Phintella suavisoides Lei & Peng, 2013

Cao, Qi, Li, Shuqiang & Żabka, Marek, 2016, The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae), ZooKeys 630, pp. 43-104 : 66-67

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Salticidae

Phintella suavisoides Lei & Peng, 2013 Figs 36, 37, 43

Phintella suavisoides Lei & Peng, 2013: 103, figs 5, 6 a–e (♂).

Material examined.

1♂1♀: CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, 48 km landmark in Nature Reserve (21°38.853'N, 101°09.625'E, 1001 m), seasonal rainforest, 30 July 2012, Q. Zhao & Z. Chen leg. 1♂, CHINA, Yunnan, Jinghong City, Menga Town, Wengnan Village (22°05.020'N, 100°22.086'E, 1118 m), secondary forest, 24 July 2012, Q. Zhao & Z. Chen leg.; 1♀, CHINA, Yunnan, Jinghong City, Menghai County, Manda Village (22°01.702'N, 100°23.700'E, 1188 m), secondary forest, 28 July 2012, Q. Zhao & Z. Chen leg.

Comparative material examined.

Holotype ♂ (Hunan Normal University, China): CHINA, Yunnan, Tengchong County, Jietou Township, Zhoujiapo Village (25°32.086'N, 98°40.139'E, 1620 m), 13 May 2006, C. Yin, X. Peng, J. Hu & P. Hu leg.

Diagnosis.

Male well diagnosed by Lei and Peng (2013). The female resembles Phintella cavaleriei (Schenkel, 1963) (see Peng et al. 1993: figs 537-539), but the copulatory openings and copulatory ducts located medially (Fig. 37 A–B) vs. laterally; copulatory ducts bent dorsally (Fig. 37B) vs. facing each other in Phintella cavaleriei .

Description.

Male. Well described by Lei and Peng (2013).

Female. Total length 3.25, CL 1.50, CW 1.28, AL 1.75, AW 1.10. Eye measurements: AME 0.38, ALE 0.20, PME 0.03, PLE 0.15, AER 1.19, PER 1.20, EFL 1.00. Clypeus 0.10 high. Legs: I 3.01 (0.98, 0.50, 0.63, 0.50, 0.40); II 2.62 (0.80, 0.40, 0.52, 0.50, 0.40); III 3.09 (1.00, 0.40, 0.56, 0.73, 0.40); IV 3.73 (1.18, 0.44, 0.85, 0.86, 0.40).

Carapace light grey with dense setae (Fig. 37C). Clypeus light brown, covered by white, flat hairs. Chelicerae brown. Maxillae and labium greyish, tips with black hairs. Sternum greyish brown with light margin. Abdomen oval and white, clothed in dense setae. Venter greyish. Spinnerets green-grey. Legs white. Spination of leg I: femur d0-1-0; tibia v2-2-2; metatarsus v2-0-2. Copulatory openings small and located anteromedially (Fig. 37A). Copulatory ducts bent, short. Receptacles spherical, diameters four times wider than copulatory ducts. Fertilisation ducts located anteriorly to receptacles (Fig. 37B).

Distribution.

Known from Gaoligong Mountains and Xishuangbanna in Yunnan, China.