Agorius tortilis
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Salticidae
Genus: Agorius
Name
Agorius tortilis Cao & Li sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type
Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan, Jinghong City, Mengyang Town, tunnel in Mt. Baihuashan (22°69.529'N, 101°55.210'E, 856 m), 16 July 2012, Q. Zhao & Z. Chen leg. Paratype: 1♀, same data as holotype.
Etymology
From Latin tortilis (coiled), in reference to the shape of embolus; adjective.
Diagnosis
The male is similar to that of Agorius lindu Prószyński, 2009 (Prószyński 2009[1]: figs 7–8, 29–30, 54, 59) by body shape (Fig. 4C) and tegulum (Fig. 3C–D), but the embolus has 3 coils (Fig. 3D) vs. 1; dorsal-retrolateral tibial apophysis lacking, without terminal hook (Fig. 3B), which is present in Agorius lindu. The female differs from that of Agorius lindu by the shape of the copulatory openings (Fig. 4A), which are small circular holes vs. slanted ovals in Agorius lindu, and the copulatory openings are separated by about two diameters vs. only 1/4 diameter in Agorius lindu.
Description
Male (holotype). Total length 5.23, CL 1.83, CW 1.50, AL 3.40, AW 1.09. Eye measurements: AME 0.48, ALE 0.27, PME 0.01, PLE 0.25, AER 1.48, PER 1.49, EFL 1.47. Clypeus 0.04 high. Legs: I 18.26 (3.28, 4.00, 2.64, 0.50, 0.46); II 3.95 (1.55, 0.55, 1.31, 1.06, 0.45); III missing; IV 7.50 (2.13, 0.73, 2.13, 1.88, 0.63).
Carapace greyish-yellow (Fig. 4C). Chelicerae yellow, sparsely covered with fine grey hairs. Maxillae yellow with black anterior margin and grey hairs on inner margins. Labium dark yellow, tip with black hairs. Sternum yellowish. Abdomen thin, elongate with median constriction. Venter and spinnerets yellow. Legs I thin and long, especially the patella. Spination of leg I: tibia v2-2-2-2; metatarsus p2-0-2. Palp: patella large, thicker than tibia. Tibia with two large apophyses, RVA and DTA (Fig. 3B). Cymbium with dorsal-basal small bulge (Fig. 3A). Tegulum with a broad prolateral flap. Seminal duct encircling retrolateral part of tegulum. Embolus with tapering spiral (Fig. 3C).
Female (paratype). Total length 5.54, CL 2.35, CW 1.38, AL 3.19, AW 1.23. Eye measurements: AME 0.44, ALE 0.25, PME 0.01, PLE 0.25, AER 1.30, PER 1.32, EFL 1.36. Clypeus 0.04 high. Legs: I 7.64 (2.50, 2.56, 1.80, 0.40, 0.38); II 4.15 (1.25, 0.56, 1.04, 0.90, 0.40); III missing; IV 4.31 (1.22, 0.56, 1.09, 1.00, 0.44).
Abdomen higher and broader than in male, other characters similar. Epigyne heavily sclerotised along the posterior margin (Fig. 4A). Copulatory opening grooves round and separated from each other by two diameters, located 1 diameter from the posterior margin. Vulva: copulatory ducts short and sclerotised, anterior part thicker than the posterior. Receptacles pyriform. Fertilisation ducts elongate and located at the posterior part of the receptacles (Fig. 4B).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality.
Original Description
- Cao, Q; Li, S; Żabka, M; 2016: The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae) ZooKeys, (630): 43-104. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Prószyński J (2009) Comments on the Oriental genera Agorius and Synagelides (Araneae: Salticidae). In: Makarov S Dimitrijević R (Eds) Advances in Arachnology and Developmental Biology. Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Monographs 12: 311–325.
