Phintella sancha Cao & Li

Cao, Qi, Li, Shuqiang & Żabka, Marek, 2016, The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 630, pp. 43-104 : 65-66

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Salticidae

Phintella sancha Cao & Li sp. n. Figs 34, 35, 43

Type.

Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, rubber plantation (21°54.684'N, 101°16.319'E, 585 m), 8 April 2007, G. Zheng leg.

Etymology.

From Chinese Pinyin san cha (trident), in reference to the trifurcate RTA; noun.

Diagnosis.

Similar to Phintella suavisoides Lei & Peng, 2013 (Fig. 36), but can be distinguished by: (1) trifurcate RTA in new species (Fig. 34B) vs. bifurcate in Phintella suavisoides ; (2) the terminal seminal duct angle almost 30° (Fig. 34C) vs. about 60° in Phintella suavisoides ; (3) the embolus of the new species is accompanied by one digitiform lamellar process (Fig. 34D), lacking in Phintella suavisoides .

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length 3.60, CL 1.75, CW 1.40, AL 1.85, AW 1.09. Eye measurements: AME 0.45, ALE 0.13, PME 0.04, PLE 0.14, AER 1.25, PER 1.20, EFL 1.06. Clypeus 0.15 high. Legs: I 4.63 (1.50, 0.80, 1.13, 0.80, 0.40); II 3.50 (1.05, 0.6, 0.75, 0.65, 0.45); III 4.08 (1.25, 0.55, 0.88, 0.90, 0.50); IV 4.10 (1.05, 0.50, 1.00, 1.00, 0.55).

Carapace brown (Fig. 35A). Chelicerae dark brown. Maxillae and labium brown, tips white with greyish hairs. Sternum light brown. Abdomen oval, greyish. Venter and spinnerets grey. Legs I more robust and darker than others, which are yellowish. Spination of leg I: femur d2-1-1; tibia v2-2-2; metatarsus v2-0-2. Palp: tibia short, about 1/3 the length of the cymbium. RTA trifurcate (Fig. 34B), short, about 1/4 the length of the cymbium. Bulb 2 times longer than wide, with anterior semi-transparent lobe. Embolus very short, slightly bent (Fig. 34C).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality.