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Notes on twenty-nine species of jumping spiders from South China
(Araneae: Salticidae)
Cheng WANG 1, Xiao-Qi MI
2, Wei-Hang WANG 3, Jia-Hui GAN
4, Muhammad IRFAN
5 ,
Yang ZHONG
6 & Xian-Jin PENG
7,*
1,2,4 College of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering and Planning, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory
of Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region, Tongren University,
Tongren 554300, Guizhou, China.
1 Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences,
Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China.
3 Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province,
Institute of Life Science and Green Development, College of Life Sciences,
Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P.R. China.
5 Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education),
School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
6 School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and
Technology, Xianning 437100, Hubei, P. R. China; Administrative Commission of Jiugongshan
National Nature Reserve of Hubei Xianning, Xianning 437100, Hubei, P. R. China.
7 College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China.
* Corresponding author: xjpeng@126.com
1 Email: wchengspider@163.com
2 Email: mixiaoqi1018@126.com
3 Email: wayhungwang@163.com
4 Email: 605750307@qq.com
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Email: irfanuos94@yahoo.com
6 Email: hubeispider@aliyun.com
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Abstract. A taxonomic study on twenty-nine species of jumping spiders from South China is presented.
Twenty new species are diagnosed and described: Heliophanoides proszynskii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
(♂♀), Myrmage lii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), Myrmarachne hamata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
(♂), M. xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), M. yinae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), Phintella
fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), P. jiugongensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), P. liae
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Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂), P. liui Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), P. subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng
sp. nov. (♂♀), P. wandae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), Ptocasius dian Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
(♂♀), P. subhubeiensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), Rhene elongata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
(♂♀), Stertinius donglinsiensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), S. logunovi Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
(♂), Synagelides fanjingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), Thyene xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng
sp. nov. (♂♀), Toxeus fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), and Yaginumaella zabkai Wang, Mi &
Peng sp. nov. (♂♀). The genus Heliophanoides Prószyński, 1992 is redened and two new combinations,
transferred from the genus Phintella Strand, 1906, are proposed: H. tengchongensis (Lei & Peng 2013)
comb. nov., and H. longlingensis (Lei & Peng 2013) comb. nov. The unknown sexes of the following six
species are described for the rst time: Phintella fanjingshan Li, Wang, Zhang & Chen, 2019, P. panda
Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015, P. pygmaea (Wesołowska, 1981), P. sancha Cao & Li, 2016, P. wulingensis
Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015, and Rhene yunnanensis (Peng & Xie, 1995). Brettus anchorum Wanless,
1979 and Phintella aequipeiformis Żabka, 1985 are newly recorded from China. Icius indicus (Simon,
1901) comb. nov. (transferred from Phintella) is re-described. Phintella levii Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015
is assigned to be a synonym of P. arcuata Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015. Thyene zhangi (Peng, Yin, Yan &
Kim, 1998) comb. nov. is transferred from Plexippoides Prószyński, 1984, and T. bilaguncula (Xie &
Peng, 1995) comb. nov. is transferred from Ptocasius Simon, 1885. Diagnostic illustrations of the twenty-
nine species and the distributional maps of the studied specimens are provided.
Keywords. New combination, new taxa, salticids, synonym, taxonomy.
Wang C., Mi X.-Q., Wang W.-H., Gan J.-H., Irfan M., Zhong Y. & Peng X.-J. 2023. Notes on twenty-nine
species of jumping spiders from South China (Araneae: Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 902: 1–91.
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.902.2319
Introduction
With the exponential development of taxonomic studies, China has presented a very high diversity of
spiders (Li 2020; WSC 2023). The taxonomy of Chinese jumping spiders began at the end of the 19th
century (Peng 2020) but went into a rapid development stage more than a century later (e.g., Peng
1989; Song & Chai 1992; Peng et al. 1993). Studies on hotspots and National Nature Reserves in
southern provinces have greatly enriched the familial diversity over the last ten years (e.g., Lei & Peng
2012, 2013; Zhang & Maddison 2012; Zhou & Li 2013; Huang et al. 2015; Cao et al. 2016; Lin &
Li 2020; Wang & Li 2020a, 2020b, 2021, 2022a, 2022b; Wang et al. 2020; Yu et al. 2022, 2023). A
comprehensive taxonomic work on this family was also conducted by Peng (2020). To date, at least 637
species in 134 genera have been recorded from China, which is just only second to Brazil worldwide
(Metzner 2023; WSC 2023). However, certainly, the true diversity of Chinese jumping spiders has not
yet been discovered completely (Li 2020), and the taxonomic study of this family is still plagued by a
high rate of single-sex and poorly known species (Wang & Li 2021; WSC 2023).
The goals of the present work are to describe 20 new species, as well as the unknown sexes of six
species, to redene the genus Heliophanoides, to photograph two newly recorded species, to propose
a new synonym and ve new combinations, and to re-describe the poorly known species, Icius indicus
(Simon, 1901) comb. nov.
Material and methods
All specimens were collected by beating shrubs or hand collection and preserved in 75% ethanol for
morphological studies or in absolute alcohol for molecular studies. All specimens are deposited in
the Museum of Tongren University, China (TRU), and the College of Life Science, Hunan Normal
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University (HNU). Morphological and molecular methods follow Wang et al. (2021). ArcGIS ver. 10.4
software has been used for creating distribution maps.
A partial fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene of eight species
was amplied and sequenced using the primers LCOI1490 and HCOI2198 (Folmer et al. 1994). The
accession numbers are provided in Table 1.
All measurements are given in millimeters. Legs are given as: total length (femur, patella, tibia,
metatarsus, tarsus). The abbreviations used in the text and gures as follow:
AERW = anterior eye row width; AG = accessory gland; ALE = anterior lateral eye; AME = anterior
median eye; AR = atrial ridge; AS = anterior chamber of spermatheca; At = atrium; BP = basal epigynal
plate; CA = cymbial apophysis; CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatory opening; DCA = dorsal cymbial
apophysis; DTA = dorsal tibial apophysis; E = embolus; EFL = eye eld length; FD = fertilization
duct; JS = junction duct of spermathecae; H = epigynal hood; K = tegular knob; LP = lamellar tegular
process; LaP = lateral epigynal plate; MA = median apophysis; MS = median septum; PERW = posterior
eye row width; PL = posterior tegular lobe; PLE = posterior lateral eye; PME = posterior median eye;
PS = posterior chamber of spermatheca; PTA = prolateral tibial apophysis; RTA = retrolateral tibial
apophysis; S = spermatheca; SD = sperm duct; TB = tegular bump; TF tegular ap; TiF = tibial ange;
TL = tegular lobe; VTA = ventral tibial apophysis.
Results
Class Arachnida Cuvier, 1812
Order Araneae Clerck, 1757
Family Salticidae Blackwall, 1841
Genus Brettus Thorell, 1895
Species Voucher code Sex GenBank
accession number
Sequence
length
Heliophanoides proszynskii Wang, Mi & Peng
sp. nov.
TRU-JS 0059 ♀OP242166.1 619bp
TRU-JS 0061 ♂OP242167.1 619bp
Myrmarachne yinae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. TRU JS-0118 ♀OP249483.1 619bp
TRU JS-0120 ♂OP249485.1 619bp
Phintella fanjingshan Li, Wang, Zhang & Chen,
2019
TRU-JS 0142 ♀OP249484.1 619bp
TRU-JS 0143 ♂OP249487.1 619bp
P. panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 TRU-JS 0247 ♀OP249486.1 619bp
TRU-JS 0250 ♂OP249488.1 619bp
P. pygmaea (Wesołowska, 1981) TRU-JS 0255 ♀OP249490.1 619bp
TRU-JS 0259 ♂OP249489.1 619bp
P. sancha Cao & Li, 2016 TRU-JS 0416 ♀OP236532.1 619bp
TRU-JS 0419 ♂OP236535.1 619bp
Ptocasius subhubeiensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. TRU-JS 0464 ♀OP249491.1 619bp
TRU-JS 0466 ♂OP249492.1 619bp
Synagelides fanjingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. TRU-JS 0531 ♀OP249493.1 619bp
TRU-JS 0533 ♂OP249494.1 619bp
Table 1. Voucher specimens information.
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Brettus anchorum Wanless, 1979
Figs 1, 56
Brettus anchorum Wanless, 1979: 188, gs 2f, 3b, 4c–d (D♀, female holotype, not examined).
Brettus anchorum – Wanless 1984: 181, g. 23a–h (D♂). — Jastrzębski 1997: 702, gs 1–9 (♂♀). For
the full reference list see World Spider Catalog (2023).
Diagnosis and description
See Wanless (1979) and Jastrzębski (1997).
Material examined
CHINA • 1 ♀; Yunnan, Nanjian County, Forestry Station of Manhai Mountain; 24°49.38′ N, 100°18.54′ E;
1604 m a.s.l.; 11 Aug. 2015; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0056.
Distribution
China (Yunnan) (Fig. 56), India, and Nepal.
Genus Heliophanoides Prószyński, 1992
Heliophanoides Prószyński, 1992: 177.
Type species
Heliophanoides epigynalis Prószyński, 1992 from India by original designation.
Diagnosis
Heliophanoides closely resembles Heliophanus C.L. Koch, 1833 in habitus, but it can be easily
distinguished by the absence of femoral and patellar apophyses of male palp, the unmodied bulb
similar to that of many chrysillines, the median located, oval or round atrium, the reduced copulatory
ducts, and much larger spermathecae (Figs 2, 3A–B; Prószyński 1992: gs 50–51, 55; Lei & Peng
2013: gs 4a–b, 8a–b, d–g), whereas often the presence of femoral and patellar apophyses of male palp,
the protruding bulb, varied atria, much longer copulatory ducts, and much smaller spermathecae in
Heliophanus (Wesołowska 1986; Metzner 2023). The genus also somewhat resembles Phintella Strand,
1906, but it can be easily distinguished by the male palp having two tibial apophyses (Fig. 2; Lei & Peng
2013: gs 4a–b, 8a–b), and by the female having a medially located, oval or round atrium (Fig. 3A;
Prószyński 1992: gs 49, 53–54; Lei & Peng 2013: g. 8d–e), whereas only one tibial apophysis, and
without similarity-shaped atrium in Phintella (Żabka 1985: gs 403–441; Peng 2020: gs 208, 209b–c,
212 c–e, g–h; Metzner 2023).
Description
Habitus. Medium-sized spiders. Carapace red-brown to dark, covered with colorful scale-like setae,
devoid of pattern or with radial stripes on thorax. Clypeus low. Chelicerae with one retromarginal tooth
and two promarginal teeth. Endites broadened at distal half, bearing dense setae on distal end of inner
margins. Labium almost linguiform. Sternum sub-oval. Legs I stronger and with slightly enlarged
femora in males. Abdomen elongated or sub-oval, dorsum dotted, with faint traces of diagonal lighter
bands or arc-shaped dotted lines or irregular arc-shaped stripes.
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PalP. Tibia with two apophyses, retrolateral one longer, straight or curved, pointed apically; dorsal one
platelike or paliform; cymbium longer than wide; tegular bump medio-retrolaterally located; embolus
short, strongly sclerotized, originates from apical edge of bulb, curved retrolaterally.
Fig. 1. Brettus anchorum Wanless, 1979, ♀ (TRU-JS 0056). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral
view. C. Epigyne, ventral view. D. Vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale
bars: A–B = 1.0 mm; C–D = 0.1 mm.
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EPigynE. Wider than long, with square or sub-linguiform basal plate, and a pair of lateral concave structures
(absent in H. proszynskii); atrium oval or round, difference in size among species; copulatory openings beneath
lateral sides of atrium; copulatory ducts reduced, broadened at proximal portions mostly; spermathecae spherical
or sub-spherical; fertilization ducts originate from anterior edges of inner sides of spermathecae, sheet-shaped.
Composition
The genus currently includes seven species:
Heliophanoides bhutanicus Prószyński, 1992
Heliophanoides epigynalis Prószyński, 1992
Heliophanoides longlingensis (Lei & Peng 2013) comb. nov. from Phintella
Heliophanoides moi Wang & Li, 2023
Heliophanoides proszynskii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
Heliophanoides spermathecalis Prószyński, 1992
Heliophanoides tengchongensis (Lei & Peng 2013) comb. nov. from Phintella
Distribution
China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Hainan), Bhutan and India.
Comments
Phintella tengchongensis Lei & Peng 2013 is consistent with the generotype of Heliophanoides
(H. epigynalis Prószyński, 1992) in the habitus and epigynal structure, hence it is transferred to
Heliophanoides. Phintella longlingensis Lei & Peng 2013 (only known from single holotype) is also
transferred because it shares a similar habitus and palpal structure with P. tengchongensis. Moreover,
species of Heliophanoides possess a tegular bump, which is characteristic of the tribe Chrysillini
(Maddison 2015). And so, the genus could be assigned to the tribe Chrysillini.
Heliophanoides proszynskii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Diagnosis
The male of Heliophanoides proszynskii sp. nov. resembles that of H. tengchongensis (Lei & Peng
2013) comb. nov. in having the slender RTA and platelike DTA, but differs by the RTA, which is curved
medially and more than two-thirds the cymbial length in retrolateral view (Fig. 2B), but straight and just
one-third the cymbial length in H. tengchongensis (Lei & Peng 2013: g. 8b). The female can be easily
distinguished from other congeners by having the sub-linguiform base plate and lacking the concave
epigynal structure (Fig. 3A), whereas having a square base plate and a pair of lateral concave epigynal
structures in others (Prószyński 1992: gs 49, 53–54; Lei & Peng 2013: g. 8d–e).
