Bathippus digitalis, Zhang & Song & Li, 2003

Zhang, J. X., Song, D. X. & Li, Daiqin, 2003, Six New And One Newly Recorded Species Of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Singapore And Malaysia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (2), pp. 187-195 : 189-190

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4618788

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4618682

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038E2A36-FF96-FFA8-BED9-766CFBE2A994

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Carolina

scientific name

Bathippus digitalis
status

sp. nov.

Bathippus digitalis , new species

( Figs. 2 View Fig A-D)

Material examined. – Holotype – male ( ZRC.ARA.50), Bukit Timah Nat. Res., Singapore, 17 Mar.1968.

Diagnosis. – The arrangement of cheliceral teeth resembles that of Bathippus palabuanensis Simon, 1902 (see Simon, 1902: 419; 1903: 726, f. 876-877), but differs from the latter in the femur I with ventral scopulae; the large tooth on retromargin finger-like, rather than dagger-like; the palpal organ of the new species is similar to that of Bathippus molossus ( Thorell, 1881) ( Plexippus molossus Thorell, 1881: 553 , 708; Bathippus molossus - Prószynski´, 1984: 8), but can be distinguished from the latter by the relatively longer embolus and the tibial apophysis which is not hook-like.

Description. – Male. Total length 7.20. Cephalothorax 3.33 long, 3.06 wide; abdomen 3.87 long, 1.85 wide. Carapace ( Fig. 2A View Fig ) orange yellow, eye area reddish brown. Eye sizes: AME 0.82, ALE 0.60, PME 0.07, PLE 0.51. Anterior eye row 2.61 wide, posterior row 2.43 wide, eye area 1.58 long. Chelicera ( Fig. 2B View Fig ) long, dark reddish brown, with 3 teeth on promargin and 1 large, finger-like tooth on retromargin, back surface of chelicera with a process near the fang. Endites and labium orange yellow, sternum yellow. Legs I and II orange yellow, III and IV lighter in color. Tibiae I and II each with 3 pairs of ventral spines, metatarsi I and II each with 2 pairs of ventral spines. Femur I and tibia I ventrally with dense scopulae. Leg measurements: I 9.05 (2.70+3.69 +1.89+0.77); II 6.98 (2.16+2.70 +1.35+0.77); III 9.64 (3.15+3.38+2.34+ 0.77); IV 7.35 (2.03+2.43+2.12+0.77). Leg formula: 3142. Dorsum of abdomen yellowish brown, centrally with a pair of small reddish brown spots; venter yellow. Embolus of palpal organ ( Figs. 2C, D View Fig ) slender, its basal part elliptic; end of tibial apophysis not hook-like.

Etymology. – The specific name refers to the large fingerlike tooth on retromargin.

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Bathippus

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