Phintella wandae 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 wandae

description: Phintella wandae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 32–33, 59
Phintella aequipeiformis Xie, 1993: 358, figs 8–10 (♂, misidentified).
Diagnosis
The male of Phintella wandae sp. nov. resembles that of P. aequipeiformis Żabka, 1985 in the general shape of the palp, but differs in: (1) the cymbium being about 1.8 times as long as wide in ventral view (Fig. 32A), whereas more than two times as long as wide in P. aequipeiformis (Fig. 12A); (2) the distance between the cymbial and embolic tip being less than the lamellar process length (Fig. 32A), whereas about 1.3 times the lamellar process length in P. aequipeiformis (Fig. 12A); (3) there is a distinct boundary line between the lamellar process and tegulum (Fig. 32A), whereas absent in P. aequipeiformis (Fig. 12A). The female resembles that of P. jiugongensis sp. nov. in having similar habitus and epigyne, but it can be easily distinguished by the slit-shaped copulatory openings and the round spermathecae (Fig. 33A–D), whereas round copulatory openings and pear-shaped spermathecae in P. jiugongensis (Fig. 18A–B).
Etymology
The specific name is a patronym in honor of Prof. Wanda Wesołowska, who has contributed significantly to the taxonomy of the genus Phintella; noun (name) in genitive case.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Hunan, Guidong County, Bamian Mountain National Nature Reserve; 26°00.12′ N, 113°42.10′ E; 1678 m a.s.l.; 16 Sep. 2019, C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0358.
Paratypes
CHINA • 7 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0359–0370 • 7 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Guizhou, Suiyang County, Kuankuoshui National Nature Reserve, Yixiantian; 28°12.79′ N, 107°10.07′ E; 1466 m a.s.l.; 24 Jul. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0371–0378 • 12 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂; Wangjiashuiku; 28°12.49′ N, 107°10.41′ E; 1458 m a.s.l.; 25 Jul. 2015; same collectors as for preceding; TRU-JS 0379–0398 • 3 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂; Zhubaotai; 28°12.71′ N, 107°10.01′ E; 1513 m a.s.l.; 26 Jul. 2015; same collectors as for preceding; TRU-JS 0399–0408 • 2 ♀♀; Leishan County, Leigong Mountain National Nature Reserve; 26°22.99′ N, 108°12.08′ E; 1994 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2017; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0409–0410 • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Shangxi County, Shiwandashan National Forest Park; 21°52.97′ N, 107°54.88′ E; 722 m a.s.l.; 6 Oct. 2018; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0411–0414.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 3.87. Carapace 1.87 long, 1.58 wide, abdomen 2.05 long, 1.18 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.46, ALE 0.26, PLE 0.25, AERW 1.37, PERW 1.31, EFL 0.95. Legs: I 5.54 (1.55, 0.83, 1.58, 1.08, 0.50), II 4.35 (1.30, 0.65, 1.00, 0.90, 0.50), III 4.86 (1.45, 0.63, 1.08, 1.20, 0.50), IV 5.08 (1.50, 0.63, 1.20, 1.25, 0.50).
HABITUS. Carapace red-brown to dark brown, covered with short dark and white scale-like setae, with cluster of white scale-like setae on lateral sides of eye field, yellow fan-shaped area medially on thorax, and yellow lateral marginal bands bearing white scale-like setae (Fig. 33E, H). Chelicerae with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth, as well as distal flange of fang (Fig. 33I). Legs pale to brown, mingled with green. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum green, with pair of lateral pale bands, alternate transverse dark brown and white bands formed by setae posteromedially, and dark brown spots at terminus; venter pale yellow laterally, with green-brown longitudinal band medially (Fig. 33E–F).
PALP. Tibia wider than long; RTA short, broadened at base, and tapered to pointed tip posteromedially; bulb longer than wide, with posterior lobe tapered to blunt terminus; tegular bump medio-retrolaterally located, almost triangular in retrolateral view; lamellar process almost semicircular; embolus short, tapered, curved medially and blunt apically in ventral view (Fig. 32).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0359)
MEASUREMENTS. Total length 4.04. carapace 1.69 long, 1.37 wide. Abdomen 2.21 long, 1.58 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.46, ALE 0.26, PLE 0.25, AERW 1.31, PERW 1.27, EFL 0.91. Legs: I 3.47 (1.01, 0.60, 0.88, 0.60, 0.38), II 3.06 (0.95, 0.53, 0.65, 0.58, 0.35), III 3.66 (1.10, 0.53, 0.80, 0.85, 0.38), IV 4.14 (1.25, 0.50, 1.00, 1.01, 0.38).
HABITUS. Similar to that of male except with distinct irregular pale yellow pattern on anterior-dorsum of abdomen (Fig. 33G).
EPIGYNE. Slightly wider than long, with bow-shaped basal plate; copulatory openings anteriorly located, slit-shaped, close to each other; copulatory ducts extended as transverse S-shape to connect to prolateral edges of spermathecae; spermathecae almost spherical, touched; fertilization ducts lamellar, extended transversely (Fig. 33A–D).
Distribution
China (Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi) (Fig. 59).
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 51-54, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.902.2319, http://zenodo.org/record/10115594