Jacaena lunulata Dankittipakul & Tavano & Singtripop 2013, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Dankittipakul, Pakawin
name: Tavano, Maria
name: Singtripop, Tippawan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Liocranidae
Jacaena
Jacaena lunulata

description: Jacaena lunulata sp. nov.
(Figures 1B, H, 2B, C, 3A–C, E, 4D–F, 6A–C, 7C, 8G, 9D, E, 12)
Sesieutes erawan Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 464, ♂ from Doi Inthanon. Misidentification.
Sesieutes schwendingeri Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 461, ♂♂ from Doi Inthanon and Doi Suthep. Misidentification.
Type material
Holotype: ♂, Thailand: Chiang Mai Province, Chomthong District, Doi Inthanon NP, Doi Inthanon, evergreen hill forest, 1600–1680 m, extraction of soil sample, 11 January 2006, P. Dankittipakul leg. (MHNG, PDC 5746).
Paratypes: From type locality, pitfall trap, 25 March–23 April 2000, P. Dankittipakul leg., 1♀ (MHNG, PDC 5747); litter sample, 10 September 2005, P. Dankittipakul leg., 2♂, 1♀, (TNHM); evergreen hill forest, 1650 m, litter sample, 9 October 1999, P. Dankittipakul leg., 1♂ (THNM, PDC 5748). Doi Inthanon, evergreen hill forest, 1750 m, litter sample, 15 January 2000, P. Dankittipakul leg., 1♂ (THNM, PDC 5749). Doi Inthanon, evergreen hill forest, 1500 m, litter sample, 9 October 1999, P. Dankittipakul leg., 1♂, 2♀ (THNM, PDC 5750). Doi Inthanon, evergreen hill forest, 1250 m, 6 November 1985, P.J. Schwendinger leg., 1♂ (MHNG, misidentified as S. erawan). Chiang Mai Province and District, Doi Suthep-Pui NP, Doi Suthep, 1200 m, 18 June 1987, P.J. Schwendinger leg., 1♀ (MHNG, misidentified as S. schwendingeri). Doi Suthep, 960 m, pitfall trap, 31 November 1986 – 2 January 1987, P.J. Schwendinger leg., 1♂ (RMNH, misidentified as S. schwendingeri).
Diagnosis
Males of J. lunulata sp. nov. are similar to those of J. schwendingeri comb. nov. but differ by having a crescent-shaped conductor that is distinctly broader and strongly curved backward (Figures 6A, 9D, E), a tegulum that is greatly expanded, and the distal RTA of the male palp that is digitiform (Figure 6C). In comparison, in J. schwendingeri comb. nov. the conductor is narrower and its sharply pointed apex is abruptly bent (Figure 4A, C), the tegulum and the distal RTA are significantly smaller. Females can be distinguished by the rather simple internal genitalia, the ID of which consists of circular proximal ducts, the more convoluted ID, and the poorly defined spermathecae (Figure 8G cf. 8F).
Etymology
The specific epithet is derived from Latin adjective (lunulatus = crescent-shaped), referring to the lamina-shaped conductor on the male palp.
Description
Male (holotype). Total length 6.6. Carapace 3.2 long, 2.5 wide. Opisthosoma 3.4 long, 2.0 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15; ALE 0.13; PME 0.10; PLE 0.13; AME–AME 0.06; AME–ALE 0.05; PME–PME 0.15; PME–PLE 0.16. MOQ 0.33 long; front width 0.33; back width 0.35. Leg formula 4123. Spination. Leg I: femur 1–1pl; tibia 8pl 7rl; metatarsus 4pl 4rl. Leg II: tibia 7pl 6rl; metatarsus 4pl 4rl. Leg III: tibia 1–1v 1pl; metatarsus 1–1v 1pl. Leg IV: tibia 1–2–2v 1–1rl; metatarsus 1–1–1–1v 1pl 1rl. Leg measurements: Leg I 8.1 (2.3, 0.9, 2.2, 1.8, 0.9); II 7.5 (2.1, 0.9, 1.9, 1.7, 0.9); III 6.7 (1.9, 0.9, 1.4, 1.6, 0.9); IV 9.4 (2.6, 1.0, 2.1, 2.5, 1.2).
