Otacilia maliu, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Mu, Yannan
name: Zhang, Feng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Phrurolithidae
Otacilia
Otacilia maliu

description: Otacilia maliu sp. nov. (麻DŴṚff)
Figs 31–33
Type material. Holotype ♁, CHINA: Sichuan Province: Chengdu City, Chongzhou County, Wenjingjiang Town, Anzihe Conservation Area, Maliugou (30°46.790′N, 103°13.530′E, 1692 m a.s.l.), 3 Oct. 2016, leg. Luyu Wang.
Paratypes: 17 ♁ 19 ♀, with same data as holotype.
Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality; noun in apposition.
Diagnosis. This new species resembles O. hamata (Wang, Zhang & Zhang, 2012) in having a similar embolus and dorsal tibial apophysis, but can be recognized by: 1) the slightly protruding femoral apophysis (vs strongly protruded, cf. Fig. 32A and fig. 9E in Wang et al. [2012]), 2) the wider retrolateral tibial apophysis, with the tip of the prolateral edge folding inwards (vs thin and not folding, cf. Fig. 32B–D and fig. 9F in Wang et al. [2012]), 3) the closely situated spermathecae (vs distinctly separated, cf. Fig. 32F and fig. 9I in Wang et al. [2012]), and 4) the smaller, round copulatory openings (vs large and arch-shaped, cf. Fig. 32E and fig. 9H in Wang et al. [2012]).
Description. Male (Holotype): total length 2.52, carapace 1.23 long, 1.08 wide; abdomen 1.29 long, 0.91 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances:AME 0.06, ALE 0.09, PME 0.05, PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE– ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.07, PLE–PLE 0.30, ALE–PLE 0.04. EAW 0.40, CRW 0.65, EAW/CRW 0.62, CRW/CW 0.53. MOA 0.18 long, anterior width 0.15, posterior width 0.17. CH 0.12, CH /AME 2.00. Labium 0.14 long, 0.18 wide. Sternum 0.77 long, 0.69 wide. Leg measurements: Ⅰ 4.16 (1.17, 0.44, 1.12, 0.97, 0.46), II 3.62 (1.04, 0.43, 0.85, 0.87, 0.43), III 3.36 (0.91, 0.38, 0.65, 0.85, 0.57), IV 4.75 (1.22, 0.47, 1.04, 1.26, 0.76). Spination: femora I–IV d 1, femur I pl 3, femur II pl 1, tibia Ⅰ pv 6 rv 6, tibia II pv 6 rv 5, metatarsi Ⅰ–II pv 4 rv 3.
Coloration. Carapace yellow, radial striae distinct beside fovea. Abdomen off-white, with a small and narrow dorsal scutum, a pair of black triangular pattern and four chevron stripes posteriorly (Fig. 31A, B). Legs yellow.
Palp as in Figs 32A–D, 33A–C. Femoral apophysis protruding, round, located near middle of femur. Tibia short, about half length of femur. Retrolateral tibial apophysis wide, prolateral margin of tip folding inward; dorsal tibial apophysis slender, curved towards prolateral side of cymbium in dorsal view. Tegulum wider than cymbium, posterior edge straight; tegular apophysis small, triangular, located at retrolateral tip of tegulum. Sperm duct wide and distinct, occupying more than half length of tegulum, tapering from retrolateral side of tegulum to embolus. Embolus short, base triangular, tip transverse and extending towards retrolateral side of cymbium. Conductor subtriangular, transparent.
Female (Paratype): total length 2.66, carapace 1.25 long, 1.09 wide; abdomen 1.41 long, 0.96 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.09, PME 0.05, PLE 0.08; AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–ALE 0.16, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.05, PLE–PLE 0.29, ALE–PLE 0.05. EAW 0.39, CRW 0.61, EAW/CRW 0.64, CRW/CW 0.56. MOA 0.18 long, anterior width 0.15, posterior width 0.18. CH 0.09, CH /AME 1.50. Labium 0.16 long, 0.20 wide. Sternum 0.83 long, 0.75 wide. Leg measurements: Ⅰ 4.21 (1.15, 0.46, 1.15, 0.94, 0.51), II 3.50 (1.02, 0.47, 0.84, 0.79, 0.38), III 3.35 (0.87, 0.43, 0.64, 0.84, 0.57), IV 4.71 (1.22, 0.46, 1.02, 1.27, 0.74). Spination: femora I–IV d 1, femur I pl 3, femur II pl 1, tibia Ⅰ pv 6 rv 6, tibia II pv 6 rv 5, metatarsi Ⅰ–II pv 4 rv 3. Carapace color darker than male, radial striae indistinct, abdomen offwhite, without dorsal scutum, anterior half covered by fluff, several chevron stripes at posterior (Fig. 31C, D).
Epigyne as in Figs 32E–F, 33D–E. Epigynal plate weakly sclerotized. Median septum narrow. Copulatory openings small and round, located near middle of plate. Copulatory ducts thick and curved, connecting with bursa. Connecting tubes short, narrower than copulatory ducts. Glandular appendages absent. Bursa large, transparent. Spermathecae globular, close to each other. Fertilization ducts located at anterior margin of spermathecae.
Distribution. China (Sichuan Province).
description: Published as part of Mu, Yannan & Zhang, Feng, 2023, Further additions to the guardstone spider fauna from China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae), pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 5338 (1) on pages 41-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8283738