Etymology
The species name is a patronym in honor of Prof. Jerzy Prószyński, who erected the genus Heliophanoides, and
has made signicant contributions to the taxonomy of salticid spiders worldwide; noun (name) in genitive case.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Shiqian County, Ganxi Township, Fuyan Village, Jiuchashu; 27°20.62′ N,
108°3.56′ E; 1410 m a.s.l.; 7 Apr. 2019; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0057.
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Paratypes
CHINA • 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0058–0063 • 1 ♀; same locality
as for holotype; 29 Apr. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0064 • 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; same locality as for
holotype; 27 Jun. 2020; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0065–0069.
Fig. 2. Male palp of Heliophanoides proszynskii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0057).
A. Prolateral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Ventral view. D. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material
and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.60. Carapace 1.57 long, 1.30 wide. Abdomen 2.01 long, 1.11 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.36, ALE 0.19, PLE 0.15, AERW 1.06, PERW 1.04, EFL 0.69. Legs:
Fig. 3. Heliophanoides proszynskii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, D. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0058).
C, E–G. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0057). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus.
C. Dorsal view. D. Dorsal view. E. Ventral view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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I 4.44 (1.54, 0.73, 1.10, 0.66, 0.41), II 2.93 (0.95, 0.43, 0.68, 0.51, 0.36), III 3.23 (0.98, 0.50, 0.68, 0.66,
0.41), IV 3.82 (1.12, 0.48, 0.90, 0.88, 0.44).
Habitus. Carapace brown to dark brown, covered with sparse scale-like and pale setae, with dark radial
stripes posteromedially on thorax (Fig. 3C, F). Chelicerae brownish-yellow, with one retromarginal
tooth and two promarginal teeth (Fig. 3F–G). Legs I dark brown except tarsi yellow; others yellow-
brown to brown, somewhat mingled with green except metatarsi and tarsi yellow (Fig. 3C). Abdomen
elongated, dorsum brown to dark brown, dotted, covered with sparse scale-like setae, with several arc-
shaped dotted lines posteriorly; venter colored as dorsum, with longitudinal, yellow-brown dotted lines
(Fig. 3C, E).
PalP. Tibia wider than long, with tapered RTA more than two-thirds the cymbial length, and slightly
curved to pointed tip directed towards about 10 o’clock position in retrolateral view, and with straight,
platelike DTA; bulb longer than wide, with medio-retrolaterally located, sub-triangular tegular bump;
lamellar process small, with arc-shaped margin; embolus originates from apical edge of bulb, slightly
shorter than the DTA, sclerotized, curved retrolaterally and blunt apically (Fig. 2).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0058)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.31. Carapace 1.41 long, 1.23 wide. Abdomen 2.19 long, 1.59 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.34, ALE 0.18, PLE 0.16, AERW 1.06, PERW 1.11, EFL 0.71. Legs: I
2.91 (0.93, 0.53, 0.65, 0.46, 0.34), II 2.55 (0.78, 0.48, 0.58, 0.39, 0.32), III 2.99 (0.88, 0.45, 0.63, 0.66,
0.37), IV 3.70 (1.10, 0.48, 0.88, 0.85, 0.39).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except paler in color, with yellow legs and plumper abdomen (Fig. 3D).
EPigynE. Wider than long, with sub-linguiform base plate; atrium oval, posteromedially located;
copulatory openings beneath lateral sides of atrium; copulatory ducts broadened proximally, extended
almost transversely, and connected to posterior edges of spermathecae; spermathecae sub-spherical,
separated from each other by about half their width; fertilization ducts lamellar, originate from the
antero-inner edges of spermathecae (Fig. 3A–B).
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 56).
Genus Icius Simon, 1876
Icius indicus (Simon, 1901) comb. nov.
Figs 4, 56
Heliophanus indica Simon, 1901: 152 (D♂, male holotype, not examined).
Icius koreanus Xiao, 1993: 123, gs 1–6 (♂, misidentied).
Pseudicius indicus – Wesołowska 1986: 231, gs 876–879 (T♂ from Heliophanus).
Phintella indica – Prószyński 1992: 199, gs 190–192 (T♂ from Pseudicius).
Pseudicius koreanus – Peng et al. 1993: 192, gs 671–679 (♂, misidentied; ♀ uncertain, maybe the
unknown female).
Diagnosis
The male of Icius indicus (Simon, 1901) comb. nov. resembles that of I. grassei (Berland & Millot,
1941) in having a similar palp, but it can be easily distinguished by the digitiform cymbial apophysis
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(in retrolateral view) and the two tibial apophyses (Fig. 4A–B), whereas having a lamellar cymbial
apophysis and only one tibial apophysis in I. grassei (Wesołowska 2017: gs 1b–e, 3e–f).
Material examined
CHINA • 1 ♂; Yunnan, Jingdong County, Huashan Township, Wen’e Village; 24°15.27′ N, 101°6.51′ E;
1190 m a.s.l.; 14 Aug. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0070.
Fig. 4. Male of Icius indicus (Simon, 1901) comb. nov. (TRU-JS 0070). A–C. Palp. A. Ventral view.
B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. D–E. Habitus. D. Dorsal view. E. Ventral view. F. Carapace,
frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–C,
G = 0.1 mm; D–F = 0.5 mm.
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Redescription
Male (TRU-JS 0070)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.19. Carapace 1.49 long, 1.05 wide. Abdomen 1.68 long, 0.92 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.15, PLE 0.15, AERW 0.88, PERW 0.92, EFL 0.65. Legs: I
2.78 (0.80, 0.50, 0.75, 0.44, 0.29), II 2.05 (0.61, 0.38, 0.45, 0.32, 0.29), III 2.02 (0.63, 0.30, 0.40, 0.37,
0.32), IV 2.56 (0.78, 0.48, 0.50, 0.46, 0.34).
Habitus. Carapace red-brown to dark brown, covered with white and yellow scale-like setae and brown,
long setae anteriorly, bearing four pairs of at, brown, long scale-like setae on outer sides of eye eld,
and two clusters of pale scale-like setae behind PLEs (Fig. 4D, F). Chelicerae brown-yellow, with one
retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth (Fig. 4F–G). Legs I dark to red-brown except metatarsi
and tarsi yellow, with slightly inated femora; other legs pale yellow (Fig. 4D–E). Abdomen elongated,
dorsum pale yellow, covered with sparse brown setae, with several indistinct, wave-shaped, transverse,
brown bands; venter pale, covered with thin setae (Fig. 4D–E).
PalP. Tibia stubby, with short, digitiform retrolateral apophysis and at, sclerotized dorsal apophysis
in retrolateral view; cymbium longer than wide, with baso-retrolateral apophysis semicircular in
ventral view; bulb longer than wide; tegular bump distal-retrolaterally located; embolus short, curved
retrolaterally into blunt tip (Fig. 4A–C).
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
China (Yunnan) (Fig. 56) and India.
Comments
Phintella indica (Simon, 1901) is documented as an Indo-Chinese species (Wesołowska 1986). The
examined specimen is almost identical to the syntype of P. indica in palpal structure. Based on that, it
was identied as P. indica. Moreover, P. indica possesses some unique features of Icius, e.g., having a
dorsal cheliceral crest (Wesołowska 2017). Meanwhile, the habitus and palpal structures of this species
resemble those of Icius more than those of species of Phintella, so, it is being transferred to Icius herein.
Moreover, both males of Icius koreanus described by Xiao (1993), and Pseudicius koreanus described
by Peng et al. (1993) are consistent with the examined specimen in palpal structure, and so, they are
considered to be misidentied. Moreover, the female of Pseudicius koreanus described by Peng et al.
(1993) could also be misidentied, and it may be the true female of I. indicus.
Genus Myrmage Prószyński, 2016
Myrmage lii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Diagnosis
The male of Myrmage lii sp. nov. resembles that of M. imbellis (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) in having
a very similar palp, but it can be easily distinguished by the following: (1) the chelicera is less than half
the carapacae length (Fig. 6D–E), whereas almost as long as carapace in M. imbellis (Benjamin 2015:
g. 8a, c); (2) the RTA has a sub-triangular ventral ramus (Fig. 5B–D), whereas without indistinct ventral
ramus in M. imbellis (Benjamin 2015: g. 10a–c). It also resembles that of M. brevis Xiao, 2002 in having
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short chelicerae and a similar palp, but it can be distinguished by the following: (1) the sternum is about
two times as long as wide (Fig. 6E), whereas about three times as long as wide in M. brevis (Xiao 2002:
g. 6); (2) the dorsal ramus of RTA is anteriorly directed in retrolateral view (Fig. 5C–D), whereas antero-
prolaterally directed in M. brevis (Xiao 2002: g. 3). The female is similar to that of M. dishani in having
elongated spermathecae, but it can be easily distinguished by the presence of an epigynal hood, the round
atria and by the sclerotized portions of copulatory ducts originating from the anterior edges of the atria
and separated from the epigastric groove (Fig. 6A–C), whereas lacking a distinct epigynal hood, with
oval atria, and the sclerotized portions of copulatory ducts originating from the posterior margins of the
epigyne, and close to the epigastric groove in M. dishani (Benjamin 2015: g. 6c–d).
Etymology
The specic name is a patronym in honor of Dr Shuqiang Li, a well-known arachnologist; noun (name)
in genitive case.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Yunnan, Nanjian County, Lingbao Mountain National Forest Park; 24°46.02′ N,
100°31.19′ E; 2285 m a.s.l.; 12 Aug. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0071.
Paratypes
CHINA • 12 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0072–0083.
Fig. 5. Male palp of Myrmage lii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0071). A. Prolateral
view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. D. RTA, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and
methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.73. Carapace 1.64 long, 1.03 wide. Abdomen 2.01 long, 0.88 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.34, ALE 0.18, PLE 0.17, AERW 0.98, PERW 1.05, EFL 0.77. Legs: I
3.66 (1.10, 0.50, 1.10, 0.59, 0.37), II 2.80 (0.80, 0.45, 0.70, 0.51, 0.34), III 3.09 (0.88, 0.43, 0.73, 0.68,
0.37), IV 4.39 (1.32, 0.50, 1.15, 1.01, 0.41).
Fig. 6. Myrmage lii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–C, F, H. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0072). D–E,
G. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0071). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B–C. Vulva, dorsal view. D–F. Habitus.
D. Dorsal view. E. Ventral view. F. Dorsal view. G–H. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see
Material and methods. Scale bars: A–C, G, H = 0.1 mm; D–F = 0.5 mm.
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Habitus. Carapace red-brown to dark brown, covered with sparse white setae, with elevated, sub-square
cephalic region (Fig. 6D). Chelicerae stubby, with ve teeth on both margins (Fig. 6G). Sternum about
two times as long as wide (Fig. 6E). Legs yellow to red-brown, with ventral macroseta on patellae I, and
four and two pairs of ventral macrosetae on tibiae and metatarsi I, respectively. Abdomen elongated,
dorsum brown to red-brown, covered by big scutum, with a pair of mediolateral white stripes formed by
setae and followed by indistinct, transverse, yellow streak; venter dark brown (Fig. 6D–E).
PalP. Tibia longer than wide in retrolateral view, with short, tapered PTA rather pointed apically; RTA
broadened anteromedially and bifurcated into sub-triangular ventral ramus and tapered dorsal ramus
curved towards bulb distally in ventral view; bulb almost round; embolus broad, at, coiled about two
circles, with pointed distal end (Fig. 5).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0072)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 5.14. Carapace 1.91 long, 1.05 wide. Abdomen 2.68 long, 1.36 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.34, ALE 0.18, PLE 0.17, AERW 1.04, PERW 1.14, EFL 0.76. Legs: I
3.60 (1.10, 0.55, 0.95, 0.54, 0.46), II 2.81 (0.80, 0.43, 0.75, 0.49, 0.34), III 3.20 (0.90, 0.43, 0.80, 0.73,
0.34), IV 4.65 (1.34, 0.55, 1.25, 1.07, 0.44).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except paler in color and without dorsal abdominal scutum (Fig. 6F).
EPigynE. Slightly longer than wide, with sub-triangular hood located at middle of posterior portion; atria
paired, round, posterolaterally located; copulatory openings indistinct; sclerotized portions of copulatory
ducts strongly curved; spermathecae elongated, touching, slightly broadened distally; fertilization ducts
lamellar, extended transversely (Fig. 6A–C).
Distribution
China (Yunnan) (Fig. 60).
Genus Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839
Myrmarachne hamata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 7, 57
Diagnosis
Myrmarachne hamata sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from other congeners by the RTA curved
into a reverse C-shape medially and forming a hook at the distal end in retrolateral view (Fig. 7C, G),
whereas without similar RTA in others (Metzner 2023).
Etymology
The specic name comes from the Latin ‛hamatus’, which means ‛hook-shaped’, and refers to the RTA
forming a hook at distal end in retrolateral view; adjective.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Xingren County, Luchuying Township, Qingshuihe Nature Reserve, Mabaoshu
Grand Canyon; 25°17.79′ N, 104°56.13′ E; 1270 m a.s.l.; 3 Aug. 2016; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0084.
Paratypes
CHINA • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0085–0086.
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Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 6.04. Carapace 3.09 long, 1.85 wide. Abdomen 3.05 long, 1.64 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.53, ALE 0.34, PLE 0.33, AERW 1.73, PERW 1.85, EFL 1.31. Legs: I
7.99 (2.10, 1.28, 2.63, 1.30, 0.68), II 5.84 (1.73, 0.85, 1.58, 1.13, 0.55), III 6.36 (1.85, 0.88, 1.50, 1.50,
0.63), IV 9.21 (2.80, 1.08, 2.40, 2.20, 0.73).
Fig. 7. Male of Myrmarachne hamata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–F, H. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS
0084). G. Paratype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0085). A–C. Palp. A. Prolateral view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral
view. D–F. Habitus. D. Dorsal view. E. Lateral view. F. Ventral view. G. Palpal tibia, retrolateral view.
H. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–C, G–H = 0.2 mm;
D–F = 1.0 mm.
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Habitus. Carapace red-brown to dark brown, covered with thin setae, with indistinct dark patch
anteromedially on elevated cephalic region (Fig. 7D–E). Chelicerae yellow, with seven teeth on both
retromargin and promargin (Fig. 7H). Sternum about 2.6 times as long as wide (Fig. 7F). Legs pale
yellow to red-brown, with three, seven, and two pairs of ventral macrosetae on patellae, tibiae, and
metatarsi I, respectively. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum dark brown, without patterns; venter brown
to dark brown, covered with dark setae medially (Fig. 7D–F).
PalP. Tibia longer than wide, with lamellar tibial ange fused with RTA basally; RTA curved into
reverse C-shape at middle and forming hook distally in retrolateral view; cymbium setose, with cluster
of dark setae near distal portion of RTA; bulb at, round; embolus slender, coiled with about two spirals
(Fig. 7A–C).
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 57).
Myrmarachne xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 8–9, 56
Diagnosis
The male of Myrmarachne xingrenensis sp. nov. resembles that of M. circulus Xiao & Wang, 2004 in
having a broad embolus, but it can be easily distinguished by the following: (1) the chelicera is shorter
than the carapace (Fig. 9C–D) whereas longer than carapace in M. circulus (Xiao & Wang 2004: g. 1);
(2) the RTA is strongly concave medially (Fig. 8B–D), whereas not concave in M. circulus (Xiao &
Wang 2004: gs 3–4). The female also resembles that of M. circulus in having a posteromedially
located epigynal hood, and prominent spermathecae, but it can be distinguished by the following: (1)
the epigynal hood is longer than wide (Fig. 9A), whereas wider than long in M. circulus (Xiao & Wang
2004: gs 6–7); (2) the epigyne has a pair of hood-shaped structures anterolateral to atria (Fig. 9A),
whereas absent in M. circulus (Xiao & Wang 2004: gs 6–7).
Etymology
The species name is derived from the name of the type locality, Xingren County; adjective.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Xingren County, Luchuying Township, Qingshuihe Nature Reserve, Mabaoshu
Grand Canyon; 25°17.79′ N, 104°56.13′ E; 1270 m a.s.l.; 3 Aug. 2016; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS
0087.
Paratypes
CHINA • 13 ♀♀, 13 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0088–0113.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.77. Carapace 2.15 long, 1.19 wide. Abdomen 2.54 long, 1.19 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.39, ALE 0.22, PLE 0.20, AERW 1.22, PERW 1.26, EFL 1.01. Legs: I
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5.50 (1.63, 0.78, 1.75, 0.85, 0.49), II 4.01 (1.15, 0.58, 1.08, 0.76, 0.44), III 4.54 (1.32, 0.55, 1.13, 1.05,
0.49), IV 6.54 (1.93, 0.68, 1.78, 1.59, 0.56).
Habitus. Carapace yellow-red to dark, covered with thin setae at anterior margin (Fig. 9C). Chelicerae
with six teeth on both retromargin and promargin (Fig. 9F). Sternum elongated, almost 2.2 times as
long as wide. Legs yellow to red-brown, with one, ve, and two pairs of ventral macrosetae on patellae,
tibiae, and metatarsi I, respectively (Fig. 9D). Abdomen elongated, dorsum mahogany brown, with a
pair of anterolateral white stripes, covered by big scutum; venter gray-brown, with broad, longitudinal,
brown band medially (Fig. 9C–D).
PalP. Tibia slightly longer than wide; RTA almost S-shaped in ventral view and strongly concave
medially, tapered to pointed tip curved towards cymbium in retrolateral view; bulb almost round, with
sperm duct extended along prolateral margin and curved into S-shape terminally; embolus broad and
at, coiled with two spirals, apically reaching to antero-retrolateral margin of cymbium (Fig. 8).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0088)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 5.88. Carapace 2.60 long, 1.30 wide. Abdomen 2.85 long, 1.40 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.46, ALE 0.24, PLE 0.22, AERW 1.32, PERW 1.34, EFL 1.08. Legs:
I 5.47 (1.63, 0.85, 1.65, 0.83, 0.51), II 4.24 (1.24, 0.65, 1.15, 0.76, 0.44), III 4.95 (1.41, 0.63, 1.20, 1.22,
0.49), IV 7.47 (2.20, 0.78, 2.15, 1.83, 0.51).
Fig. 8. Male palp of Myrmarachne xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0087).
A. Prolateral view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. D. RTA, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see
Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 9. Myrmarachne xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E, G. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0088).
C–D, F. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0087). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus.
C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F–G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see
Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–E = 0.5 mm; F = 0.2 mm.
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Habitus. Similar to that of male except paler in color, and with seven cheliceral teeth on both retromargin
and promargin (Fig. 9E, G).
EPigynE. With a pair of hood-shaped structures anterolateral to oval atria, and bell-shaped posterior
hood far away from epigastric furrow about 1.6 times its length; sclerotized portions of copulatory ducts
swollen at beginning and curved about 100° proximally, and then ascending to connect to posterior
edges of spermathecae; spermathecae sub-spherical, touched; fertilization ducts originate from middle
of inner edges of spermathecae, transversely extended (Fig. 9A–B).
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 56).
Myrmarachne yinae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 10–11, 56
Diagnosis
The female of Myrmarachne yinae sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from other congeners by the
epigyne having a pair of wing-shaped dorsolateral plates and an upwards opened hood (Fig. 11A–C),
whereas similar plates being absent and with downwards or laterally opened hood in others (Metzner
2023). The male closely resembles that of M. concava Zhu, Zhang, Zhang & Chen, 2005 in palpal
structure, but it can be distinguished by the RTA, which is curved into a pointed tip directed towards
the dorsal side in retrolateral view (Fig. 10C), whereas straight and acutely narrowed to a pointed tip
directed upward in M. concava (Zhu et al. 2005: g. 10f).
Etymology
The specic name is a patronym in honor of the late Prof. Changmin Yin, one of the pioneers of spider
taxonomy of China; noun (name) in genitive case.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♀; Guizhou, Suiyang County, Kuankuoshui National Nature Reserve, Zhubaotai; 28°12.71′ N,
107°10.01′ E; 1513 m a.s.l.; 26 Jul. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0114.
Paratypes
CHINA • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0115–0117 • 2 ♀♀; Yinjiang County,
Ziwei Township, Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve, Huguosi; 27°54.54′ N, 108°46.57′ E;
1655 m a.s.l.; 9 May 2020; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0118–0119 • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for
preceding; 21 Jul. 2021; TRU-JS 0120–0121.
Description
Female (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 6.18. Carapace 2.64 long, 1.37 wide. Abdomen 3.42 long, 1.53 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.47, ALE 0.24, PLE 0.24, AERW 1.36, PERW 1.42, EFL 1.03. Legs: I
4.83 (1.45, 0.78, 1.45, 0.75, 0.40), II 3.82 (1.13, 0.63, 1.01, 0.65, 0.40), III 4.41 (1.25, 0.58, 1.05, 1.08,
0.45), IV 6.46 (1.88, 0.75, 1.75, 1.58, 0.50).
Habitus. Carapace dark brown except yellow-brown on cervical groove area, cephalic region elevated,
square, covered with gray-white, thin setae (Fig. 11D–E). Chelicerae with six teeth on both retromargin
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and promargin (Fig. 11H). Sternum narrow, about 2.5 times as long as wide (Fig. 11F). Legs yellow
to red-brown, with two, six, and two pairs of macrosetae on venter of patellae, tibiae, and metatarsi I,
respectively (Fig. 11D). Abdomen elongated, constricted anteromedially, dorsum with alternate
transverse dark brown and yellow bands; venter pale yellow (Fig. 11D–F).
EPigynE. With small, upward opened, cup-shaped posterior hood, and a pair of wing-shaped, sclerotized
dorsolateral plates; atrium broad, sub-trapezoidal, with a pair of lateral ridges and two pairs of wrinkles;
copulatory openings posterolaterally located, slit-shaped; sclerotized portions of copulatory ducts
broadened, curved and with a pair of accessory glands at proximal portions, and then extended anteriorly,
and coiled with ve spirals at terminus; spermathecae tube-shaped; fertilization ducts slender, extended
anterolaterally (Fig. 11A–C).
Male (paratype, TRU-JS 0117)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.89. Carapace 2.16 long, 1.33 wide. Abdomen 2.51 long, 1.05 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.42, ALE 0.22, PLE 0.22, AERW 1.27, PERW 1.31, EFL 1.02. Legs: I
4.94 (1.48, 0.75, 1.45, 0.78, 0.48), II 3.91 (1.13, 0.60, 1.10, 0.68, 0.40), III 4.35 (1.25, 0.55, 1.05, 1.00,
0.50), IV 5.96 (1.70, 0.70, 1.63, 1.43, 0.50).
Habitus. Similar to that of female except paler in color, and with more well-developed chelicerae
(Fig. 11G).
Fig. 10. Male palp of Myrmarachne yinae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., paratype (TRU-JS 0117).
A. Prolateral view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.
Scale bars = 0.2 mm.
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Fig. 11. Myrmarachne yinae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–F, H. Holotype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0114). G,
I. Paratype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0117). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B–C. Vulva, dorsal view. D–G. Habitus.
D. Dorsal view. E. Lateral view. F. Ventral view. G. Dorsal view. H–I. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–C, H, I = 0.1 mm; D–G = 0.5 mm.
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PalP. Tibia longer than wide, with lamellar ange fused with RTA basally; RTA twisted, curved, and
extended towards dorsal side distally in retrolateral view; cymbium setose, with cluster of dense,
dark setae dorsomedially, and sub-triangular, baso-retrolateral apophysis in ventral view; bulb oval;
embolus long, coiled with about two spirals, distal portion agelliform (Fig. 10).
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 56).
Genus Phintella Strand, 1906
Phintella aequipeiformis Żabka, 1985
Figs 12, 58
Phintella aequipeiformis Żabka, 1985: 427, gs 422–425, 450 (D♂, male holotype, not examined).
Phintella lucai Żabka, 1985: 430, gs 444–446 (D♀).
Phintella aequipeiformes – Luong et al. 2016: 286, gs 3a–i, 4a–i (♂♀; S of P. lucai). For full reference
list see World Spider Catalog (2023).
Diagnosis and description
See Żabka (1985) and Luong et al. (2016).
Material examined
CHINA • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Longzhou County, Zhubu Township,
Nonggang Village; 22°27.91′ N, 106°57.33′ E; 250 m a.s.l.; 7 Jul. 2019; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS
0122–0124.
Distribution
China (Guangxi) (Fig. 58), Vietnam.
Comments
Xie (1993) described two specimens of Phintella collected from Hunan, China as P. aequipeiformis.
After re-examining, however, the specimens were considered to be misidentied and are described as
P. wandae sp. nov. in the present work. The true P. aequipeiformis was found in Guangxi, China, and is
photographed in the present work.
Phintella arcuata Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015
Phintella arcuata Huang et al., 2015: 26, gs 1a–d, 2a–c, 3a–e (D♂, male holotype, examined; ♀,
mismatched).
Phintella levii Huang et al, 2015: 31, gs 4a–c, 5a–b (D♀, female holotype, examined). syn. nov.
Comments
The female of Phintella arcuata is considered to be mismatched and identied as P. subpanda sp. nov.
below. Both the male of P. arcuata and the female of P. levii were collected from Huping Mountain
National Nature Reserve and their collection localities are close to each other. Moreover, they share a
similar habitus, and are consistent with P. pygmaea in palpal and epigynal structures, respectively (e.g.,
the male has a sub-oval carapace, three transverse white bands medially on the dorsum of the abdomen,
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a medially located retromarginal cheliceral tooth, and similarly shaped copulatory ducts). Based on that,
it is safe to consider P. arcuata and P. levii as the same species. According to the rules, P. levii is assigned
as a synonym of P. arcuata.
Fig. 12. Copulatory organs of Phintella aequipeiformis Żabka, 1985. A–C. ♂ (TRU-JS 0124). D–E. ♀
(TRU-JS 0122). A. Palp, ventral view. B. Palp, retrolateral view. C. Palp, dorsal view. D. Epigyne,
ventral view. E. Vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Phintella fanjingshan Li, Wang, Zhang & Chen, 2019
Figs 13–14, 58
Phintella fanjingshan Li et al., 2019: 120, gs 1a, 2a–b, 3a–c (D♂, male holotype, not examined).
Diagnosis
The male of Phintella fanjingshan Li, Wang, Zhang & Chen, 2019 resembles that of P. pulcherrima Huang,
Wang & Peng, 2015 in having a similar habitus and a small lamellar process, but differs in: (1) the RTA is
acutely narrowed distally in retrolateral view (Fig.13B), whereas tapered in P. pulcherrima (Huang et al.
2015: gs 8b, 10b); (2) the embolus is almost as long as the lamellar process (Fig. 13A), whereas about
1.5 times as short as the lamellar process in P. pulcherrima (Huang et al. 2015: gs 8a, 10a). The female
is similar to that of P. jiugongensis sp. nov., but can be distinguished by the following: (1) the copulatory
ducts are about one-third the spermathecal width and slightly curved medially (Fig. 14B), whereas about
one-forth the spermathecal width, and strongly curved more than 90° in P. jiugongensis (Fig. 18B); (2) the
epigyne has a pair of eyebrow-shaped atrial ridges anterior to the copulatory openings (Fig. 14A), whereas
arc-shaped and anteriorly between the copulatory openings in P. jiugongensis (Fig. 18A).