Colouration and pattern (Figure 1B): Carapace dark chestnut-brown; integument coarsely granulated. Chelicerae, sternum, labium and gnathocoxae dark reddishbrown. Coxae, trochanters and femora dark brown; patellae and tibiae brown, distal part of tibiae orange; metatarsi I–II brown, III–IV orange; tarsi orange. Opisthosoma ovoid; dorsum of opisthosoma dark grey, with pattern consisting of one pair of pale patches, followed by four transverse chevrons and pale area above spinnerets. Dorsal scutum occupying approximately one-third of opisthosoma length, posterior margin rounded, with oval extensions fusing with dorsal muscle apodemes.
Palp (Figures 6A–C, 9D, E, 12A–C): Proximal RTA triangular in ventral view (Figure 12A); apical surface partially membranous, slightly excavated, forming shallow concavity (Figure 9D, E). Distal RTA digitiform, its apex blunt (Figures 6C, 12A, C). Conductor (Figures 6A, 9D, E, 12A–C) crescent-shaped, enlarged and broad, semi-transparent, with heavily pigmented outer margin, sharply pointed apex curving backwards. Tegular apophysis hyaline, lanceolate, originating behind base of conductor, aligning with tip of embolus (Figures 6A, 9D).
Female (paratype, NHML, PDC 5747). Total length 8.1. Carapace 3.3 long, 2.5 wide. Opisthosoma 4.5 long, 2.7 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11; ALE 0.13; PME 0.08; PLE 0.13; AME–AME 0.08; AME–ALE 0.05; PME–PME 0.15; PME– PLE 0.16. MOQ 0.38 long; front width 0.31; back width 0.35. Leg formula 1423. Spination. Leg I: femur 1–1pl; tibia 8pl 7rl; metatarsus 4pl 4rl. Leg II: tibia 7pl 6rl; metatarsus 4pl 4rl. Leg III: tibia 2–1v 1pl; metatarsus 1–1v 1pl. Leg IV: tibia 1–1–2v 1rl; metatarsus 1–1–1–1v 1pl 1rl. Leg measurements: Leg I 8.6 (2.3, 1.0, 2.3, 2.0, 1.0); II 7.9 (2.2, 1.0, 1.9, 1.8, 1.0); III 6.6 (1.8, 2.8, 1.5, 1.5, 1.0); IV 8.3 (2.3, 0.8, 2.0, 2.2, 1.0).
Colouration and pattern (Figure 2B): Carapace dark chestnut-brown; integument coarsely granulated. Chelicerae, sternum, labium and gnathocoxae dark reddishbrown. Legs I–II brown, femora slightly darker than other segments, tibiae orangebrown distally; legs III–IV orange-brown except femora dark brown. Opisthosoma elongate-ovoid; dorsum grey, with pair of pale patches connected anteriorly, followed by four chevrons and pale area above spinnerets (first pair very faint and narrowed, disconnected medially).
Copulatory organ (Figures 7C, 8F, 12D, E): Copulatory orifices situated medially on heavily sclerotized epigynal region (Figures 7C, 12D). Proximal half of insemination ducts forming two loops encircling copulatory ducts (Figures 8G, 12E); inner loop distinctly enlarged, filled with dark substance (Figure 8G); distal half of ducts ascending anteriorly then traversing and descending to connect with poorly defined spermathecae (Figures 8G, 12E); glandular pores situated at anterior margin of spermathecae (Figure 12E, GF).
Natural history
Types of this new species were collected in evergreen hill forests of Doi Suthep and Doi Inthanon between 1250 and 1750 m.
Distribution
Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand.
description: Published as part of Dankittipakul, Pakawin, Tavano, Maria & Singtripop, Tippawan, 2013, Revision of the spider genus Jacaena Thorell, 1897, with descriptions of four new species from Thailand (Araneae: Corinnidae), pp. 1539-1567 in Journal of Natural History 47 (23 - 24) on pages 1556-1559, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.763059, http://zenodo.org/record/556127