Cytaea yunnanensis
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Salticidae
Genus: Cytaea
Name
Cytaea yunnanensis Cao & Li sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type
Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve (21°57.669'N, 101°11.893'E, 790 m), 23 April 2007, G. Zheng leg.
Etymology
The species name derived from the name of the type locality; adjective.
Diagnosis
Differs from all known congeners by the shape of the tegulum (prolateral large bulge and posterior translucent extension) (Fig. 21).
Description
Male (holotype). Total length 5.75, CL 2.75, CW 2.05, AL 3.00, AW 1.75. Eye measurements: AME 0.55, ALE 0.36, PME 0.10, PLE 0.36, AER 1.90, PER 1.80, EFL 1.50. Clypeus 0.13 high. Legs: I 4.76 (1.38, 0.75, 1.13, 0.90, 0.60); II 5.56 (1.63, 0.88, 1.20, 0.95, 0.90); III missing; IV 5.63 (1.63, 0.75, 1.30, 1.20, 0.75).
Carapace brown, covered with dense, white setae (Fig. 22A). Lateral eyes surrounded with black. Chelicerae dark orange-brown. Maxillae brownish, with dull white tips. Labium dark brown, tip dull white. Sternum light brown. Abdomen oval, dorsally greyish brown, narrower than carapace. Venter greyish. Spinnerets light greyish. Legs whitish. Spination of leg I: femur d2-1-1; tibia v2-2-2, p1-0-1; metatarsus v2-0-2, p0-1-0. Palpal tibia short, about 1/4 length of cymbium. The tibial apophysis subequal to the tibia, with a slightly bent tip (Fig. 21B). Cymbium whitish. Tegulum with meandering seminal duct and prominent prolateral bulge. Embolus with circular basal pad (Fig. 21C). Female. Unknown.
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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