Fig. 13. Male palp of Phintella fanjingshan Li, Wang, Zhang & Chen, 2019 (TRU-JS 0127). A. Ventral
view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars =
0.1 mm.
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Material examined
CHINA • 2 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂; Guizhou, Yinjiang County, Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve,
Mianxuling; 27°54.83′ N, 108°40.03′ E; 2000 m a.s.l.; 17 Jul. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0125–
0134 • 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same locality as for preceding; 9 May 2020; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0135–0138
• 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 4 Jul. 2020; X.Q. Mi and C. Wang leg.; TRU-JS 0139 • 2 ♂♂;
Fig. 14. Phintella fanjingshan Li, Wang, Zhang & Chen, 2019. A–B, E. ♀ (TRU-JS 0125). C–D,
F–G. ♂ (TRU-JS 0127). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view.
D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations:
see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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same locality as for preceding; 9 May 2021; X.Q. Mi and C. Wang leg.; TRU-JS 0140–0141 • 1 ♀, 1 ♂;
Yinjiang County, Muhuang Township, Jinchang Village, Maxi’ao; 28°1.37′ N, 108°45.00′ E; 1300 m
a.s.l.; 10 May 2020; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0142–0143 • 2 ♂♂; same locality as for preceding; 21
Jul. 2021; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0144–0145.
Description
Male (TRU-JS 0127)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.82. Carapace 2.36 long, 1.82 wide. Abdomen 2.51 long, 1.63 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.54, ALE 0.30, PLE 0.31, AERW 1.55, PERW 1.50, EFL 1.07. Legs: I
5.62 (1.53, 0.85, 1.63, 1.13, 0.48), II 4.40 (1.28, 0.63, 1.13, 0.93, 0.43), III 4.83 (1.45, 0.60, 1.18, 1.15,
0.45), IV 5.06 (1.50, 0.58, 1.25, 1.28, 0.45).
Habitus. Carapace yellow to brown, covered with pale scale-like setae and pale setae anteriorly, with
fan-shaped area medially on thorax and a pair of marginal yellow bands laterally (Fig 14C, F). Chelicerae
with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth, and distal ange of fang (Fig. 14G). Legs pale
to red-brown. Abdomen elongated, dorsum pale to green-brown, with alternate pale and green-brown
transverse bands and brown terminal spot; venter yellow to pale brown (Fig. 14C–D).
PalP. Tibia slightly wider than long in ventral view; RTA tapered in ventral view, broadened baso-
medially, and acutely narrowed to pointed tip distally in retrolateral view; bulb elongated, with well-
developed posterior lobe curved towards postero-retrolaterally in ventral view; tegular bump almost
triangular in retrolateral view; lamellar process small, longer than wide; embolus strongly sclerotized,
straight, almost as long as lamellar process, blunt apically (Fig. 13).
Female (TRU-JS 0125)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.86. Carapace 1.82 long, 1.32 wide. Abdomen 2.82 long, 1.98 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.45, ALE 0.25, PLE 0.23, AERW 1.25, PERW 1.14, EFL 0.93. Legs: I
3.40 (1.01, 0.58, 0.80, 0.63, 0.38), II 3.16 (1.00, 0.50, 0.75, 0.58, 0.33), III 3.79 (1.15, 0.53, 0.85, 0.88,
0.38), IV 4.18 (1.23, 0.55, 1.01, 1.01, 0.38).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except paler in color (Fig. 14E).
EPigynE. With broad, bow-shaped basal plate; copulatory openings almost round, below eyebrow-shaped
atrial ridges; copulatory ducts slightly curved medially, with very short accessory glands at terminus;
spermathecae pear-shaped, very close to each other medially; fertilization ducts lamellar, originate from
anterior edges of spermathecae (Fig. 14A–B).
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 58).
Phintella fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 15–16, 59
Diagnosis
The male of Phintella fodingensis sp. nov. resembles that of P. popovi (Prószyński, 1979), but differs
in: (1) the RTA being extended upward in ventral view (Fig. 15A), whereas extended diagonally
towards bulb in P. popovi (Peng 2020: g. 218b); (2) the embolus being straight (Fig. 15A), whereas
curved medially (Peng 2020: g. 218b). The female also resembles that of P. popovi, but differs in
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the copulatory openings, which are separated from each other by about 1.8 times spermathecal width
(Fig. 16A), whereas almost touching in P. popovi (Peng 2020: g. 218g).
Etymology
The species name is derived from the name of the type locality, Foding Mountain National Nature
Reserve; adjective.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Shiqian County, Ganxi Township, Fuyan Village, Jiuchashu; 27°20.62′ N,
108°3.56′ E; 1410 m a.s.l.; 29 Apr. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0146.
Paratypes
CHINA • 3 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0147–0151.
Fig. 15. Male palp of Phintella fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0146).
A. Ventral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale
bars = 0.1 mm.
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Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.88. Carapace 1.69 long, 1.38wide. Abdomen 2.06 long, 1.22 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.43, ALE 0.23, PLE 0.21, AERW 1.28, PERW 1.22, EFL 0.88. Legs:
Fig. 16. Phintella fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0147). C–D,
F–G. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0146). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus.
C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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I 5.10 (1.41, 0.75, 1.38, 1.05, 0.51), II 4.47 (1.24, 0.68, 1.13, 0.93, 0.49), III 4.83 (1.34, 0.63, 1.15, 1.22,
0.49), IV 4.99 (1.41, 0.53, 1.25, 1.29, 0.51).
Habitus. Carapace yellow, covered with white and brown scale-like setae and brown setae, with pale area
anteromedially on thorax (Fig. 16C, F). Chelicerae with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal
teeth, without distal ange of fang (Fig. 16G). Legs pale yellow to yellow except femora and tibiae I
brown to dark brown. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum pale brown, with a pair of longitudinal, white
stripes formed by setae laterally; venter pale gray to pale brown (Fig. 16C–D).
PalP. Tibia almost as long as wide in ventral view; RTA strongly curved medially in ventral view,
and tapered to pointed tip curved diagonally towards bulb in retrolateral view; bulb slightly broadened
posteriorly, with posterior lobe extended downward; tegular bump lamellar; lamellar process about
nine times as long as wide; embolus thin and straight, with rather pointed tip almost directed towards
1 o’clock position in ventral view (Fig. 15).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0147)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.40. Carapace 1.84 long, 1.41 wide. Abdomen 2.50 long, 1.63 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.45, ALE 0.23, PLE 0.21, AERW 1.37, PERW 1.34, EFL 0.94. Legs: I
3.53 (1.10, 0.68, 0.75, 0.66, 0.34), II 3.30 (1.05, 0.55, 0.75, 0.61, 0.34), III 3.82 (1.22, 0.55, 0.78, 0.90,
0.37), IV 4.34 (1.32, 0.58, 1.00, 1.07, 0.37).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except paler in color and with irregular longitudinal stripe on dorsum
of abdomen (Fig. 16E).
EPigynE. With bow-shaped basal plate; copulatory openings oval, anteriorly located, separated from each
other by 1.8 times spermathecal width; copulatory ducts short, curved as arc-shape and connected to
anterior edges of oval spermathecae; fertilization ducts lamellar, extended anterolaterally (Fig. 16A–B).
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 59).
Phintella jiugongensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 17–18, 61
Diagnosis
The male of Phintella jiugongensis sp. nov. closely resembles that of P. panda Huang, Wang & Peng,
2015, but differs in: (1) the lamellar process being about two times as long as wide (Fig. 17A), whereas
about four times as long as wide in P. panda (Fig. 22A); (2) the tegulum having a knob below the
embolic base (Fig. 17A–B), whereas absent in P. panda (Fig. 22A–B). The female also resembles that
of P. panda in having a similar epigyne, but it can be distinguished by the following: (1) the copulatory
openings being below the anterior-most spermathecal margins (Fig. 18A–B), whereas anterior to
spermathecae in P. panda (Fig. 23A–B); (2) the distance between two protrusions of the basal epigynal
plate being almost equal to spermathecal width (Fig. 18A–B), whereas about half the spermathecal
width in P. panda (Fig. 23A–B). The female also resembles P. linea (Karsch, 1879) in the general
shape of the epigyne, but it can be easily distinguished by the copulatory openings, which are below
the anterior-most spermathecal margins and separated from each other about half the spermathecal
width (Fig. 18A–B), whereas anterior to spermathecae and separated from each other by more than the
spermathecal width in P. linea (Prószyński 1973: gs 42–43).
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Etymology
The species name is derived from the name of the type locality, Jiugong Mountain National Nature
Reserve; adjective.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Hubei, Tongshan County, Jiugong Mountain, Shilongxia Scenic Zone; 29°24.75′ N,
114°39.05′ E; elevation unspecied; 12 Jul. 2020; Y. Zhong et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0152.
Paratypes
CHINA • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype.; TRU-JS 0153–0155.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.65. Carapace 1.86 long, 1.43 wide. Abdomen 1.71 long, 1.14 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.45, ALE 0.26, PLE 0.24, AERW 1.37, PERW 1.24, EFL 0.90. Legs: I
4.88 (1.38, 0.75, 1.25, 1.00, 0.50), II 3.98 (1.20, 0.58, 0.95, 0.75, 0.50), III 4.64 (1.40, 0.58, 1.03, 1.13,
0.50), IV 5.01 (1.50, 0.53, 1.25, 1.23, 0.50).
Fig. 17. Male palp of Phintella jiugongensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0152).
A. Ventral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale
bars = 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 18. Phintella jiugongensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0153). C–D,
F–G. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0152). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus.
C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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Habitus. Carapace brown to dark brown, covered with white and dark scale-like setae and brown setae,
with yellow area bearing white scale-like setae medially on thorax, a pair of later-marginal yellow
bands, and two clusters of white scale-like setae between ALEs and PLEs (Fig. 18C, F). Chelicerae with
one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth, and distal ange of fang (Fig. 18G). Legs pale to
dark brown somewhat mingled with green. Abdomen sub-oval, dorsum green-brown anteromedially,
with alternate dark brown and pale yellow stripes posteromedially; venter with green-brown, central,
longitudinal band extended from epigastric furrow to terminus (Fig. 18C–D).
PalP. Tibia wider than long; RTA strongly sclerotized, tapered, broadened at base, slightly curved
medially in ventral view and almost triangular at distal half in retrolateral view; bulb elongated, with sub-
triangular posterior lobe and small knob below embolic base; tegular bump lamellar, medio-retrolaterally
located; lamellar process about two times as long as wide; embolus short, strongly sclerotized, directed
towards about 2 o’clock position apically in ventral view (Fig. 17).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0153)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.96. Carapace 1.64 long, 1.38 wide. Abdomen 2.38 long, 1.72 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.45, ALE 0.25, PLE 0.23, AERW 1.32, PERW 1.24, EFL 0.89. Legs: I
3.54 (1.08, 0.60, 0.80, 0.68, 0.38), II 3.39 (1.05, 0.53, 0.78, 0.65, 0.38), III 3.74 (1.13, 0.53, 0.78, 0.90,
0.40), IV 4.34 (1.28, 0.53, 1.05, 1.05, 0.43).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except paler in color (Fig. 18E).
EPigynE. With broad, bow-shaped basal plate and a pair of anterior atrial ridges inner to copulatory openings;
copulatory openings almost round, located anteriorly; copulatory ducts strongly curved more than 90°
posteromedially, with short accessory glands at terminus; spermathecae pear-shaped, separated from each other
by one-seventh the spermathecal width; fertilization ducts lamellar, anterior-laterally extended (Fig. 18A–B).
Distribution
China (Hubei) (Fig. 61).
Phintella liae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 19, 57
Diagnosis
Phintella liae sp. nov. resembles P. arenicolor (Grube, 1861) and P. castriesiana (Grube, 1861) in having
an elongated bulb, but it can be easily distinguished by the long embolus, and the well-developed RTA
which is longer than the tibia (Fig. 19A–C), whereas a much shorter embolus, and less-developed RTA
shorter than tibia in P. arenicolor and P. castriesiana (Logunov & Wesołowska 1992: g. 28a–b; Peng
2020: g. 211c–d).
Etymology
The species is named after Mrs Feng’e Li, one of the collectors of this new species; noun (name) in
genitive case.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Longzhou County, Zhubu Township, Nonggang
Village; 22°27.91′ N, 106°57.33′ E; 250 m a.s.l.; 7 Jul. 2019; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0156.
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Fig. 19. Phintella liae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0156). A–C. Palp. A. Ventral
view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. D. Habitus, dorsal view. E. Habitus, ventral view. F. Carapace,
frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. H. Leg I, prolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and
methods. Scale bars: A–C, G = 0.1 mm; D–F, H = 0.5 mm.
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Paratypes
CHINA • 1 ♂; Hainan, Ledong County, Jianfeng Township, Chenlonggou Nature Reserve; 18°42.53′
N, 108°47.21′ E; 188 m a.s.l.; 17 Jun. 2019; C. Wang and Y.F. Yang leg.; TRU-JS 0157 • 1 ♂; same
collection data as for preceding; 18 Jun. 2019; TRU-JS 0158 • 3 ♂♂; Ledong County, Jianfeng Township,
Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, Yulingu; 18°44.79′ N, 108°55.76′ E; 630 m a.s.l; 9 May 2021; F.E
Li leg.; TRU-JS 0159–0161.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.21. Carapace 1.56 long, 1.28 wide. Abdomen 1.55 long, 0.95 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.40, ALE 0.23, PLE 0.22, AERW 1.26, PERW 1.24, EFL 0.83. Legs: I
3.70 (1.10, 0.55, 0.90, 0.75, 0.40), II 3.35 (1.00, 0.50, 0.75, 0.70, 0.40), III 3.84 (1.18, 0.48, 0.78, 1.00,
0.40), IV 4.32 (1.28, 0.53, 1.00, 1.08, 0.43).
