Draconarius longissimus Liu &amp; Li &amp; Pham 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Liu, Jie
name: Li, Shuqiang
name: Pham, Dinh-Sac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Agelenidae
Draconarius
Draconarius longissimus

description: <i>Draconarius longissimus</i> sp. nov. Figs 35–39, 87 <b>Type material.</b> Holotype male, 110 male and 1 female paratypes, VIETNAM: Ninh Binh Province, Cuc Phuong National Park (20º21.44’N, 105º34.21’E), March 2007 to March 2008, Dinh-Sac PHAM leg; 89 male paratypes, VIETNAM: Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao National Park (21º31.56’N, 105º33.15’E), March 2007 to March 2008, Dinh-Sac PHAM leg. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet is taken from the Latin adjective ‘ <i>longissimus</i> ’, referring to the long cymbial furrow and long embolus. <b>Diagnosis.</b> The male of this new species can be distinguished from other <i>Draconarius</i> species by extremely long cymbial furrow and long embolus (Figs 35B, 36A, 37B, 38B). The female of this new species is similar to <i>D. clavellatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, but can be distinguished from the latter by the absence of spermathecal heads and the different copulatory ducts (Figs 36C, 39B). <b>Description.</b> Male. Total length 4.75–6.75. Holotype total length 6.25, prosoma 3.00 long, 2.15 wide; opisthosoma 3.25 long, 2.30 wide. Eye measurements: AME 0.05; ALE 0.13; PME 0.13; PLE 0.13; AME– AME 0; AME–ALE 0; ALE–PLE 0; PME–PME 0.05; PME–PLE 0.04. Clypeus height 0.13. Leg formula: IV, I, II, III; leg measurements: I: 9.45 (2.65, 3.00, 2.30, 1.50); II: 8.10 (2.35, 2.60, 1.95, 1.20); III: 7.25 (2.05, 2.25, 1.95, 1.00); IV: 9.70 (2.50, 3.25, 2.75, 1.20). Chelicerae with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth (Fig. 35C). Patellar apophysis small (Figs 35B, 38B); RTA occupying almost entire tibia length (Figs 35B, 38B); lateral tibial apophysis broad, close to the RTA (Figs 35B, 38B); cymbial furrow long, almost as long as the cymbial length (Figs 35B, 38B); conductor simple, extremely broad, with large lamella and small dorsal apophysis (Figs 35B, 36A, 37B, 38B); median apophysis long, spoon-shaped (Figs 35B, 36A, 37B, 38B); embolus extremely long, filiform, retrolateral in origin(Figs 36A, 37B). Female. Total length -. prosoma 2.35 long, 1.50 wide; opisthosoma length -, width -. Eye measurements: AME 0.05; ALE 0.13; PME 0.13; PLE 0.13; AME–AME 0.01; AME–ALE 0; ALE–PLE 0; PME–PME 0.04; PME–PLE 0.03. Clypeus height 0.13. Leg formula: IV, I, II, III; leg measurements: I: 5.60 [1.50, 2.00, 1.20, 0.90]; II: 4.60 [1.35, 1.50, 1.00, 0.75]; III: 4.05 [1.25, 1.25, 1.00, 0.55]; IV: 5.80 [1.70, 2.00, 1.50, 0.60]. Chelicerae with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth. Epigynal teeth extremely small, with sharp end, situated posteriorly and laterally, widely separated (Figs 36B, 39A); atrium reduced, line-shaped (Figs 36B, 39A); copulatory ducts long, extending anteriorly and enlacing the spermathecae (Figs 36C, 39B); spermathecal heads absent (Figs 36C, 39B); spermathecae large, rounded and close together (Figs 36C, 39B). <b>Habitat preferences.</b> These specimens were collected by pitfall traps, this species may live on the forest floor or in leaf litter. <b>Distribution.</b> Vietnam (Ninh Binh, Vinh Phuc) (Fig. 89).
description: Published as part of <i>Liu, Jie, Li, Shuqiang &amp; Pham, Dinh-Sac, 2010, 2377, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 2377</i> on pages 40-42