biology Research Institute, not examined .

Diagnosis. See Zha and Zhang (2014).

Redescription. Male (holotype): Measurements see Song and Chai (1992).

Coloration ( Figs 12A, B ): Carapace brown, yellow-brown medially, black rings around eyes. Clypeus brown with sparse hairs. Fovea longitudinal. Chelicerae, endites, labium and sternum brown. Legs brown, covered with sparse setae, more obvious in metatarsi and tarsi. Opisthosoma almost oval, brown with dark pattern. Spinnerets black-brown.

Male left palp ( Figs 11A, B ): Patella as long as tibia, tibia slightly longer than wide, retrolateral tibial apophysis bifurcated, each branch with almost same triangle-shaped, blunt. Cymbium flattened, covered with long setae. Tegular almost oval, with sperm duct extending along margin. Tegular lobe straight. Embolus stout, compound terminal apophysis behind embolus, connected to embolus with membrane.

Female. See Zha and Zhang (2014).

Distribution. China (Hubei, Hunan).

Comments. The type material of Nigorella hirticeps was examined, and based on the clear figures in Peng et al. (1993: figs 12–15), no difference between N. hirticeps and N. hunanensis was observed. Thus, we restore the synonymy of N. hunanensis with N. hirticeps .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Nigorella hirticeps comb. nov., holotype male. A Ventral view B Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: CTA = compound terminal apophysis, E = embolus, RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis, SD = sperm duct, T = tegulum, TL = tegular lobe.

FIGURE 12. Nigorella hirticeps comb. nov., holotype male. A Habitus, dorsal view B Same, ventral view C Chelicera D–F Original labels.