Habitus. Carapace yellow to brown, with a pair of square dark patches between to PLEs (Fig. 19D, F).
Chelicerae with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth (Fig. 19G). Legs off-white except
femora, patellae, and tibiae I, II green-brown. Abdomen elongated, dorsum off-white to pale brown, with
indistinct broad pale patch posteromedially; venter pale, with a pair of longitudinal, dotted lines medially
(Fig. 19D–E).
PalP. Tibia wider than long; RTA tapered, longer than tibia, distally sclerotized, curved into pointed tip
directed towards ventral side in retrolateral view; bulb elongated; tegular bump small, blunt apically;
lamellar process elongated, more than ve times as long as wide; embolus sclerotized, long and straight,
blunt apically (Fig. 19A–C).
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
China (Hainan, Guangxi) (Fig. 57).
Comments
The species is placed into Phintella due to the similarity in habitus and palpal structure, but also differs
from other congeners by the long, thick embolus, and the long RTA, and so, its generic position may
need conrmation.
Phintella liui Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 20–21, 58
Diagnosis
The male of Phintella liui sp. nov. closely resembles that of P. castriesiana (Grube, 1861) in having a
similar palp, but differs in: (1) the RTA being slightly curved towards the bulb in ventral view (Fig. 20A),
whereas curved towards the dorsal side in P. castriesiana (Logunov & Wesołowska 1992: g. 28a); (2)
the retrolateral margin of the lamellar process being separated from the sperm duct (Fig. 20A), whereas
partly covers the sperm duct in P. castriesiana (Logunov & Wesołowska 1992: g. 28a). The female
also resembles that of P. castriesiana in the epigynal structure, but differs in: (1) the epigynal basal plate
having two well-developed protrusions (Fig. 21A–B), whereas indistinct in P. castriesiana (Logunov &
Wesołowska 1992: g. 29a); (2) the copulatory ducts being connected to the dorsum of postero-inner
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edges of spermathecae (Fig. 21B), whereas connected to the antero-prolateral edges of spermathecae in
P. castriesiana (Logunov & Wesołowska 1992: g. 29b–c).
Etymology
The species is named after Mr Tianjun Liu, who helped us a lot to conduct this research; noun (name)
in genitive case.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Hainan, Ledong County, Jianfeng Township, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, Tianchi;
18°44.45′ N, 108°57.49′ E; 856 m a.s.l.; 11 Jun. 2019; C. Wang and Y.F. Yang leg.; TRU-JS 0162.
Paratypes
CHINA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0163 • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; Main Peak; 18°43.11′ N,
108°52.32′ E; 1399 m a.s.l.; 16 Jun. 2019; C. Wang and Y.F. Yang leg.; TRU-JS 0164–0167.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.66. Carapace 2.10 long, 1.75 wide. Abdomen 2.63 long, 1.34 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.50, ALE 0.23, PLE 0.23, AERW 1.50, PERW 1.39, EFL 1.05. Legs: I
Fig. 20. Male palp of Phintella liui Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0162). A. Ventral view.
B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 21. Phintella liui Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0163). C–D, F–G.
Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0162). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal
view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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5.63 (1.70, 0.95, 1.40, 1.13, 0.45), II 4.73 (1.45, 0.70, 1.13, 1.00, 0.45), III 5.31 (1.58, 0.70, 1.25, 1.33,
0.45), IV 5.80 (1.75, 0.70, 1.45, 1.45, 0.45).
Habitus. Carapace red-brown, covered with dense white scale-like setae on clypeus and lateral sides
of eye eld, with anterior and median yellow areas and a pair of later marginal white bands formed by
scale-like setae (Fig. 21C, F). Chelicerae with elongated paturon, two promarginal teeth, and one big
retromarginal tooth (Fig. 21F–G). Legs I brown to dark brown, remaining legs pale yellow. Abdomen
elongated, dorsum green latero-marginally, with pale yellow longitudinal band medially; venter pale
yellow, with a pair of dotted lines (Fig. 21C–D).
PalP. Tibia wider than long, dorsally bearing white scale-like setae; RTA tapered, slightly curved to
pointed tip; cymbium setose, bearing white scale-like setae at base; bulb elongated; tegular bump
lamellar, located retrolatero-basally; lamellar process about four times as long as wide; embolus short,
sclerotized, apically directed retrolaterally (Fig. 20).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0163)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.12. Carapace 1.67 long, 1.30 wide. Abdomen 2.42 long, 1.47 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.47, ALE 0.22, PLE 0.23, AERW 1.26, PERW 1.21, EFL 0.84. Legs: I
3.49 (1.13, 0.55, 0.83, 0.60, 0.38), II 3.24 (1.08, 0.53, 0.65, 0.60, 0.38), III 3.71 (1.20, 0.50, 0.78, 0.85,
0.38), IV 4.32 (1.33, 0.50, 1.00, 1.01, 0.38).
Habitus. Carapace pale, covered with white scale-like setae anteriorly and between ALEs and PLEs
(Fig. 21E). Abdomen pale yellow, without patterns (Fig. 21E).
EPigynE. Basal plate with two protrusions; atrial ridge antero-marginally located, bow-shaped; copulatory
openings almost round; copulatory ducts thick, slightly curved, and connected to dorsum of posterior
inner edges of sub-spherical spermathecae; fertilization ducts originate from anterior edges of inner
sides of spermathecae, extended anterolaterally (Fig. 21A–B).
Distribution
China (Hainan) (Fig. 58).
Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015
Figs 22–23, 57
Phintella panda Huang et al., 2015: 33, gs 6a–c, 7a–b (D♀, female holotype, examined).
Diagnosis
The male of Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 resembles that of P. subpanda sp. nov. in
having a very similar palp, but it can be easily distinguished by the following: (1) the lamellar process is
about four times as long as wide (Fig. 22A), whereas less than three times as long as wide in P. subpanda
(Fig. 28A); (2) the cheliceral fang has a distal ange (Fig. 23G), whereas being absent in P. subpanda
(Fig. 29G). The female was thoroughly diagnosed by Huang et al. (2015).
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♀; Hunan, Shimen County, Hupingshan Township, Daling Village; 30°02.36′ N, 110°37.30′ E;
892 m a.s.l.; 19 Apr. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg.
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Other material examined
CHINA • 1 ♂; Guizhou, Jiangkou County, Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve, Taohuayuan;
27°57.77′ N, 108°47.30′ E; 757 m a.s.l.; 9–10 Jul. 2012; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0168 • 1 ♀, 1
♂; Dewang Township, Jinghe Village; 27°47.18′ N, 108°35.40′ E; 615 m a.s.l.; 3–5 Oct. 2012; X.Q.
Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0169–0170 • 1 ♂; Shiqian County, Ganxi Township, Fuyan Village, Jiuchashu;
27°20.62′ N, 108°3.56′ E; 1405 m a.s.l.; 29 Apr. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0171 • 5 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂;
same locality as for preceding; 15 Jul. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0172–0182 • 2 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂;
Shiqian County, Pingshan Village, Yaoshang; 27°20.54′ N, 108°9.50′ E; 638 m a.s.l.; 11 Jul. 2017; X.Q.
Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0183–0189 • 3 ♂♂; Leishan County, Leigong Mountain National Nature Reserve,
Xiangshuiyan; 26°22.99′ N, 108°12.08′ E; 1994 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2017; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS
0190–0192 • 3 ♀♀; Guiyang City, Donglinsi Park; 26°39.60′ N, 106°38.00′ E; 1297 m a.s.l.; 3 May
2018; C. Wang leg.; TRU-JS 0193–0195 • 5 ♀♀, 9 ♂♂; same locality and collector as for preceding;
10 May 2018; TRU-JS 0196–0209 • 4 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂; same locality and collector as for preceding; 18 May
2018; TRU-JS 0210–0219 • 8 ♀♀, 9 ♂♂; same locality and collector as for preceding; 23 May 2018;
TRU-JS 0220–0236 • 3 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂; same locality and collector as for preceding; 21 Jun. 2018; TRU-JS
0237–0246 • 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; Yinjiang County, Ziwei Township, Dayuanzhi Village, Fanjing Mountain
National Nature Reserve, Huguosi; 27°54.72′ N, 108°28.62′ E; 1500 m a.s.l.; 24 Apr. 2020; X.Q. Mi
and C. Wang leg.; TRU-JS 0247–0252 • 1 ♂; same locality as for preceding; 9 May 2020; X.Q. Mi et al.
leg.; TRU-JS 0253.
Description
Female
See Huang et al. (2015).
Fig. 22. Male palp of Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 (TRU-JS 0201). A. Ventral view.
B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 23. Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015. A–B, E. ♀ (TRU-JS 0196). C–D, F–G. ♂ (TRU-JS
0201). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view.
E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and
methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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Male (TRU-JS 0201)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.71. Carapace 1.80 long, 1.45 wide. Abdomen 1.98 long, 1.22 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.44, ALE 0.24, PLE 0.24, AERW 1.31, PERW 1.24, EFL 0.90. Legs:
I 4.71 (1.30, 0.73, 1.25, 0.98, 0.45), II 3.93 (1.15, 0.60, 0.93, 0.80, 0.45), III 4.31 (1.30, 0.58, 0.90, 1.08,
0.45), IV 4.72 (1.38, 0.58, 1.18, 1.13, 0.45).
Habitus. Carapace yellow to dark brown, with fan-shaped yellow area on thorax medially, a pair of
latero-marginal yellow bands bearing white scale-like setae, and two clusters of white scale-like setae
between PLEs and PMEs, covered with white and dark scale-like setae (Fig. 23C, F). Chelicerae with
one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth and small distal ange of fang (Fig. 23G). Legs pale
yellow to red-brown. Abdomen elongated, dorsum green-brown, with alternate green-brown and pale
yellow transverse bands posteromedially; venter pale yellow laterally, with green-brown longitudinal
band medially (Fig. 23C–D).
PalP. Tibia wider than long; RTA acutely narrowed medially to pointed tip; bulb elongated, with
posterior lobe extended postero-retrolaterlly; tegular bump lamellar, almost triangular; lamellar process
about four times as long as wide; embolus sclerotized, short, slightly curved (Fig. 22).
Distribution
China (Hunan, Guizhou) (Fig. 57).
Phintella pygmaea (Wesołowska, 1981)
Figs 24–25, 59
Euophrys pygmaea Wesołowska, 1981: 49, gs 11–14 (D♀, female holotype, not examined).
Phintella pygmaea – Peng 2020: 306, g. 219a–b (D♀). For full reference list see World Spider Catalog
(2023).
Diagnosis
The male of Phintella pygmaea (Wesołowska, 1981) resembles that of P. arcuata Huang, Wang &
Peng, 2015 in having a similar habitus and palp, but it can be distinguished by: (1) the lamellar
process being longer than wide (Fig. 24A), whereas wider than long in P. arcuata (Huang et al.
2015: gs 1c, 3a); (2) the embolus being straight in ventral view (Fig. 24A), whereas slightly
curved medially in P. arcuata (Huang et al. 2015: gs 1c, 3a). The female also resembles that of
P. arcuata, but it can be easily distinguished by the proximal half of the copulatory ducts being
horizontally extended (Fig. 25A–B), whereas diagonally extended in P. arcuata (Huang et al.
2015: gs 4b, 5a).
Material examined
CHINA • 4 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂; Guangdong, Guangzhou City, Baiyun District, Baiyun Mountain; 23°11.95′ N,
113°17.58′ E; 29 m a.s.l.; 3 Jul. 2019; W.H. Wang leg.; TRU-JS 0254–0262 • 1 ♀; Guizhou, Yanhe
County, Ketian Township, Hongxi Village; 28°50.64′ N, 108°11.20′ E; 538 m a.s.l.; 23 Jun. 2013;
X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0263 • 1 ♀; Libo County, Dongtang Township, Yaosuo Village, Maolan
National Nature Reserve; 25°16.37′ N, 108°02.97′ E; 550 m a.s.l.; 7–8 Aug. 2013; X.Q. Mi et al.
leg.; TRU-JS 0264 • 1 ♂; Hainan, Ledong County, Jianfeng Township, Jianfengling National Nature
Reserve, Yulingu; 18°44.79′ N, 108°55.76′ E; 634 m a.s.l.; 15 Apr. 2019; C. Wang and Y.F. Yang leg.;
TRU-JS 0265.
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Description
Male (TRU-JS 0258)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.01. Carapace 2.03 long, 1.67 wide. Abdomen 1.97 long, 1.33 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.45, ALE 0.24, PLE 0.22, AERW 1.33, PERW 1.29, EFL 0.89. Legs:
I 5.94 (1.66, 0.93, 1.55, 1.24, 0.56), II 4.92 (1.46, 0.70, 1.25, 1.05, 0.46), III 5.21 (1.59, 0.63, 1.23, 1.27,
0.49), IV 5.47 (1.66, 0.65, 1.33, 1.34, 0.49).
Habitus. Carapace dark brown, sub-oval, covered with white and dark scale-like setae on anterior margin,
lateral sides, and area between ALEs and PLEs, with yellow area medially on thorax, and bearing white
scale-like setae (Fig. 25C, F). Chelicerae with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth, and
distal ange of fang (Fig. 25G). Legs pale to dark brown. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum dark brown,
with three transverse bands formed by setae medially and arc-shaped yellow band posteriorly; venter
slightly paler than dorsum (Fig. 25C–D).
PalP. Tibia longer than wide; RTA tapered, curved towards bulb distally and pointed apically in ventral
view; bulb elongated; posterior lobe beak-shaped, with blunt terminus; tegular bump lamellar, medio-
retrolaterally located; lamellar process almost semicircular; embolus straight, short (Fig. 24).
Fig. 24. Male palp of Phintella pygmaea (Wesołowska, 1981) (TRU-JS 0258). A. Ventral view.
B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Female (TRU-JS 0254)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.23. Carapace 1.65 long, 1.25 wide. Abdomen 2.27 long, 1.56 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.38, ALE 0.22, PLE 0.21, AERW 1.21, PERW 1.19, EFL 0.83. Legs:
Fig. 25. Phintella pygmaea (Wesołowska, 1981). A–B, E. ♀ (TRU-JS 0254). C–D, F–G. ♂ (TRU-JS
0258). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view.
E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and
methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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I 3.14 (0.95, 0.53, 0.68, 0.60, 0.38), II 2.96 (0.93, 0.50, 0.60, 0.58, 0.35), III 3.59 (1.13, 0.50, 0.75, 0.83,
0.38), IV 3.92 (1.23, 0.53, 0.83, 0.93, 0.40).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except paler in color and having square carapace (Fig. 25E).
EPigynE. Almost oval, with bow-shaped basal plate; copulatory openings anterolaterally located;
copulatory ducts horizontally extended at proximal half and then descending posteriorly to connect to
dorsum of posterior edges of spherical spermathecae; fertilization ducts lamellar (Fig. 25A–B).
Distribution
China (Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan) (Fig. 59).
Phintella sancha Cao & Li, 2016
Figs 26–27, 58
Phintella sancha Cao & Li in Cao et al., 2016: 91, gs 34a–d, 35a–b (♂, male holotype, not examined).
For full reference list see World Spider Catalog (2023).
Diagnosis
The male was thoroughly diagnosed by Cao & Li (2016). The female of Phintella sancha Cao &
Li, 2016 resembles that of P. suavisoides Lei & Peng, 2013, but differs in: (1) the copulatory ducts
touching each other medially (Fig. 27A–D), whereas being separated in P. suavisoides (Cao & Li
2016: g. 37a–b); (2) the inter-distance between epigynal hoods being less than the spermathecal
diameter (Fig. 27A–D), whereas about two times the spermathecal diameter in P. suavisoides (Cao &
Li 2016: g. 32a–b).
Fig. 26. Male palp of Phintella sancha Cao & Li, 2016 (TRU-JS 0418). A. Prolateral view. B. Ventral
view. C. Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Material examined
CHINA • 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; Yunnan, Yingjiang County, Yingjiang National Wetland Park; 24°41.40′ N,
97°56.20′ E; 810 m a.s.l.; 16 Feb. 2019; W.H. Wang leg.; TRU-JS 0415–0420.
Fig. 27. Phintella sancha Cao & Li, 2016. A–D, G. ♀ (TRU-JS 0415). E–F, H–I. ♂ (TRU-JS 0418).
A–B. Epigyne, ventral view. C–D. Vulva, dorsal view. E–G. Habitus. E. Dorsal view. F. Ventral view.
G. Dorsal view. H. Carapace, frontal view. I. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and
methods. Scale bars: A–D, I = 0.1 mm; E–H = 0.5 mm.
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Description
Male
See Cao & Li (2016).
Female (TRU-JS 0415)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.28. Carapace 1.48 long, 1.14 wide. Abdomen 1.93 long, 1.05 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.37, ALE 0.17, PLE 0.16, AERW 1.03, PERW 1.03, EFL 0.73. Legs:
I 2.57 (0.78, 0.45, 0.58, 0.43, 0.33), II 2.18 (0.70, 0.38, 0.50, 0.30, 0.30), III 2.71 (0.85, 0.35, 0.58, 0.63,
0.30), IV 3.24 (1.01, 0.43, 0.75, 0.75, 0.30).
Habitus. Carapace yellow, covered with pale scale-like setae, with a pair of indistinct dark patches
behind AMEs (Fig. 27G). Chelicerae with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth less
developed than that in males. Endites lack distal apophysis. Legs pale to yellow. Abdomen elongated,
dorsum pale yellow, with dark brown spots laterally, covered with sparse dark brown setae; venter
pale (Fig. 27G).
EPigynE. With a pair of posterolateral hoods; copulatory openings located anteriorly, with C-shaped
margins; copulatory ducts thick, curved proximally, and touching medially, connected to the
anterior portion of spherical spermathecae separated from each other by less than one-sixth their
diameter; fertilization ducts lamellar, strongly curved at proximal portions, and then extended almost
transversely (Fig. 27A–D).
Distribution
China (Yunnan) (Fig. 58).
Phintella subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F8DE0AF8-52AA-4312-BB2C-6725436DB9F2
Figs 28–29, 59
Phintella arcuata Huang et al., 2015: 26, gs 1a–d, 2a–c, 3a–e (♀, paratypes of P. arcuata, mismatched,
examined).
Diagnosis
The male of Phintella subpanda sp. nov. resembles that of P. panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 in
habitus and palpal structure, but differs in: (1) the lamellar process being less than three times as long
as wide (Fig. 28A), whereas about four times as long as wide in P. panda (Fig. 22A); (2) the cheliceral
fang lacking the distal ange (Fig. 29G), whereas present in P. panda (Fig. 23G). The female also
resembles that of P. panda in the epigynal structures, but it can be easily distinguished by the following:
(1) the atrial ridges being far away from the copulatory openings about one-third the spermathecal
length (Fig. 29A), whereas almost touching the copulatory openings in P. panda (Fig. 23A); (2) the
spermathecae being pear-shaped (Fig. 29B), whereas almost spherical in P. panda (Fig. 23B).
Etymology
The specic epithet refers to the similarity with Phintella panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015; substantive.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Xingren County, Luchuying Township, Qingshuihe Nature Reserve, Mabaoshu
Grand Canyon; 25°17.79′ N, 104°56.13′ E; 1270 m a.s.l.; 3 Aug. 2016; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS
0266.
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Paratypes
CHINA • 25 ♀♀, 19 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0267–0310.
Other material examined
CHINA • 1 ♀; Hunan, Shimen County, Hupingshan Township, Daling Village; 30°02.34′ N, 110°37.50′ E;
436 m a.s.l.; 18 Oct. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg. • 1 ♀; Daling Village; 30°01.63′ N, 110°37.54′ E; 341 m
a.s.l.; 19 Sep. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg. • 1 ♀; Daling Village; 30°01.68′ N, 110°37.68′ E; 677 m a.s.l.;
18 Jun. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.92. Carapace 2.04 long, 1.62 wide. Abdomen 1.85 long, 1.27 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.46, ALE 0.27, PLE 0.25, AERW 1.40, PERW 1.34, EFL 0.96. Legs:
I 4.93 (1.25, 0.78, 1.40, 1.05, 0.45), II 4.29 (1.38, 0.68, 1.10, 0.73, 0.40), III 4.80 (1.38, 0.58, 1.18, 1.23,
0.43), IV 5.34 (1.63, 0.58, 1.30, 1.35, 0.48).
Habitus. Carapace brown, covered with white scale-like setae on anterior and lateral margins, and area
between ALEs and PLEs, and dark scale-like setae on thorax, with big fan-shaped area medially on
thorax (Fig. 29C, F). Chelicerae with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth, without distal
ange of fang (Fig. 29G). Legs pale to brown. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum with pair of anterolateral
Fig. 28. Male palp of Phintella subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0266).
A. Ventral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale
bars = 0.1 mm.
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white stripes formed by setae, irregular yellow patch, alternate transverse dark and white bands formed
by setae medially, and big arc-shaped yellow transverse band posteriorly; venter pale yellow, with pale
broad longitudinal band medially (Fig. 29C–D).
Fig. 29. Phintella subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0267). C–D,
F–G. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0266). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus.
C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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PalP. Tibia almost as long as wide; RTA broadened at base and acutely narrowed to triangular distal half
in retrolateral view; posterior lobe of bulb beak-shaped; tegular bump sub-triangular; lamellar process
about 2.8 times as long as wide; embolus sclerotized, slightly curved, with blunt tip (Fig. 28).
Female
See Huang et al. (2015).
Distribution
China (Guizhou, Hunan) (Fig. 59).
Phintella wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015
Figs 30–31, 58
Phintella wulingensis Huang et al., 2015: 38, gs 11a–c, 12a–b (♀, female holotype, examined).
Diagnosis
The female was thoroughly diagnosed by Huang et al. (2015). The male of Phintella wulingensis Huang,
Wang & Peng, 2015 is similar to that of P. popovi (Prószyński, 1979), but it can be distinguished by the
following: (1) the palpal tibia being obviously longer than wide (Fig. 30A–C), whereas about as long as
wide in P. popovi (Peng 2020: gs 556–558); (2) the RTA being distinctly wider than long in retrolateral
view (Fig. 30B), whereas about longer than wide in P. popovi (Peng 2020: g. 556).
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♀; Guizhou, Songtao County, Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve, Wuluo Township,
Taoyuan Village; 28°00.03′ N, 108°46.80′ E; 880 m a.s.l.; 31 Jul. 2014; X.J. Peng et al. leg.
Paratypes
CHINA • 1 ♀; Hunan, Shimen County, Hupingshan Township, Daling Village; 30°01.68′ N, 110°37.68′ E;
677 m a.s.l.; 18 Jun. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg. • 1 ♀; Daling Village; 30°02.18′ N, 110°37.46′ E; 710 m
a.s.l.; 19 Jun. 2014; C. Wang et al. leg.
Other material examined
CHINA • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Guizhou, Songtao County, Wuluo Township, Fanjing Mountain National Nature
Reserve, Taohuayuan; 27°57.77′ N, 108°47.30′ E; 757 m a.s.l.; 9–10 Jul. 2012; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.;
TRU-JS 0311–0312 • 1 ♀; Yinjiang County, Ziwei Township, Dayuanzhi Village, Fanjing Mountain
National Nature Reserve, Huguosi; 27°54.72′ N, 108°28.62′ E, 1500 m a.s.l.; 12 Jun. 2013; X.Q.
Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0313 • 4 ♀♀, 5♂♂; Jiangkou County, Taiping Township, Kuaichang Village,
Macaohe; 27°49.08′ N, 108°51.52′ E; 680 m a.s.l.; 8 Jul. 2015; C. Wang and M.Y. Liao leg.;
TRU-JS 0314–0322 • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Songtao County, Wuluo Township, Lengjiaba Village; 27°54.93′
N, 108°36.70′ E; 1150 m a.s.l.; 10 Jul. 2015; C.Wang and M.Y. Liao leg.; TRU-JS 0323–0324
• 3 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; Wuluo Township, Yuanyangzui; 28°6.85′ N, 108°46.74′ E; 935 m a.s.l.; 11 Jul. 2015;
C.Wang and M.Y. Liao leg.; TRU-JS 0325–0330 • 1 ♀; Xingren County, Luchuying Township,
Qingshuihe Nature Reserve, Mabaoshu Grand Canyon; 25°17.79′ N, 104°56.13′ E; 1270 m a.s.l.; 3
Aug. 2016; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0331 • 1 ♀; Shiqian County, Pingshan Township, Foding
Mountain National Nature Reserve, Tuanshan; 27°21.59′ N, 108°9.37′ E; 890 m a.s.l.; 12 Jul. 2017;
X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0332 • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Jiangkou County, Dewang Township, Nangan
Nature Reserve; 28°16.84′ N, 107°52.86′ E; 748 m a.s.l.; 4 Aug. 2017; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS
0343–0345 • 8 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Shangsi County, Shiwandashan
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National Forest Park; 21°53.87′ N, 107°54.26′ E; 370 m a.s.l.; 14 Aug. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.;
TRU-JS 0346–0357.
Description
Female
See Huang et al. (2015).
Male (TRU-JS 0354)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.72. Carapace 1.77 long, 1.27 wide. Abdomen 1.67 long, 1.23 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.40, ALE 0.20, PLE 0.21, AERW 1.19, PERW 1.11, EFL 0.84. Clypeus
0.15. Legs: I 4.42 (1.18, 0.63, 1.15, 0.98, 0.48), II 3.84 (1.13, 0.53, 0.93, 0.85, 0.40), III 4.41 (1.30, 0.55,
1.03, 1.13, 0.40), IV 4.72 (1.38, 0.55, 1.13, 1.18, 0.48).
Habitus. Carapace yellow, eye eld pale, covered with white scale-like setae at anterior margin
(Fig. 31C, F). Chelicerae with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth and distal ange
of fang (Fig. 31G). Legs yellow. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum pale yellow, with pairs of irregular
dark patches posteromedially; venter colored as dorsum, with irregular longitudinal green-brown stripe
medially (Fig. 31C–D).
Fig. 30. Male palp of Phintella wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 (TRU-JS 0354). A. Ventral
view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars =
0.1 mm.
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Fig. 31. Phintella wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015. A–B, E. ♀ (TRU-JS 0346). C–D, F–G. ♂
(TRU-JS 0354). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view.
D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations:
see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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PalP. Tibia longer than wide; RTA tapered in ventral view and acutely narrowed to pointed tip distally in
retrolateral view; bulb elongated, with posterior lobe extended downward in ventral view; tegular bump
sub-triangular; lamellar process small, sub-triangular; embolus short, slightly curved retrolaterally to
blunt tip (Fig. 30).
Distribution
China (Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi) (Fig. 58).
Phintella wandae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8ADA7A52-4274-4D7E-A2BE-263D617C8DC3
Figs 32–33, 59
Phintella aequipeiformis Xie, 1993: 358, gs 8–10 (♂, misidentied).
Diagnosis
The male of Phintella wandae sp. nov. resembles that of P. aequipeiformis Żabka, 1985 in the general
shape of the palp, but differs in: (1) the cymbium being about 1.8 times as long as wide in ventral view
(Fig. 32A), whereas more than two times as long as wide in P. aequipeiformis (Fig. 12A); (2) the distance
between the cymbial and embolic tip being less than the lamellar process length (Fig. 32A), whereas about
1.3 times the lamellar process length in P. aequipeiformis (Fig. 12A); (3) there is a distinct boundary line
between the lamellar process and tegulum (Fig. 32A), whereas absent in P. aequipeiformis (Fig. 12A). The
female resembles that of P. jiugongensis sp. nov. in having similar habitus and epigyne, but it can be easily
distinguished by the slit-shaped copulatory openings and the round spermathecae (Fig. 33A–D), whereas
round copulatory openings and pear-shaped spermathecae in P. jiugongensis (Fig. 18A–B).
Etymology
The specic name is a patronym in honor of Prof. Wanda Wesołowska, who has contributed signicantly
to the taxonomy of the genus Phintella; noun (name) in genitive case.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Hunan, Guidong County, Bamian Mountain National Nature Reserve; 26°00.12′ N,
113°42.10′ E; 1678 m a.s.l.; 16 Sep. 2019, C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0358.
Paratypes
CHINA • 7 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0359–0370 • 7 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Guizhou,
Suiyang County, Kuankuoshui National Nature Reserve, Yixiantian; 28°12.79′ N, 107°10.07′ E; 1466 m
a.s.l.; 24 Jul. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0371–0378 • 12 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂; Wangjiashuiku; 28°12.49′
N, 107°10.41′ E; 1458 m a.s.l.; 25 Jul. 2015; same collectors as for preceding; TRU-JS 0379–0398 • 3
♀♀, 7 ♂♂; Zhubaotai; 28°12.71′ N, 107°10.01′ E; 1513 m a.s.l.; 26 Jul. 2015; same collectors as for
preceding; TRU-JS 0399–0408 • 2 ♀♀; Leishan County, Leigong Mountain National Nature Reserve;
26°22.99′ N, 108°12.08′ E; 1994 m a.s.l.; 20 Jul. 2017; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0409–0410 • 1 ♀,
3 ♂♂; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Shangxi County, Shiwandashan National Forest Park;
21°52.97′ N, 107°54.88′ E; 722 m a.s.l.; 6 Oct. 2018; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0411–0414.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 3.87. Carapace 1.87 long, 1.58 wide, abdomen 2.05 long, 1.18 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.46, ALE 0.26, PLE 0.25, AERW 1.37, PERW 1.31, EFL 0.95. Legs:
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I 5.54 (1.55, 0.83, 1.58, 1.08, 0.50), II 4.35 (1.30, 0.65, 1.00, 0.90, 0.50), III 4.86 (1.45, 0.63, 1.08, 1.20,
0.50), IV 5.08 (1.50, 0.63, 1.20, 1.25, 0.50).
Habitus. Carapace red-brown to dark brown, covered with short dark and white scale-like setae, with
cluster of white scale-like setae on lateral sides of eye eld, yellow fan-shaped area medially on thorax,
and yellow lateral marginal bands bearing white scale-like setae (Fig. 33E, H). Chelicerae with one
retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth, as well as distal ange of fang (Fig. 33I). Legs pale
to brown, mingled with green. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum green, with pair of lateral pale bands,
alternate transverse dark brown and white bands formed by setae posteromedially, and dark brown spots
at terminus; venter pale yellow laterally, with green-brown longitudinal band medially (Fig. 33E–F).
PalP. Tibia wider than long; RTA short, broadened at base, and tapered to pointed tip posteromedially;
bulb longer than wide, with posterior lobe tapered to blunt terminus; tegular bump medio-retrolaterally
located, almost triangular in retrolateral view; lamellar process almost semicircular; embolus short,
tapered, curved medially and blunt apically in ventral view (Fig. 32).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0359)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.04. carapace 1.69 long, 1.37 wide. Abdomen 2.21 long, 1.58 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.46, ALE 0.26, PLE 0.25, AERW 1.31, PERW 1.27, EFL 0.91. Legs:
I 3.47 (1.01, 0.60, 0.88, 0.60, 0.38), II 3.06 (0.95, 0.53, 0.65, 0.58, 0.35), III 3.66 (1.10, 0.53, 0.80, 0.85,
0.38), IV 4.14 (1.25, 0.50, 1.00, 1.01, 0.38).
Fig. 32. Male palp of Phintella wandae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0358). A. Ventral
view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars =
0.1 mm.
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Habitus. Similar to that of male except with distinct irregular pale yellow pattern on anterior-dorsum of
abdomen (Fig. 33G).
EPigynE. Slightly wider than long, with bow-shaped basal plate; copulatory openings anteriorly located,
slit-shaped, close to each other; copulatory ducts extended as transverse S-shape to connect to prolateral
Fig. 33. Phintella wandae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–D, G. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0359). E–F,
H–I. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0358). A–B. Epigyne, ventral view. C–D. Vulva, dorsal view. E–G. Habitus.
E. Dorsal view. F. Ventral view. G. Dorsal view. H. Carapace, frontal view. I. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–D, I = 0.1 mm; E–H = 0.5 mm.
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edges of spermathecae; spermathecae almost spherical, touched; fertilization ducts lamellar, extended
transversely (Fig. 33A–D).
Distribution
China (Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi) (Fig. 59).
Genus Ptocasius Simon, 1885
Ptocasius dian Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 34–35, 59
Diagnosis
The male of Ptocasius dian sp. nov. resembles that of P. strupifer Simon, 1901 in having a similar habitus
and palp, but differs in: (1) the tegular bump being absent (Fig. 34B), whereas present in P. strupifer
(Żabka 1985: gs 517, 521); (2) the RTA being almost triangular in retrolateral view (Fig. 34C), whereas
spiny in P. strupifer (Żabka 1985: g. 518). The female can be easily distinguished from the congeners
by the absence of an epigynal hood, and by having a lamellar median septum, and prominent, spherical
spermathecae (Fig. 35A–C), whereas having an epigynal hood, without median septum and indistinct
spermathecae in congeners (Metzner 2023).
Etymology
The specic name is derived from the short name of the type locality, Yunnan Province, China; noun in
apposition.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Yunnan, Jingdong County, Huashan Township, Yingpan Village; 24°16.75′ N, 101°6.07′ E;
1270 m a.s.l.; 15 Aug. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0421.
Paratypes
CHINA • 14 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0422–0442 • 2 ♀♀; Wen’e
Village; 24°15.27′ N, 101°6.51′ E; 1190 m a.s.l.; 14 Aug. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0443–
0444 • 6 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; Wengang Village; 24°18.98′ N, 101°7.60′ E; 1730 m a.s.l.; 16 Aug. 2015; C.
Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0445–0453 • 1 ♀; Jingdong County, Taizhong Township; 24°30.01′ N,
100°56.31′ E; 1423 m a.s.l.; 16 Aug. 2015; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0454 • 3 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; Ruili City,
Ruili Botanical Garden, Moli scenic zone; 24°6.69′ N, 97°59.16′ E; 880 m a.s.l.; 22–25 Aug. 2018;
F.E. Li leg.; TRU-JS 0455–0461.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.15. Carapace 2.01 long, 1.56 wide. Abdomen 1.97 long, 1.33 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.51, ALE 0.24, PLE 0.23, AERW 1.40, PERW 1.42, EFL 0.88. Legs:
I 4.15 (1.20, 0.68, 1.00, 0.73, 0.54), II 3.50 (1.07, 0.60, 0.78, 0.61, 0.44), III 3.97 (1.29, 0.60, 0.81, 0.78,
0.49), IV 4.17 (1.29, 0.63, 0.88, 0.88, 0.49).
Habitus. Carapace red-brown to dark brown, covered with brown and golden yellow setae, with fan-
shaped dark yellow area medially on thorax, followed by several dark brown radial stripes (Fig. 35D,
G). Chelicerae with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth (Fig. 35H). Legs pale yellow to
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red yellow, tibiae I bearing dense ventral setae. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum with two gray-white
transverse bands anteriorly and posteriorly, and indistinct transverse gray band medially; venter gray to
brown (Fig. 35D–E).
PalP. Tibia slightly wider than long; RTA tapered, almost triangular, and about half the tibial length in
retrolateral view; bulb at, with sperm duct extended along the margin and strongly curved at terminus;
embolus sclerotized, tapered, originates at about 6 o’clock position of bulb, extended almost half circle
along the prolateral margin of bulb (Fig. 34).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0422)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.02. Carapace 1.87 long, 1.45 wide. Abdomen 1.89 long, 1.47 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.49, ALE 0.22, PLE 0.21, AERW 1.33, PERW 1.33, EFL 0.85. Legs:
I 3.31 (0.98, 0.63, 0.75, 0.54, 0.41), II 3.08 (0.98, 0.55, 0.65, 0.49, 0.41), III 3.58 (1.15, 0.58, 0.75, 0.66,
0.44), IV 3.85 (1.12, 0.63, 0.88, 0.78, 0.44).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except darker in color (Fig. 35F).
EPigynE. Wider than long, with lamellar median septum; copulatory openings oval, lateral to base of
median septum; copulatory ducts about invert U-shaped, broadened medially; spermathecae spherical,
separated from each other by 1.5 times their diameter; fertilization ducts originate from middle of inner
edges of spermathecae, extended anterolaterally (Fig. 35A–C).
Fig. 34. Male palp of Ptocasius dian Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0421). A. Prolateral
view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars =
0.1 mm.
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Distribution
China (Yunnan) (Fig. 59).
Fig. 35. Ptocasius dian Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–C, F. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0422). D–E,
G–H. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0421). A–B. Epigyne, ventral view. C. Vulva, dorsal view. D–F. Habitus.
D. Dorsal view. E. Ventral view. F. Dorsal view. G. Carapace, frontal view. H. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–C, H = 0.1 mm; D–G = 0.5 mm.
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Comments
The species is provisionally placed in Ptocasius because it shares a similar habitus and male palpal
structure with the generotype and its congeners. However, it possesses the median septum, prominent,
spherical spermathecae, and lacks epigynal hoods that are different from the female of those species.
And so, the generic position of the species needs further conrmation.
Ptocasius subhubeiensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 36–37, 60
Diagnosis
The male of Ptocasius subhubeiensis sp. nov. closely resembles that of P. Hubeiensis (Li, Wang, Irfan &
Peng, 2018) in having a similar palp, but it can be distinguished by the following: (1) the embolus being
shorter than the cymbial length, and originating at the 8:30 o’clock position of the bulb (Fig. 36A–B),
whereas longer than cymbial length, originating at the 6:30 o’clock position of the bulb in P. hubeiensis
(Li et al. 2018: gs 4b, 5a); (2) the bulb having a distinct posterior lobe (Fig. 36B), whereas indistinct
in P. hubeiensis (Li et al. 2018: gs 4b, 5a). The female also resembles P. hubeiensis in having small,
mediolaterally located epigynal hoods, but differs in the epigynal hood, which is about three times as
long as wide (Fig. 37A), whereas as long as wide in hubeiensis (Li et al. 2018: gs 4e, 5c).
Etymology
The specic epithet refers to the similarity with Ptocasius hubeiensis (Li, Wang, Irfan & Peng, 2018);
substantive.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Yinjiang County, Ziwei Township, Dayuanzhi Village, Fanjing Mountain National
Nature Reserve, Huguosi; 27°54.72′ N, 108°28.62′ E; 1500 m a.s.l.; 12 Apr. 2020; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.;
TRU-JS 0462.
Paratypes
CHINA • 3 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0463–0471 • 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Fanjing
Mountain National Nature Reserve, Yuanyangzui; 28°1.02′ N, 108°46.49′ E; 937 m a.s.l.; 11 Jul. 2015;
C. Wang and M.Y. Liao leg.; TRU-JS 0472–0475 • 3 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂; Suiyang County, Kuankuoshui National
Nature Reserve, Wangjiashuiku; 28°12.49′N, 107°10.41′E; 1458 m a.s.l.; 25 Jul. 2015; C. Wang et al.
leg.; TRU-JS 0476–0484 • 7 ♀♀, 11 ♂♂; Kuankuoshui National Nature Reserve, Zhubaotai; 28°12.71′
N, 107°10.01′ E; 1513 m a.s.l.; 26 Jul. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0485–0502.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.90. Carapace 2.36 long, 1.95 wide. Abdomen 2.67 long, 1.59 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.58, ALE 0.31, PLE 0.30, AERW 1.81, PERW 1.67, EFL 1.54. Legs:
I 6.25 (1.78, 1.03, 1.58, 1.20, 0.66), II 4.94 (1.54, 0.88, 1.05, 0.88, 0.59), III 5.54 (1.71, 0.85, 1.13, 1.24,
0.61), IV 5.74 (1.66, 0.85, 1.23, 1.34, 0.66).
Habitus. Carapace red-brown, covered with yellow-brown and dark thin setae, with cluster of white
setae behind PMEs base, and pair of white bands formed by setae laterally (Fig. 37C, F). Chelicerae
red-brown, with one retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth (Fig. 37G). Legs yellow except
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femora, patellae, and tibiae I red-brown. Abdomen elongated, dorsum brown laterally, with two pairs of
depressions, and longitudinal yellow band bifurcated at terminus; venter brown, with two dotted lines
medially (Fig. 37C–D).
PalP. Tibia longer than wide; RTA strongly sclerotized, tapered, slightly curved medially and pointed
apically; bulb at, with blunt posterior lobe curved towards postero-prolaterally in ventral view; embolus
originates at 8:30 o’clock position of bulb, extended about quarter of circle, with blunt tip (Fig. 36).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0463)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 6.14. Carapace 2.27 long, 1.76 wide. Abdomen 3.43 long, 2.35 wide. Eye
sizes and interdistances: AME 0.57, ALE 0.30, PLE 0.28, AERW 1.65, PERW 1.55, EFL 1.01. Legs:
I 4.42 (1.37, 0.75, 1.03, 0.78, 0.49), II 4.09 (1.29, 0.75, 0.90, 0.66, 0.49), III 4.89 (1.59, 0.75, 1.00, 1.01,
0.54), IV 5.15 (1.56, 0.75, 1.13, 1.17, 0.54).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except paler in color and with longitudinal, yellow band medially on
thorax (Fig. 37E).
