Ummidia fragaria ( Dönitz, 1887 )

Tso, I-Min, Haupt, Joachim & Zhu, Ming-Sheng, 2003, The Trapdoor Spider Family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Taiwan, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1), pp. 25-33 : 26-28

Ummidia fragaria ( Dönitz, 1887)

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Material examined. – Lectotype - adult female. Label: Zool. Mus. Berlin, F. Japan, S. Dönitz, I.N. 6398 E.K.N. (Kyushu is mentioned only on the glass in which the material is stored.)( ZMB).

Paralectotypes – 3 juveniles, same data as lectotype ( ZMB) .

Others – 1 female, Oyabu, 110 m alt., Yabu-cho, yabu-gun, Hyogo pref., Japan, coll. Y. Nishikawa, 11 Apr.1973, det. K. Katsura (Osaka); 1 female, Nyugawa-kami, Jinya, 300 m alt, Shiraya , Kawakami-mura , Yoshino-gun , Nara pref. , Japan, coll. Y. Nishikawa, 21 Dec.1972, det. Y. Maikawa (Osaka); 1 male, Ponpon-yama NW, 400 m alt., Izuriha, Takatsuki-shi , Osaka pref. coll. Y. Nishikawa, 24 Apr.1988, det. K. Katsura (Osaka) .

Remarks. - It seems to be questionable whether this and the following new species are well placed in the genus Ummidia , as they have remarkable characters in common with Conothele .

Description of female lectotype. – Carapace (in ethanol) yellowish brown, 4.4 long, 3.95 broad, fovea procurved ( Fig.

1), broadly rounded behind, anterior branches diverging almost rectangularly, 2 strong bristles behind eye tubercle, 1 bristle on each side 1.25 apart from median line ( Fig. 1 ). AME:ALE:PME:PLE 0.2: 0.325: 0.175: 0.175. Sternum nonagonal, rounded, labium with two rows of cuspules, ventral side of pedipalpal coxae with numerous cuspules. Sigillum rounded, anteriorly acute, two marks in posteror region, posterior median region excavate.

Basal article of chelicera with seven teeth on ventrolateral side, 4 on ventromedian side. Rastellum present. Pedipalps and legs 1 and 2 from tibiae to tarsi with ventrolateral stout spines. Third leg: tibia basodorsally excavate, metatarsus with 4 terminal bristles on dorsal side. Opisthosoma wrinkeled, violet (in ethanol), with light spots around the numerous hair bases. Receptacula semines globular in terminal part, which inserts to tubular part in obtuse angle through slightly darker intermediate part ( Fig. 2 ).

Description of male. – Carapax dark brown, rounded, posterior part excavate, surface wrinkled, 3.75 long, 3.75 broad, AME:ALE:PME:PLE 0.25: 0.325: 0.075: 0.075, fovea as in female. Cuspules on labium in two rows, but posterior row with only few and small cuspule, those on the pedipalpal coxae scattered and small. Pedipalps and legs relatively much longer than in female, with numerous long hairs, especially numerous on ventral sides of tarsi of leg 1 ( Fig. 5 ) and 2. 3 rd leg with proximal excavation on dorsal side of tibia and four thick, stout bristles on dorsodistal side of metatarsus. Left palpal organ as depicted in figures 3 and 4. Opisthosoma as in female, sternum slightly more slender in anterior part.

Distribution. – Japan.

Figures

Figs. 1-5. Ummidia fragaria (Dönitz, 1887). 1-2, female. 1. female carapace, dorsal view; 2. genitalia, dorsal view; 3-5, male. 3. left palp, lateral view; 4. left palp, retrolateral view; 5. anterolateral side of first leg. (Scale bars = 1mm).