Phintella liui Wang, Mi & Peng 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Cheng
name: Mi, Xiao-Qi
name: Wang, Wei-Hang
name: Gan, Jia-Hui
name: Irfan, Muhammad
name: Zhong, Yang
name: Peng, Xian-Jin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Phintella
Phintella liui

description: Phintella liui Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 20–21, 58
Diagnosis
The male of Phintella liui sp. nov. closely resembles that of P. castriesiana (Grube, 1861) in having a similar palp, but differs in: (1) the RTA being slightly curved towards the bulb in ventral view (Fig. 20A), whereas curved towards the dorsal side in P. castriesiana (Logunov & Wesołowska 1992: fig. 28a); (2) the retrolateral margin of the lamellar process being separated from the sperm duct (Fig. 20A), whereas partly covers the sperm duct in P. castriesiana (Logunov & Wesołowska 1992: fig. 28a). The female also resembles that of P. castriesiana in the epigynal structure, but differs in: (1) the epigynal basal plate having two well-developed protrusions (Fig. 21A–B), whereas indistinct in P. castriesiana (Logunov & Wesołowska 1992: fig. 29a); (2) the copulatory ducts being connected to the dorsum of postero-inner edges of spermathecae (Fig. 21B), whereas connected to the antero-prolateral edges of spermathecae in P. castriesiana (Logunov & Wesołowska 1992: fig. 29b–c).
Etymology
The species is named after Mr Tianjun Liu, who helped us a lot to conduct this research; noun (name) in genitive case.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Hainan, Ledong County, Jianfeng Township, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, Tianchi; 18°44.45′ N, 108°57.49′ E; 856 m a.s.l.; 11 Jun. 2019; C. Wang and Y.F. Yang leg.; TRU-JS 0162.
Paratypes
CHINA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0163 • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; Main Peak; 18°43.11′ N, 108°52.32′ E; 1399 m a.s.l.; 16 Jun. 2019; C. Wang and Y.F. Yang leg.; TRU-JS 0164–0167.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 4.66. Carapace 2.10 long, 1.75 wide. Abdomen 2.63 long, 1.34 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.50, ALE 0.23, PLE 0.23, AERW 1.50, PERW 1.39, EFL 1.05. Legs: I 5.63 (1.70, 0.95, 1.40, 1.13, 0.45), II 4.73 (1.45, 0.70, 1.13, 1.00, 0.45), III 5.31 (1.58, 0.70, 1.25, 1.33, 0.45), IV 5.80 (1.75, 0.70, 1.45, 1.45, 0.45).
HABITUS. Carapace red-brown, covered with dense white scale-like setae on clypeus and lateral sides of eye field, with anterior and median yellow areas and a pair of later marginal white bands formed by scale-like setae (Fig. 21C, F). Chelicerae with elongated paturon, two promarginal teeth, and one big retromarginal tooth (Fig. 21F–G). Legs I brown to dark brown, remaining legs pale yellow. Abdomen elongated, dorsum green latero-marginally, with pale yellow longitudinal band medially; venter pale yellow, with a pair of dotted lines (Fig. 21C–D).
PALP. Tibia wider than long, dorsally bearing white scale-like setae; RTA tapered, slightly curved to pointed tip; cymbium setose, bearing white scale-like setae at base; bulb elongated; tegular bump lamellar, located retrolatero-basally; lamellar process about four times as long as wide; embolus short, sclerotized, apically directed retrolaterally (Fig. 20).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0163)
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 4.12. Carapace 1.67 long, 1.30 wide. Abdomen 2.42 long, 1.47 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.47, ALE 0.22, PLE 0.23, AERW 1.26, PERW 1.21, EFL 0.84. Legs: I 3.49 (1.13, 0.55, 0.83, 0.60, 0.38), II 3.24 (1.08, 0.53, 0.65, 0.60, 0.38), III 3.71 (1.20, 0.50, 0.78, 0.85, 0.38), IV 4.32 (1.33, 0.50, 1.00, 1.01, 0.38).
HABITUS. Carapace pale, covered with white scale-like setae anteriorly and between ALEs and PLEs (Fig. 21E). Abdomen pale yellow, without patterns (Fig. 21E).
EPIGYNE. Basal plate with two protrusions; atrial ridge antero-marginally located, bow-shaped; copulatory openings almost round; copulatory ducts thick, slightly curved, and connected to dorsum of posterior inner edges of sub-spherical spermathecae; fertilization ducts originate from anterior edges of inner sides of spermathecae, extended anterolaterally (Fig. 21A–B).
Distribution
China (Hainan) (Fig. 58).
description: Published as part of Wang, Cheng, Mi, Xiao-Qi, Wang, Wei-Hang, Gan, Jia-Hui, Irfan, Muhammad, Zhong, Yang & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2023, Notes on twenty-nine species of jumping spiders from South China (Araneae: Salticidae), pp. 1-91 in European Journal of Taxonomy 902 on pages 34-37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.902.2319, http://zenodo.org/record/10115594