Draconarius clavellatus 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 clavellatus

description: <i>Draconarius clavellatus</i> sp. nov. Figs 24–28, 87 <b>Type material.</b> Holotype male, 120 male and 1 female 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>clavellatus</i> ’, referring to the claviform median apophysis. <b>Diagnosis.</b> The male of new species is similar to <i>Draconarius pseudoclavellatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters: 1, the conductor extends proximally to the median apophysis in this new species (Figs 25A, 26B), the conductor does not extend all the way to the median apophysis in <i>D. pseudoclavellatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Figs 44B, 46B); 2, the conductor dorsal apophysis thin, claviform in this new species (Figs 24B, 27B), but not in <i>D. pseudoclavellatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Figs 47B, 45B); 3, the patellar apophysis longer and rounded distally in this new species (Figs 25A, 24B, 26B, 27B), but shorter and acuminated distally in <i>D. pseudoclavellatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Figs 44B, 45A, 46B, 47B). The males of these two new species can be distinguished from other <i>Draconarius</i> species by the uniquely claviform median apophysis which is extending transversely (Figs 25A, 26B, 44B, 46B). The female of this new species is similar to <i>D. longissimus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, but can be distinguished from the latter by the presence of spermathecal heads and the different copulatory ducts (Figs 25 B–C, 28B–C). <b>Description.</b> Male. Total length 5.00–6.75. Holotype total length 5.65, prosoma 2.75 long, 2.00 wide; opisthosoma 2.90 long, 2.10 wide. Eye measurements: AME 0.08; ALE 0.15; PME 0.13; PLE 0.13; AME– AME 0; AME–ALE 0; ALE–PLE 0; PME–PME 0.05; PME–PLE 0.03. Clypeus height 0.15. Leg formula: IV, I, II, III; leg measurements: I: 10.05 (2.50, 3.25, 2.60, 1.70); II: 8.30 (2.20, 2.55, 2.15, 1.40); III: 7.85 (2.25, 2.25, 2.05, 1.30); IV: 10.45 (2.70, 3.25, 3.00, 1.50). Chelicerae with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth (Fig. 24C). Patellar apophysis long and thin (Figs 24B, 27B); RTA occupying almost entire tibia length, distinctly extended distally (Figs 24B, 27B); lateral tibial apophysis broad, close to the RTA (Figs 24B, 27B); cymbial furrow long, more than half of the cymbial length (Figs 24B, 27B); conductor simple, with extremely extending posterioly and reaching the median apophysis, conductor dorsal apophysis thin, claviform (Figs 24B, 25A, 26B, 27B); median apophysis long and claviform, with extending transversely (Figs 25A, 26B); embolus long, filiform, retrolateral in origin (Figs 25A, 26B). Female. Total length 5.85. prosoma 2.60 long, 2.00 wide; opisthosoma 3.25 long, 2.25 wide. Eye measurements: AME 0.08; ALE 0.15; PME 0.15; PLE 0.15; AME–AME 0; AME–ALE 0; ALE–PLE 0; PME– PME 0.05; PME–PLE 0.03. Clypeus height 0.15. Leg formula: IV, II, III; leg measurements: I: - [-, -, -, -]; II: 7.35 [2.00, 2.50, 1.75, 1.10]; III: 6.70 [1.80, 2.10, 1.80, 1.00]; IV: 9.15 [2.40, 3.00, 2.50, 1.25]. Chelicerae with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth. Epigynal teeth extremely small, with sharp end, situated posteriorly and laterally, widely separated (Figs 25B, 28B); atrium reduced, line-shaped, slightly close to epigastric furrow (Figs 25B, 28B); copulatory ducts large, extending anteriorly and covering the distal parts of spermathecae (Figs 25C, 28C); spermathecal heads short and small, originating from spermathecae laterally and medianly, widely separated (Figs 25C, 28C); spermathecae large, rounded and close together (Figs 25C, 28C). <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 (Vinh Phuc) (Fig. 87).
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 29-33