Gedea pinguis Cao & Li

Cao, Qi, Li, Shuqiang & Żabka, Marek, 2016, The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 630, pp. 43-104 : 57-59

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Salticidae

Gedea pinguis Cao & Li sp. n. Figs 23, 43

Type.

Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve, G213 road, Banyan tree (21°54.089'N, 101°17.024'E, 579 m), 28 November 2009, G. Tang & Z. Yao leg.

Etymology.

From Latin pinguis (fat), in reference to the shape of the palp; adjective.

Diagnosis.

Similar to Gedea tibialis Żabka, 1985 (see Żabka 1985: figs 263-267), but the cymbium is shorter (about 1/3 the length of the bulb in the new species vs. nearly equal in Gedea tibialis ), embolus base with membrane (without in Gedea tibialis ) (Fig. 23 C–D), tibial apophysis with two branches, both with clusters of long apical bristles (only one without bristles in Gedea tibialis ) (Fig. 23B).

Description.

Male (holotype). In poor condition. Precise description of the habitus unavailable. Palpal tibia short, subequal to the tip of the cymbium, about 1/3 the length of the bulb. Tibial apophysis with two branches, each with clusters of long apical bristles (Fig. 23B). Tegulum with posterior lobe, and the width about 2/3 of the length. Embolus base hidden by the fold of the membranous structure of the tegulum (Fig. 23C). Embolus accompanied by a membrane, membrane with a triangular outgrowth (Fig. 23D).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality.