Cicurina daweishanensis Wang, Zhou, and Peng 2019
- Dataset
- Four new species of the spider genus Cicurina Menge, 1871 from China (Araneae: Dictynidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Wang, Lu-Yu, Zhou, Gu-Chun, Peng, Xian-Jin (2019): Four new species of the spider genus Cicurina Menge, 1871 from China (Araneae: Dictynidae). Zootaxa 4615 (2): 351-364, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.7
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Dictynidae
- genus
- Cicurina
- species
- Cicurina daweishanensis
description
Description. Female. Total length 4.55 – 4.72. Holotype (Fig. 2 A) total length 4.55. Prosoma 2.22 long, 1.52 wide. Opisthosoma 2.05 long, 1.68 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.09, PME 0.09, PLE 0.09; AME – AME 0.03, AME – ALE 0.03, PME – PME 0.07, PME – PLE 0.05, ALE – PLE 0.02. MOA 0.20 long, anterior width 0.11, posterior width 0.24. Clypeus height 0.16. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 10 retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 5.27 (1.60, 1.82, 1.06, 0.79); II 4.63 (1.41, 1.61, 0.97, 0.64); III 4.29 (1.21, 1.45, 1.01, 0.62); IV 5.60 (1.55, 1.97, 1.39, 0.69). Epigyne (Figs 1 A – B, 2 B – C). Atrium oval. Copulatory openings large and located on the shoulders of atrium. Copulatory ducts long. Spermathecae kidney-shaped. Fertilization ducts hook-like. Male. unknown.
description
Figures 1 A – B, 2 A – C, 12
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Female of the new species is similar to that of C. tianmuensis Song & Kim, 1991 (Song & Kim, 1991: 21, figs 10 – 13) in having oval epigynal atrium, posteriorly located copulatory openings and kidney-shaped spermathecae, but differs from the latter by the atrial width close to a half width of the whole epigynal internal structures and the length of copulatory ducts less than one circle (Figs 1 A – B, 2 B – C).
distribution
Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Hunan, China (Fig. 12).
etymology
Etymology. The specific name comes from the type locality; adjective.
materials_examined
Type material. Holotype female, China, Hunan Prov., Liuyang City, Daweishan National Forest Park, J. L. Wan, Z. Yuan, C. Wang and B. Zhou leg. Paratype: 1 female, with same data as for holotype.