Gelotia zhengi Cao & Li

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

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Salticidae

Gelotia zhengi Cao & Li sp. n. Figs 24, 25, 43

Type.

Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Lvshilin (21°54.705'N, 101°16.898'E, 656 m), 11 November 2009, G. Zheng leg.

Etymology.

The specific is named in honour of the collector Guo Zheng from Shenyang Normal University; noun (name) in genitive case.

Diagnosis.

Differs from the similar Gelotia bouchardi (Simon, 1903) (see Prószyński and Deeleman-Reinhold 2012: figs 47-50) by the shorter embolus (subequal to the tip of the cymbium vs. nearly twice as long in Gelotia bouchardi ) (Fig. 24C) and the straight RTA (Fig. 24B) vs. bent in Gelotia bouchardi .

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length 5.90, CL 2.75, CW 1.80, AL 3.15, AW 1.60. Eye measurements: AME 0.50, ALE 0.28, PME 0.15, PLE 0.20, AER 1.68, PER 1.68, EFL 1.40. Clypeus 0.25 high. Legs: I 8.15 (2.05, 0.85, 2.10, 2.10, 1.05); II 6.85 (1.90, 0.80, 1.75, 1.55, 0.85); III 6.30 (1.75, 0.70, 1.45, 1.55, 0.85); IV 8.30 (2.15, 0.85, 1.90, 2.35, 1.05).

Carapace dark brown (Fig. 25A), sides and clypeus margins encircled with a wide band of white hairs. Chelicerae light brown, inner margin with greyish brown setae. Maxillae brown, tips with grey hairs. Labium dark brown, light tip with grey hairs. Sternum greyish brown. Abdomen oval, greyish brown. Venter and spinnerets dark greyish. Legs brown, slender. Spination of leg I: femur d4-1-1; patella p0-1-0, r0-1-0; tibia v2-2-2, p1-0-1, d1-1-1, r1-0-1; metatarsus v2-0-2, p1-1-1, d2-0-2, r1-1-1. Palpal tibia short, about 1/5 the length of the cymbium. The ventral tibial apophysis short and obtuse, retrolateral apophysis broad at the base and sharp apically (Fig. 24B). Cymbium flattened and semilunar. Tegulum subovoid with peripheral seminal duct. Embolus base with one stout lobe (Fig. 24D).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality.