Afraflacilla ballarini Cao & Li

Cao, Qi, Li, Shuqiang & Żabka, Marek, 2016, The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 630, pp. 43-104 : 45

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Salticidae

Afraflacilla ballarini Cao & Li sp. n. Figs 1, 2, 43

Type.

Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, rubber plantation (21°54.684'N, 101°16.319'E, 585 m), 7 March 2006, G. Zheng leg.

Etymology.

The new species is named after Francesco Ballarin (IZCAS) for his study on the spiders of Asia; noun (name) in genitive case.

Diagnosis.

The male resembles Afraflacilla grayorum Żabka, 1993 ( Żabka 1993: figs 7 A–D, 8 A–C) by having similar embolus (Fig. 1 C–D) and body shape (Fig. 2), but differs in the shape of the tegulum (Fig. 1D) and embolus set at nine o’clock vs. six o’clock in Afraflacilla grayorum . Also, the course of the seminal duct and tegular protrusion are in different positions (six o’clock vs. four o’clock in Afraflacilla grayorum ). The tibial apophysis lacks a dorsolateral protrusion (vs. this character in Afraflacilla grayorum ) (Fig. 1B).

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length 3.85, CL 1.85, CW 1.20, AL 2.00, AW 1.40. Eye measurements: AME 0.32 ALE 0.18 PME 0.08 PLE 0.15; AER 1.00, PER 1.00, EFL 0.85. Clypeus 0.12 high. Legs: I 3.58 (1.05, 0.70, 0.85, 0.60, 0.38); II 2.31 (0.78, 0.33, 0.50, 0.40, 0.30); III 2.60 (0.80, 0.35, 0.55, 0.50, 0.40); IV 3.34 (1.00, 0.50, 0.75, 0.64, 0.45).

Carapace brown with grey and white hairs (Fig. 2A). Sides and clypeus with white marginal band. Ocular area dark brown. Chelicerae and labium brown. Maxillae brown with white tips. Sternum greyish brown. Abdomen oval, brownish, anterior and sides with white hairs. Venter and spinnerets dark brown. Leg I more robust and darker than the other legs, which are yellowish. Spination of leg I: femur d2-1-1; tibia p0-1-0, metatarsus v2-0-2. Palpal tibia short, about 1/3 length of cymbium. Cymbial tip about 1.5 times as long as tibia. RTA pointed, subequal to the length of the tibia (Fig. 1B). Bulb oval, with blunt outgrowth and posterior protrusion (Fig. 1D). Seminal duct with loops. Embolus elongate, starting at nine o’clock and coiled more than once around the bulb (Fig. 1C).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality.