Charippus kubah Yu, Maddison & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Yu, Kun
name: Wang, Weihang
name: Maddison, Wayne P.
name: Zhang, Junxia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Charippus
Charippus kubah

description: Charippus kubah Yu, Maddison & Zhang, sp. nov.
Figs 124–144
Type material. Holotype: ♂ (UBCZ; KYU-SAL394), MALAYSIA: Sarawak: Kubah N. P., Waterfall Trail, 1.605– 1.606°N, 110.185– 110.187°E, 300 m elev., 7 March 2012, leg. W.P. Maddison, E.K. Piascik & A. Ang, WPM#12- 001. Paratype: 1♀ (UBCZ; KYU-SAL395), same data as holotype.
Etymology. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality.
Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all congeners by the presence of large lamina on the embolus (Figs 136, 138). Female resembles Charippus asper sp. nov. in the slightly bulging spermathecae with protrusions internally, but can be distinguished by the unique CD path (Figs 141, 143).
Description. Male. Habitus as shown in Fig. 128. Carapace length 1.31; abdomen length 0.99. Measurements of eyes: AME 0.27, ALE 0.17, PME 0.04, PLE 0.14. Measurements of legs: I 2.36 (0.73, 0.44, 0.56, 0.35, 0.28), II 1.95 (0.61, 0.31, 0.42, 0.36, 0.25), III 1.86 (0.64, 0.21, 0.35, 0.37, 0.29), IV 1.95 (0.59, 0.24, 0.41, 0.40, 0.31). Chelicerae: dark brown, with fang-like projection distally; promargin with two teeth, retromargin with one bicuspid tooth. Palp (Figs 134–138): embolus short, with large ventral lamina, tip of embolus slightly hooked, with a small triangular process; embolic disc relatively small, not obviously sclerotized; LED narrow, serrulate-edged; tegulum slightly sclerotized, tegular lobe present; retrolateral tibial apophysis thick and wide, inner-curved distally in ventral view. Sternum without setal tuft. Color in alcohol (Fig. 128): carapace reddish brown, CPSB present; dorsal abdomen pale yellow, with dark anchor-shaped marking, not obviously sclerotized; ventral abdomen grayish brown; legs I–II darker than legs III–IV.
Female. Habitus as shown in Figs 129–130. Carapace length 1.11; abdomen length 1.08. Chelicerae (Fig. 133) as in male but without fang-like apophysis. Measurements of eyes: AME 0.21, ALE 0.16, PME 0.06, PLE 0.14. Measurements of legs: I 1.54 (0.50, 0.27, 0.33, 0.22, 0.22), II 1.39 (0.47, 0.20, 0.27, 0.25, 0.20), III 1.57 (0.53, 0.23, 0.31, 0.28, 0.22), IV 1.71 (0.54, 0.21, 0.34, 0.37, 0.25). Color in alcohol (Figs 129–130): carapace and dorsal abdomen as in male, ventral abdomen pale yellow. Sternum as in male. Epigynum (Figs 139–140, 142): window large, rims sclerotized, median septum absent; lateral depressions shallow and not obvious. Vulva (Figs. 141, 143): CD relatively short, swerving for six times; AG small and chilli-like; spermathecae bulging and large, internally with protrusions.
Distribution. Malaysia (Sarawak).
description: Published as part of Yu, Kun, Wang, Weihang, Maddison, Wayne P. & Zhang, Junxia, 2022, Revision of the genus Charippus Thorell, 1895, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini), pp. 151-198 in Zootaxa 5129 (2) on pages 176-177, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6500737