Paraharmochirus tualapaensis 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
Paraharmochirus
Paraharmochirus tualapaensis

description: <i>Paraharmochirus tualapaensis</i> sp. nov. Figs 170–182 <b>Type material.</b> Holotype: male, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Southern Highlands Province: Tualapa, near Wanakipa, 5.283° S, 142.498° E, elev. 1100 m a.s.l., 13–22 July 2008, forest edge, coll. W. Maddison &amp; Luc Fimo Tuki, WPM#08-010 (UBC-SEM AR00091). Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype (UBC-SEM AR00092); 1 female, same data as holotype; 2 female and 1 male in three vials, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Southern Highlands Province: Putuwé, junction of Lagaip &amp; Uruwabwa Rivers, 5.231° S, 142.532° E, elev. 570 m a.s.l., 23–26 July 2008, coll. W. Maddison &amp; Luc Fimo Tuki, WPM#08-019. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet refers to the type locality. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Resembles <i>P. monstrosus</i> Szombathy, 1915 in general body form and color pattern, but differs in the presence of two promarginal teeth on the male chelicera (no promarginal tooth in <i>P. monstrosus</i>), and the embolus of the male palp coiling no more than one circle (Fig. 178; 1.5 circles in <i>P. monstrosus</i>). Epigynum has a large window with a median septum (Fig. 181), and the spermathecae are round and relatively small (Fig. 182). <b>Description.</b> <i>Male</i> (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00091). Carapace length 1.8; abdomen length 1.9. Carapace with many small punctures, and widest at PLEs. Chelicera: yellow brown; with two promarginal teeth and one bicuspid retromarginal tooth. Palp (Figs 178–179): light yellow brown. Embolus long and wide, coiled clockwise (left palp ventral view); embolic disc at prolateral side of palpal bulb; retrolateral sperm duct loop at distal end of tegulum; tegular lobe absent. Retrolateral tibial apophysis robust and pointed at tip. First pair of legs long and robust; with fringe on ventral tibia; tibia with seven proventral and six retroventral macrosetae; metatarsus with three pairs of ventral macrosetae. Measurements of legs: I 4.8, II 2.8, III 2.8, IV 3.5. Color in alcohol (Fig. 176): carapace orange, with some white setae; dorsal abdomen constricted at 1/3 from anterior end, with white markings within the constriction; abdomen light brown anterior to the constriction and dark brown posterior to the constriction; first pair of legs light orange, other legs light yellow to gray brown. Some specimens darker in color. <i>Female</i> (paratype, UBC-SEM AR00092). Carapace length 1.5 (variation 1.5–1.8, n=4); abdomen length 1.9. Chelicera (Fig. 180): with two promarginal teeth and one bicuspid retromarginal tooth. Tibia of first leg with six pairs of ventral macrosetae; metatarsus with three pairs. Measurements of legs: I 2.7, II 2.0, III 2.1, IV 2.6. Epigynum (Figs 181–182): window relatively big. Copulatory duct long and sac-like, without accessory gland; spermatheca small and spherical. Color in alcohol (Fig. 177): similar to that of male. <b>Natural history.</b> Specimens were collected from tree trunks at forest edge.
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 pages 36-39
description: {"references": ["Szombathy, C. (1915) Attides nouveaux appartenant aux collections du Musee national hongrois. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici, 13, 468 - 490."]}