Heliophanoides proszynskii Wang, Mi & Peng TRU-JS 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
Heliophanoides
Heliophanoides proszynskii

description: Heliophanoides proszynskii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 2–3, 56
Diagnosis
The male of Heliophanoides proszynskii sp. nov. resembles that of H. tengchongensis (Lei & Peng 2013) comb. nov. in having the slender RTA and platelike DTA, but differs by the RTA, which is curved medially and more than two-thirds the cymbial length in retrolateral view (Fig. 2B), but straight and just one-third the cymbial length in H. tengchongensis (Lei & Peng 2013: fig. 8b). The female can be easily distinguished from other congeners by having the sub-linguiform base plate and lacking the concave epigynal structure (Fig. 3A), whereas having a square base plate and a pair of lateral concave epigynal structures in others (Prószyński 1992: figs 49, 53–54; Lei & Peng 2013: fig. 8d–e).
Etymology
The species name is a patronym in honor of Prof. Jerzy Prószyński, who erected the genus Heliophanoides, and has made significant contributions to the taxonomy of salticid spiders worldwide; noun (name) in genitive case.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Shiqian County, Ganxi Township, Fuyan Village, Jiuchashu; 27°20.62′ N, 108°3.56′ E; 1410 m a.s.l.; 7 Apr. 2019; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0057.
Paratypes
CHINA • 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0058–0063 • 1 ♀; same locality as for holotype; 29 Apr. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0064 • 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; same locality as for holotype; 27 Jun. 2020; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0065–0069.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.60. Carapace 1.57 long, 1.30 wide. Abdomen 2.01 long, 1.11 wide. Eye sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.36, ALE 0.19, PLE 0.15, AERW 1.06, PERW 1.04, EFL 0.69. Legs: I 4.44 (1.54, 0.73, 1.10, 0.66, 0.41), II 2.93 (0.95, 0.43, 0.68, 0.51, 0.36), III 3.23 (0.98, 0.50, 0.68, 0.66, 0.41), IV 3.82 (1.12, 0.48, 0.90, 0.88, 0.44).
HABITUS. Carapace brown to dark brown, covered with sparse scale-like and pale setae, with dark radial stripes posteromedially on thorax (Fig. 3C, F). Chelicerae brownish-yellow, with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth (Fig. 3F–G). Legs I dark brown except tarsi yellow; others yellow-brown to brown, somewhat mingled with green except metatarsi and tarsi yellow (Fig. 3C). Abdomen elongated, dorsum brown to dark brown, dotted, covered with sparse scale-like setae, with several arc-shaped dotted lines posteriorly; venter colored as dorsum, with longitudinal, yellow-brown dotted lines (Fig. 3C, E).
PALP. Tibia wider than long, with tapered RTA more than two-thirds the cymbial length, and slightly curved to pointed tip directed towards about 10 o’clock position in retrolateral view, and with straight, platelike DTA; bulb longer than wide, with medio-retrolaterally located, sub-triangular tegular bump; lamellar process small, with arc-shaped margin; embolus originates from apical edge of bulb, slightly shorter than the DTA, sclerotized, curved retrolaterally and blunt apically (Fig. 2).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0058)
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.31. Carapace 1.41 long, 1.23 wide. Abdomen 2.19 long, 1.59 wide. Eye sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.34, ALE 0.18, PLE 0.16, AERW 1.06, PERW 1.11, EFL 0.71. Legs: I 2.91 (0.93, 0.53, 0.65, 0.46, 0.34), II 2.55 (0.78, 0.48, 0.58, 0.39, 0.32), III 2.99 (0.88, 0.45, 0.63, 0.66, 0.37), IV 3.70 (1.10, 0.48, 0.88, 0.85, 0.39).
HABITUS. Similar to that of male except paler in color, with yellow legs and plumper abdomen (Fig. 3D).
EPIGYNE. Wider than long, with sub-linguiform base plate; atrium oval, posteromedially located; copulatory openings beneath lateral sides of atrium; copulatory ducts broadened proximally, extended almost transversely, and connected to posterior edges of spermathecae; spermathecae sub-spherical, separated from each other by about half their width; fertilization ducts lamellar, originate from the antero-inner edges of spermathecae (Fig. 3A–B).
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 56).
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 6-9, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.902.2319, http://zenodo.org/record/10115594