Draconarius pumilus Liu &amp; Li &amp; Pham 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Liu, Jie
name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Pham, Dinh-Sac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Agelenidae
Draconarius
Draconarius pumilus

description: <i>Draconarius pumilus</i> sp. nov. Figs 52–56, 87 <b>Type material.</b> Holotype male, 269 male and 34 female paratypes, VIETNAM: Ninh Binh Province, Cuc Phuong National Park (20º21.44’N, 105º34.21’E), March 2007 to March 2008, Dinh-Sac PHAM leg. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet is taken from the Latin adjective ‘ <i>pumilus</i> ’, referring to the body size of the new species. <b>Diagnosis.</b> The new species is similar to <i>Draconarius triatus</i> (Wang &amp; Zhu, 1994), but can be distinguished from the by the following characters: 1, <i>D. pumilus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is significantly smaller than <i>D. triatus</i>, the former male body is 2.50–3.50mm long, the latter is 8.97–9.20mm long; 2, the cymbial furrow more than half of cymbial length in <i>D. pumilus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, but about half of cymbial length in <i>D. triatus</i> (Figs 52B, 55B); 3, the spermathecal heads thin, small, only seen from a dorsal view in <i>D. pumilus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, but wide, large, seen from both ventral and dorsal views (Figs 53B–C, 56B–C). <b>Description.</b> Male. Total length 2.50–3.50. Holotype total length 3.20, prosoma 1.65 long, 1.05 wide; opisthosoma 1.55 long, 1.10 long. Eye measurements: AME 0.04; ALE 0.08; PME 0.08; PLE 0.08; AME– AME 0; AME–ALE 0; ALE–PLE 0; PME–PME 0.03; PME–PLE 0.01. Clypeus height 0.05. Leg formula: IV, I, II, III; leg measurements: I: 3.65 (1.05, 1.25, 0.80, 0.55); II: 3.15 (1.00, 0.95, 0.70, 0.50); III: 3.35 (0.85, 0.90, 0.70, 0.90); IV: 3.95 (1.20, 1.25, 1.05, 0.45). Chelicerae with five promarginal and five retromarginal teeth (Fig. 52C). Patellar apophysis small (Figs 52B, 55B); RTA occupying almost entire tibia length, distinctly extended distally, with distal end sharp (Figs 52B, 55B); lateral tibial apophysis broad, close to the RTA (Figs 52B, 55B); cymbial furrow more than half of cymbial length (Figs 52B, 55B); conductor short and broad, with a navicular dorsal apophysis (Figs 53A, 54B); median apophysis long, spoon-shaped (Figs 52B, 53A, 54B, 55B); embolus long, filiform, proximal in origin (Figs 53A, 54B). Female. Total length 2.20–3.70. One of paratype total length 2.45, prosoma 1.00 long, 0.80 wide; opisthosoma 1.45 long, 1.00 wide. Eye measurements: AME 0.01; ALE 0.08; PME 0.06; PLE 0.06; AME–AME 0; AME–ALE 0; ALE–PLE 0; PME–PME 0.04; PME–PLE 0.01. Clypeus height 0.05. Leg formula: IV, I, II, III; leg measurements: I: 2.75 [1.00, 0.90, 0.50, 0.35]; II: 2.10 [0.50, 0.75, 0.50, 0.35]; III: 1.80 [0.60, 0.60, 0.35, 0.25]; IV: 2.55 [0.85, 0.85, 0.50, 0.35]. Chelicerae with five promarginal and five retromarginal teeth. Epigynal teeth small, situated posteriorly and laterally, widely separated (Fig. 53B); atrium small, extremely close to epigastric furrow (Fig. 53B); copulatory ducts long, situated between spermathecae (Figs 53C, 56C); spermathecal heads can be seen from a dorsal view, but not from a ventral view, short and thin, situated anteriorly on spermathecae, widely separated (Figs 53C, 56B–C); spermathecae large, rounded and slightly separated (Figs 53C, 56B–C). <b>Habitat preferences.</b> These specimens were collected by both pitfall traps and leaf-litter sieving, this species may live on the forest floor or in leaf litter. <b>Distribution.</b> Vietnam (Ninh Binh, Vinh Phuc) (Fig. 87).
description: Published as part of <i>Liu, Jie, Li, Shuqiang &amp; Pham, Dinh-Sac, 2010, 2377, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 2377</i> on pages 56-60