Qingattus Yang, Wang & Zhang, 2024, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Yang, Zhiyong
name: Wang, Weihang
name: Zhang, Junxia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Qingattus

description: Genus Qingattus gen. nov. (ḄƦƌ)
Type species: Qingattus wulan spec. nov.
Etymology. The generic name combines the Chinese pinyin "qing" (ș) for "sunshine" with " attus " (a common suffix for salticid genera), masculine in gender. Specimens were collected on very pleasant sunny days. The term "qing" is also inspired by an ancient lyric written by Shi Su (Translated by Betty Tseng):
"Looking back over the bleak passage survived (回ª向«ŝ̎处).
The return in time (Ñ去).
Shall not be affected by windswept rain or shine (也zĸm也zș)."
Diagnosis. Qingattus gen. nov. can be distinguished from all the other genera of Chrysillini by the ALE located closer to AME in frontal view (Figs 121, 124, 128–129, 135–136).The male palp of this genus is similar to that of Icius steeleae Logunov, 2004, Pseudicius matabelensis Wesołowska, 2011, P. procerus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 and P. ridicularis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 in the long RTA (Figs 140–142, 145–147; see Logunov, 2004: 86, figs 3–6; Wesołowska, 2011: 338, figs 73–78; Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018: 899, figs 113, 114, 119–124; Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008: 46, figs 174–181), but can be easily distinguished from them by the arrangement of eyes, and the longer and more robust embolus (vs. embolus shorter and/or thinner in the other species). The female epigyne of this genus possesses an anterior crescent-like pocket (Figs 143, 144, 148, 149), which is unique in Chrysillini.
Description. Male. Small-sized jumping spiders (total length 1.97–2.35). Carapace flat, brown, with sparse white and pale-yellow scales in the eye field (Figs 125–126, 131–132). Opisthosoma with dense white, brown, and pale-yellow scales (Figs 125–126, 131). Anterior lateral eye location more posterior (Figs 124, 135). Chelicerae brown, with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Leg I darker than others (Figs 125, 137).
Palp (Figs 140–142, 145–147): embolus thick and embolic base strong; tegulum bump located at upper right corner of tegulum; RTA almost reaching full length of cymbium.
Female. Small-sized jumping spiders (total length 2.15–2.52). Body flat, carapace with white and pale-yellow scales, opisthosoma with white, brown, and pale-yellow scales (Figs 122, 130, 133). Anterior lateral eye location further back (Figs 121, 128–129, 136). Chelicerae brown, with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth (Fig. 139). Legs delicate (Figs 121–123, 127–130, 133, 138).
Epigyne (Figs 143–144, 148–149): with a crescent-like pocket in anterior half of epigyne, copulatory openings, another little pocket present between copulatory openings appearing as incision of posterior epigynal margin. Vulva (Figs 144, 149): copulatory ducts short, spermathecae tubular with wrinkled outline; fertilization ducts located anteriorly to copulatory openings.
Remark. The validity of the new genus is also supported by our preliminary molecular phylogenetic result utilizing ultra-conserved element data.
Natural history. Tree trunk dwellers (Figs 5–8).
Distribution. China (Chongqing, Guangdong) (Fig. 1).
description: Published as part of Yang, Zhiyong, Wang, Weihang & Zhang, Junxia, 2024, On a new genus and seven species of Chrysillini from China (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae), pp. 101-135 in Zootaxa 5477 (2) on pages 126-127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/12683562