Bathippus directus Zhang &amp; Maddison 2012, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zhang, Jun-Xia
name: Maddison, Wayne P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Bathippus
Bathippus directus

description: <i>Bathippus directus</i> sp. nov. Figs 1–14 <b>Type material.</b> Holotype: male, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Southern Highlands Province: Tualapa, near Wanakipa, 5.283° S, 142.498° E, elev. 1000–1100 m a.s.l., 11–22 July 2008, forest interior and river side, coll. W. Maddison &amp; Luc Fimo Tuki, WPM#08-008 (UBC-SEM AR00077). Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype (UBC-SEM AR00078); 5 males and 3 females in three vials, same data as holotype; 1 female, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Southern Highlands Province: Umgé, 5.304 –5.305 ° S, 142.510– 142.512° E, elev. 1400–1450 m a.s.l., 15–19 July 2008, coll. W. Maddison &amp; Aislan Tama Wanakipa Indiaf, WPM#08-012. <b>Etymology.</b> Latin <i>directus</i>, referring to the male chelicerae projecting almost straight forward. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Differs from other species by the presence of two cusps near the base of the male cheliceral fang (Figs 10–11), the long embolus and the abruptly narrowed distal end of the retrolateral tibial apophysis of the male palp (Figs 7–9), the large window of the epigynum (Fig. 13), and the large and spherical spermathecae of the vulva (Fig. 14). Female genitalia resembles that of <i>Euophrys evae</i> &amp;Zdot;abka, 1981, but can be distinguished by the narrower copulatory duct and the larger spermatheca of the vulva (Fig. 14). <b>Description.</b> <i>Male</i> (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00077). Carapace length 3.6 (variation 3.5–3.8, n=6); abdomen length 5.0. Chelicera (Figs 10–11): dark red brown; elongate and extending forward; promargin with four teeth and retromargin with one big tooth; fang with two cusps near the base. Palp (Figs 7–9): sandy yellow. Retrolateral loop of sperm duct wide, occuping about three quaters of the bulb width. Embolus coiled for about half a circle. Retrolateral tibial apophysis thick proximally and narrowed abruptly near distal end. Measurements of legs: I 13.7, II 9.0, III 10.7, IV 9.3. Color in alcohol (Fig. 5): carapace yellow orange with indistinct gray markings; abdomen gray brown, with yellow orange speckles and yellowish stripes; legs light yellow to brown. <i>Female</i> (paratype, UBC-SEM AR00078). Carapace length 2.8 (variation 2.8–3.1, n=5); abdomen length 4.9. Chelicera (Fig. 12): with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth. Measurements of legs: I 6.3, II 5.7, III 7.5, IV 6.7. Epigynum (Figs 13–14): window large with a narrow median septum; opening to copulatory duct at anterior lateral edge of the window. Copulatory duct short and slightly curved; spermatheca large and spherical. Color in alcohol (Fig. 6): similar but lighter than that of male. <b>Natural history.</b> Specimens were collected by beating forest understory vegetation.
description: Published as part of <i>Zhang, Jun-Xia &amp; Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae) 3491, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 3491</i> on page 6
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