Pancorius latus Cao & Li

Cao, Qi, Li, Shuqiang & Żabka, Marek, 2016, The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 630, pp. 43-104 : 62-64

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Salticidae

Pancorius latus Cao & Li sp. n. Figs 30, 31, 43

Type.

Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Paramichelia baillonii plantation (21°54.200'N, 101°16.923'E, 608 m), 7 April 2007, leg. G. Zheng Guo.

Etymology.

From Latin latus (wide), in reference to the shape of the carapace; adjective.

Diagnosis.

Similar to Pancorius crassipes (Karsch, 1881) (see Żabka 1997: figs 108-109), but bulb triangular (Fig. 30D) vs. oval, embolus beak-like with broad base (Fig. 30C) vs. needle-like; RTA rectangular with three little tips (Fig. 30B) vs. triangular in Pancorius crassipes .

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length 6.45, CL 3.20, CW 2.80, AL 3.25, AW 1.80. Eye measurements: AME 0.60, ALE 0.36, PME 0.07, PLE 0.36, AER 2.25, PER 2.20, EFL 1.90. Clypeus 0.31 high. Legs: I 8.40 (2.35, 1.25, 2.30, 1.60, 0.90); II 6.35 (2.00, 0.95, 1.45, 1.20, 0.75); III 6.80 (1.00, 1.30, 1.45, 0.95, 2.10); IV missing.

Carapace dark brown, moderately high and slightly broadened posteriorly, with white or greyish hairs and lighter mediodorsally (Fig. 31A). Clypeus with dense white setae. Chelicerae dark brown, with greyish hairs. Maxillae and labium dark brown, tips with dark setae. Sternum light brown. Abdomen oval, generally grey. Venter and spinnerets greyish-= brown. Legs brown with hairs and spines. Spination of leg I: femur d3-1-1; patella p0-1-0; tibia v2-2-2, p1-0-1; metatarsus v2-0-2, p1-0-0. Palpal tibia about 1/2 the length of the cymbium. RTA rectangular, with three little apical tips (Fig. 30B). Bulb with posterior lobe. Embolus beak-like with broad base, subequal to the length of the RTA (Fig. 30C).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known from the type locality.