Speocera griswoldi Li & Li, 2019

Tong, Yanfeng, Li, Fengyuan, Song, Yang, Chen, Haifeng & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Thirty-two new species of the genus Speocera Berland, 1914 (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from China, Madagascar and Southeast Asia, Zoological Systematics 44 (1), pp. 1-75 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201901
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:044F94BB-26D6-486A-95B6-F137F5C9AACB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459957
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C73287EE-106E-3376-FF2D-7278FD6DD1C7
treatment provided by	Diego
scientific name	Speocera griswoldi Li & Li
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Speocera griswoldi Li & Li View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 24 View Figure 24 , 58F View Figure 58 )

Material examined. Holotype ♀ ( CAS), Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Province, Ranomafana National Park, Vohiparara , 3.6 km W Ranomafana, sifting leaf litter, primary montane rainforest, 13–14.I.2009 (21º14.243′S, 47º23.842′E), elev. 1150 m, leg. C. Griswold, A. Saucedo & H. Wood. GoogleMaps

Etymology. The specific name is named in honor of one of the collectors, Dr. Charles Griswold; name in genitive case.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to S. tubularis Li & Li sp. nov. but can be distinguished by the tip of afferent spermathecae which is shaped like a question mark and the bag shaped spermathecae ( Figs 24A–B View Figure 24 ). The tip of the afferent spermathecae of S. tubularis are like large question marks, and they have tubular spermathecae ( Figs 48A–B View Figure 48 ).

Description. Female. Total length 0.91; carapace length 0.44; carapace width 0.37; abdomen length 0.48; abdomen width 0.36. Prosoma: carapace pyriform, narrowing gradually anteriorly; yellow, suffused with a purplish pattern ( Fig. 24C View Figure 24 ); pars cephalica flat; fovea not visible. Sternum yellow, suffused with purplish color, as long as wide ( Fig. 24D View Figure 24 ). Endites light yellow suffused with purplish tinge; with serrula; labium light yellow suffused with purplish tinge. Clypeus nearly vertical; short. Chelicerae light yellow; promargin with a series of six teeth reaching the lamina; retromargin with two very small denticles ( Fig. 58F View Figure 58 ). Eyes: six contiguous eyes, PME smallest, PLE largest, surrounded by black pigmentation ( Fig. 24C View Figure 24 ). Opisthosoma oval; purplish ( Fig. 24D View Figure 24 ). Legs missing. Genitalia. Internal genitalia with afferent spermathecae short, curved, not extending past the sides of the abdomen; tip of the afferent spermathecae shaped like a question mark ( Fig. 24B View Figure 24 ); spermathecae large, bag shaped ( Fig. 24A View Figure 24 ).