Two new species of the ant spider genus Asceua Thorell, 1887 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from China
Zhang, Bao-Shi
Zhang, Feng
Jia, Xiao-Mei
Zootaxa
2012
3307
62
68
H5J2
[151,330,1628,1654]
Arachnida
Zodariidae
Asceua
Animalia
Araneae
2
64
Arthropoda
species
anding
sp. nov.
Typematerial. HolotypeƤ, CHINA, Hainan Province: AndingCounty (19°31ʹN, 110°18ʹE), 21 Aug. 2007, F. Zhang leg.
Diagnosis.The female can be distinguished from other Asceuaspecies by the dorsal pattern on the opisthosoma, the details of genitalia and the very long copulatory ducts ( Figs 7–9). Etymology.The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the typelocality. Description.Female ( holotype). Total length 2.70: prosoma 1.31 long, 0.90 wide; opisthosoma 1.35 long, 0.95 wide. FIGURES 8–11. Asceua anding sp. nov., 8–11, female holotype. 8, habitus, dorsal view; 9, epigyne, ventral view; 10, internal genitalia, dorsal view; 11, schematic course of internal duct system (circle: copulatory opening; arrow: copulatory duct in direction of uterus externu). Scale bars: 8, 1 mm; 9–10, 0.5 mm. Color. Carapace ( Fig. 8) brown; median furrow black; radial furrow dark brown. Clypeus brown. Each eye ringed with black. Chelicerae, endites and labium yellow brown, apices of endites and labium yellowish. Sternum brown, lateral margin slightly dark. Legs brown. Dorsum of opisthosoma with a pair of anterior patches, followed by three transverse median bands and pre-anal spot; venter yellowish. Spinnerets yellowish. Prosoma ( Fig. 8). Carapace longer than wide, thorax swell, tegument smooth and shiny. Both the eye rows procurved in dorsal view. Diameters of eyes: AME 0.05, ALE 0.05, PME 0.07, PLE 0.08. Interdistances of eyes: AME–AME 0.02, AME–ALE 0.03, ALE–ALE 0.36, PME–PME 0.07, PME–PLE 0.11, PLE–PLE 0.48, ALE–PLE 0.09. MOA 0.27 long, front width 0.18, back width 0.21. Clypeal height 0.32. Fangs of chelicerae short. Labium triangular, 0.27 long, 0.23 wide. Sternum 0.59 long, 0.50 wide and furnished with sparse black setae. Legs. Each femur with a dorsal spine. Measurements of legs: I: 3.34 (0.90, 0.27, 0.77, 0.86, 0.54), II: 2.44 (0.68, 0.27, 0.45, 0.59, 0.45), III: 2.75 (0.72, 0.27, 0.50, 0.81, 0.45), IV: 3.84 (0.95, 0.32, 0.81, 1.22, 0.54). Leg formula: 4132. Opisthosoma ( Fig. 8). Oval, longer than wide, covered with short, black hairs, without dorsal scutum. Female genitalia ( Figs 9–11). Copulatory openings situated in median part of epigynum; long and winding copulatory ducts visible through integument; spermathecae situated posteriorly, small, long oval and partly hidden in copulatory ducts.
Distribution. China(Hainan).