Sobasina wanlessi Zhang &amp; Maddison 2012, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zhang, Jun-Xia
name: Maddison, Wayne P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Sobasina
Sobasina wanlessi

description: <i>Sobasina wanlessi</i> sp. nov. Figs 196–204 <b>Type material.</b> Holotype: male, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Southern Highlands Province: Tualapa, near Wanakipa, 5.283° S, 142.498° E, elev. 1000–1100 m a.s.l., 11–22 July 2008, forest interior and river side, coll. W. Maddison &amp; Luc Fimo Tuki, WPM#08-008 (UBC-SEM AR00095). Paratypes: 1 female, same data as holotype (UBC-SEM AR00096); 7 males in two vials, same data as holotype. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet is a patronym in honor of Dr. F. R. Wanless, who made great contributions in the study of jumping spider systematics, and revised this genus. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Similar to <i>Sobasina cutleri</i> Berry, Beatty &amp; Prószyṅski, 1998 and <i>S. platypoda</i> Berry, Beatty &amp; Prószyṅski, 1998, but differs from <i>S. cutleri</i> in the presence of ventral fringes on the male first leg (Fig. 201), the relatively wider palpal bulb (Fig. 202), and the shape of the vulva (Fig. 204); and from <i>S. platypoda</i> in the shape of the epigynum and vulva (Figs 203–204). <b>Description.</b> <i>Male</i> (holotype, UBC-SEM AR00095). Carapace length 1.2 (variation 1.2–1.5, n=8); abdomen length 1.1. Carapace with many small punctures, and a hump at posterior part. Chelicera (Fig. 200): yellow brown; with two promarginal teeth and one bicuspid retromarginal tooth. Palp (Fig. 202): light yellow brown. Embolus not coiled. Retrolateral tibial apophysis finger-like. First pair of legs robust, with fringes on ventral tibia; tibia with four proventral and five retroventral macrosetae (some specimens with five pairs of ventral macrosetae on first tibia); metatarsus with three proventral and two retroventral macrosetae (some specimens with three pairs of ventral macrosetae on first metatarsus). Measurements of legs: I 2.0, II 1.5, III 1.5, IV 1.9. Color in alcohol (Fig. 198): carapace dark brown to red brown; dorsal abdomen slightly constricted at 1/3 from anterior end; abdomen brown with a sandy yellow band at constriction; first pair of legs yellow brown, with tarsus and metatarsus light yellow; other legs light yellow to light brown. <i>Female</i> (paratype, UBC-SEM AR00096). Carapace length 1.5; abdomen length 1.5. Chelicera: with two promarginal teeth and one bicuspid retromarginal tooth. Tibia of first leg with four proventral and five retroventral macrosetae; metatarsus with three pairs of ventral macrosetae. Measurements of legs: I 2.7, II 2.1, III 2.2, IV 3.1. Epigynum (Figs 203–204): without window. Copulatory duct long and tubular, without accessory gland; spermatheca tubular. Color in alcohol (Fig. 199): darker than that of male. <b>Natural history.</b> Specimens were collected by beating forest understory, possibly with suspended litter.
description: Published as part of <i>Zhang, Jun-Xia &amp; Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae) 3491, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 3491</i> on page 42
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