Teutamus andrewdavisi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001, sp. n.
Creators: name: Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Liocranidae
Teutamus
Teutamus andrewdavisi

description: <i>Teutamus andrewdavisi</i> sp. n. <i>Type locality.</i> — N Borneo, Sabah, Danum Valley Field Centre N of Lahad Datu. <i>Type</i> material.— Holotype &amp;male; from the type locality, lowland primary forest, ground traps baited with dung, 1991, Andrew Davis; paratypes: 5 &amp;female;, same data; 6 &amp;male;, 16 &amp;female;, from pitfall traps in untouched primary forest; 1 jv from pitfall trap in forest which was logged selectively 12 years earlier, 1989, Th. Borghouts. <i>Other</i> material.— None. <i>Diagnosis</i>.— Distinct from the other species by the pattern on the abdomen, in the male palp the single tibial apophysis and the large sinuated conductor, and in the female the large spermathecae in the shape of a heart. <i>Description</i>.— MALE. Total length 5.50 mm. Carapace length 2.35 mm, width 1.50 mm, height 0.70 mm, width head 0.90 mm at level of PER, width eye group 0.75 mm; abdomen length 3.15 mm, width 1.15 mm. Leg length: leg I 9.70 mm (2.40-3.50-2.30-1.50); leg II 7.45 mm (1.90-2.75-1.65-1.15); leg III 6.45 mm (1.75-2.00-1.65-1.05); leg IV 9.50 mm (2.50-3.00-2.50-1.50), palp 0.65-0.35- 0.30-0.85 mm. Colour and sculpture as in the other species, lobes of carapace rounded. Abdomen pattern similar to that in <i>T. politus</i> (fig. 797), white diagonal band narrower and no dorsal transverse stripes. Spination: femur I 2 pl, tibia I 10 pv, 9 <i>rv</i>, tibia II 9-10 pv, 8rv, metatarsus I 6 pv, 5rv, metatarsus II 5 pv, 4rv. Abdominal dorsal and ventral scutum cut straight posteriorly, the distal 1/2 bare, collar with 5 ridges. Male palp figs 828-829, tibial apophysis with concave upper margin, tip densely covered with stiff setae and some other specialised setae, bulb apically with a relatively large chitinous conductor with sinuated tip. FEMALE. Length 5.25 mm. Carapace length 2.25 mm, width 1.45 mm, height 0.60 mm, head width 0.80 mm, eye group width 0.65 mm, abdomen length 3.00 mm, width 1.50 mm, epigyne 0.45 mm wide, 0.40 mm long. Leg lengths: leg I 9.50 mm (2.35-3.40-2.25- 1.50), leg II 7.20 mm (1.85-2.60-1.65-1.10), leg III 6.00 mm (1.60-1.90-1.50-1.00), leg IV 8.80 mm (2.40-2.50-2.40-1.50), palp 0.75-0.25-0.45- 0.75 mm. Pattern of abdomen as in male, dorsal surface dark grey, ventral post-genital surface white. Spine formula as in the male. Abdomen: collar a little shorter than in male. Epigyne fig. 830, vulva fig. 831, large openings of vulva plugged in most specimens, leading through 2 sinuosities to the large curved spermathecae, bursae apparent in dorsal view. <i>Distribution.</i> — Only known from the type locality. <i>Etymology.</i> — After the collector, Andrew Davis, coleopterologist who was working at Field Station during my visit to Danum and was most helpful in various ways. <i>Note.</i> — A female found in Indonesia, SE Kalimantan, Aranio district, primary forest of Gunung Pisang, differs from the species described above by the widely separate epigynal openings; the first part of the insemination ducts are narrow and abruptly set off towards spermatheca.
description: Published as part of <i>Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa, 2001, Forest Spiders of South East Asia With a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanteriidae)., pp. 400-505 in Forest Spiders of South East Asia With a revision of the sac and ground spiders- Family Liocranidae, Leiden, Netherlands :Brill Leiden; Boston; Köln</i> on pages 485-487, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.814704