EPigynE. Wider than long, epigynal hoods small, below copulatory openings, about three times as
long as wide; copulatory openings anteriorly located, with C-shaped margins; copulatory ducts long,
forming complicated paths; spermathecae sub-oval, close to each other; fertilization ducts originate
from anterior edges of spermathecae, extended almost transversely (Fig. 37A–B).
Fig. 36. Male palp of Ptocasius subhubeiensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0462).
A. Prolateral view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.
Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 37. Ptocasius subhubeiensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0463). C–D,
F–G. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0462). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C.
Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm; G = 0.2 mm.
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Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 60).
Comments
Yaginumaella and Ptocasius are currently placed into the subtribe Plexippina (Maddison 2015; Metzner
2023), and their relationship has always been controversial (Li et al. 2018). In the present work, we
provisionally place Ptocasius subhubeiensis sp. nov. into the genus because it closely resembles
P. hubeiensis (Li, Wang, Irfan & Peng, 2018). However, the latter was originally placed in Yaginumaella,
and it was transferred together with 36 congeners by Patoleta et al. (2020) only based on the similarity
of the copulatory organs. Moreover, it shares a consistent habitus with species of Yaginumaella rather
than the Ptocasius generotype and its congeners. And so, the generic position of those 37 species and
P. subhubeiensis may need further conrmation.
Genus Rhene Thorell, 1869
Rhene elongata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 38–39, 60
Diagnosis
The male of Rhene elongata sp. nov. resembles that of R. habahumpa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 by
lacking the terminal apophysis of the embolic division and having a hook-shaped RTA, but differs
in: (1) the embolic base being slightly lower than the anteriorl-most edge of bulb in ventral view
(Fig. 38B), whereas distinctly higher than the anteriorl-most edge of bulb in R. habahumpa (Prószyński
2009: g. 41); (2) the RTA being acutely narrowed posteromedially in retrolateral view (Fig. 38C),
whereas tapered in R. habahumpa (Prószyński 2009: g. 46). The female resembles that of R. setipes
Żabka, 1985 in the epigynal structure, but it can be easily distinguished by the abdomen, which is
more than two times as long as wide (Fig. 39C), whereas slightly longer than wide in R. setipes
(Tanikawa 1993: g. 8).
Etymology
The specic name comes from the Latin word ‘elongata’, which means ‘elongated’ and refers to the
species having an elongated abdomen; adjective.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Xingren County, Luchuying Township, Qingshuihe Nature Reserve, Mabaoshu
Grand Canyon; 25°17.79′ N, 104°56.13′ E; 1270 m a.s.l.; 5 Aug. 2016; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS
0503.
Paratypes
CHINA • 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype.; TRU-JS 0504–0507.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.78. Carapace 1.85 long, 1.63 wide. Abdomen 3.02 long, 1.29 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.33, ALE 0.16, PLE 0.15; AERW 1.05, PERW 1.55, EFL 1.04. Legs: I
4.19 (1.31, 0.80, 1.08, 0.60, 0.40), II 2.74 (0.91, 0.50, 0.63, 0.35, 0.35), III 2.35 (0.82, 0.40, 0.43, 0.35,
0.35), IV 3.35 (1.01, 0.53, 0.80, 0.61, 0.40).
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Habitus. Carapace red-brown, covered with white and brown setae, with darker irregular longitudinal
patch centrally; fovea and radial groove indistinct (Fig. 39D, F). Chelicerae red-brown, with one
retromarginal tooth and two promarginal teeth, covered by sparse white scale-like setae on anterior
surfaces (Fig. 39F–G). Leg I strongest, red-brown to dark brown except tarsi yellow, with inated
femora, and bearing dense brown setae on venter of patellae and tibiae (Fig. 39H); other legs pale
yellow. Abdomen elongated, dorsum yellow to yellow-brown, with several irregular transverse red-
brown bands separated by yellow stripes; venter yellow, somewhat mingled with green, with small
brown dots (Fig. 39D–E).
PalP. Tibia wider than long, with hook-shaped retrolateral apophysis, acutely narrowed medially and
pointed apically in retrolateral view; bulb inated, with sperm duct curved into S-shape retrolaterally;
embolus originating from median of anterior edge of bulb, slightly curved medially and blunt apically
(Fig. 38A–C).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0504)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.89. Carapace 1.77 long, 1.54 wide. Abdomen 3.19 long, 1.47 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.32, ALE 0.15, PLE 0.15, AERW 0.94, PERW 1.47, EFL 1.02. Legs: I
3.28 (1.12, 0.63, 0.68, 0.45, 0.40), II 2.35 (0.80, 0.40, 0.45, 0.35, 0.35), II 2.26 (0.75, 0.38, 0.43, 0.35,
0.35), III 3.19 (1.01, 0.50, 0.68, 0.60, 0.40).
Fig. 38. Male palp of Rhene elongata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0503). A. Prolateral
view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars =
0.1 mm.
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Habitus. Similar to that of male except paler in color and with pair of distinct dark dots on anterior
surface of carapace (Fig. 39C).
Fig. 39. Rhene elongata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–C. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0504). D–H. Holotype,
♂ (TRU-JS 0503). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C–D. Dorsal view.
E. Ventral view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. H. Leg I, prolateral view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F, H = 0.5 mm.
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EPigynE. Slightly wider than long, with broad, transparent hood situated at middle of posterior area;
copulatory openings oval, situated anterolaterally, inter-distance slightly more than hood width;
copulatory ducts thick and long, forming complicated paths, with proximal accessory glands;
spermathecae indistinct; fertilization ducts lamellar, extended anterolaterally (Fig. 39A–B).
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 60).
Rhene yunnanensis (Peng & Xie, 1995)
Figs 40–41, 60
Zeuxippus yunnanensis Peng & Xie, 1995: 134, g. 1–5 (D♀, female holotype, not examined).
Rhene yunnanensis – Caleb et al. 2022: 390 (T from Zeuxippus). For full reference list see World Spider
Catalog (2023).
Diagnosis
This male of Rhene yunnanensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) closely resembles R. rubrigera (Thorell, 1887) in
having a similar habitus and palp, but differs in: (1) the RTA being horizontally extended towards the
ventral side at the distal half in retrolateral view (Fig. 40C), whereas extended diagonally upward in
R. rubrigera (Żabka 1985: gs 546, 550, 553); (2) the embolus being longer than RTA in ventral view
(Fig. 40B), whereas shorter than RTA in R. rubrigera (Żabka 1985: gs 544, 549, 552). The female also
resembles that of R. rubrigera but differs in: (1) the epigynal hood being wider than long (Fig. 41A),
whereas longer than wide in R. rubrigera (Żabka 1985: gs 554, 558); (2) the copulatory ducts twisted
into L-shape (Fig. 41B), whereas coiled into U-shape in R. rubrigera (Żabka 1985: gs 555, 559, 562).
Fig. 40. Male palp of Rhene yunnanensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) (TRU-JS 0509). A. Prolateral view.
B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Material examined
CHINA • 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂; Hainan, Ledong County, Jianfeng Township, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve,
Yulingu; 18°44.96′ N, 108°55.32′ E; 650 m a.s.l.; 13 Apr. 2019; C. Wang and Y.F. Yang leg.; TRU-JS
0508–0510.
Fig. 41. Rhene yunnanensis (Peng & Xie, 1995). A–B, E. ♀ (TRU-JS 0508). C–D, F–G. ♂ (TRU-JS
0509). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view.
E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Leg I, prolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and
methods. Scale bars: A–B = 0.1 mm; C–G = 0.5 mm.
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Description
Male (TRU-JS 0509)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.03. Carapace 1.88 long, 1.91 wide. Abdomen 2.38 long, 1.56 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.41, ALE 0.20, PLE 0.20, AERW 1.30, PERW 1.94, EFL 1.18. Legs: I
4.58 (1.55, 0.78, 1.00, 0.75, 0.50), II 3.36 (1.02, 0.63, 0.75, 0.58, 0.38), III 3.14 (0.95, 0.55, 0.63, 0.63,
0.38), IV 3.62 (1.13, 0.60, 0.78, 0.73, 0.38).
Habitus. Carapace at, red-brown, covered with dense brown and white thin setae, with irregular
dark patch on center of eye eld (Fig. 41C, F). Chelicerae red-brown, with one retromarginal tooth
and two promarginal teeth, bearing dense white setae on base of anterior surface (Fig. 41F). Legs I
well-developed, yellow to yellow-brown, with dense dark brown setae on ventral sides of patellae and
tibiae (Fig. 41G); other legs yellow. Abdomen elongate-oval, dorsum with irregular dark brown patch
antero-medially, and narrow, wave-shaped stripes formed by white setae laterally and posteriorly,
covered by white and dark brown thin setae; venter pale to brown, with broad, brown patch medially
(Fig. 41C–D).
PalP. Tibia wider than long; RTA stout, with pointed tip transversely directed towards ventral side in
retrolateral view; bulb longer than wide, with semicircular membranous extension adjacent to embolic base;
sperm duct tapered and extended along bulb margin; embolus tapered and pointed apically (Fig. 40A–C).
Female (TRU-JS 0508)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.36. Carapace 1.76 long, 1.87 wide. Abdomen 2.67 long, 1.63 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.38, ALE 0.20, PLE 0.18, AERW 1.22, PERW 1.82, EFL 1.10. Legs: I
3.39 (1.13, 0.68, 0.75, 0.45, 0.38), II 2.80 (0.88, 0.53, 0.63, 0.43, 0.33), III 2.71 (0.88, 0.50, 0.50, 0.50,
0.33), IV 3.54 (1.13, 0.60, 0.75, 0.73, 0.33).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except with darker carapace and paler abdomen (Fig. 41E).
EPigynE. Slightly longer than wide, with broad posterior hood; copulatory openings slit-shaped, located
anteriorly; copulatory ducts relatively long and stout, descending in anterior half, and then horizontally
extended before ascending upward; fertilization ducts lamellar (Fig. 41A–B).
Distribution
China (Hainan (Fig. 60), Yunnan).
Genus Stertinius Simon, 1890
Stertinius donglinsiensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 42–43, 61
Diagnosis
Stertinius donglinsiensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from any congeners by having a swollen bulb,
dorsally incrassated male palpal tibia, and a longitudinally extended anterior chamber of spermatheca,
which is more than two times as long as the posterior chamber (Figs 42, 43A–B), whereas at bulb, not
incrassated male palpal tibia, and a smaller anterior chamber of spermatheca less than two times as long
as the posterior chamber in other congeners (Metzner 2023).
Etymology
The species name is derived from the name of the type locality, Donglinsi Park; adjective.
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Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Guiyang City, Guanshanhu District, Donglinsi Park; 26°39.60′ N, 106°38.00′ E;
1297 m a.s.l.; 10 May 2018; C. Wang leg.; TRU-JS 0511.
Paratypes
CHINA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0512 • 5 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as
for preceding; 3 May 2018; TRU-JS 0513–0518 • 4 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding;
18 May 2018; TRU-JS 0519–0526.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 2.24. Carapace 1.06 long, 1.02 wide. Abdomen 1.31 long, 1.01 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.27, ALE 0.14, PLE 0.12, AERW 0.80, PERW 0.93, EFL 0.60. Legs: I
2.47 (0.73, 0.50, 0.58, 0.37, 0.29), II 1.86 (0.59, 0.33, 0.40, 0.27, 0.27), III 1.72 (0.51, 0.28, 0.35, 0.29,
0.29), IV 2.08 (0.71, 0.33, 0.43, 0.34, 0.27).
Habitus. Carapace red-brown, almost square, covered with dense yellow and white thin setae, with
pair of indistinct dark patches medially on eye eld (Fig. 43C, F). Chelicerae yellow-red, with two
retromarginal teeth and one pillar-shaped, bifurcated retromarginal tooth (Fig. 43G). Legs I with
slightly inated femora and tibiae, covered with brown long setae ventrally on tibiae (Fig. 43H).
Abdomen oval, dorsum lustrous, with irregular median dark patch and lateral yellow stripes, covered
entirely by big scutum and sparse white scale-like setae; venter dark brown (Fig. 43C–D).
Fig. 42. Male palp of Stertinius donglinsiensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0511).
A. Prolateral view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.
Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 43. Stertinius donglinsiensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0512). C–D,
F–H. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0511). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus.
C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, anterior view.
H. Leg I, prolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F,
H = 0.5 mm.
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PalP. Tibia incrassated dorsally, with short, curved retrolateral apophysis blunt apically; cymbium
longer than wide, with lamellar, sub-triangular baso-retrolateral apophysis; bulb swollen, with sperm
duct extended along margin; embolus short, slightly curved, originates from apical edge of bulb and
tapered to pointed tip (Fig. 42).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0512)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 2.30. Carapace 0.96 long, 0.92 wide. Abdomen 1.36 long, 0.94 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.13, PLE 0.11, AERW 0.82, PERW 0.98, EFL 0.57. Legs: I
1.75 (0.51, 0.33, 0.43, 0.24, 0.24), II 1.43 (0.44, 0.25, 0.30, 0.20, 0.24), III 1.38 (0.41, 0.23, 0.28, 0.22,
0.24), IV 1.86 (0.56, 0.30, 0.40, 0.33, 0.27).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except paler in color and without dorsal abdominal scutum (Fig. 43E).
EPigynE. With central triangular hood; copulatory openings small, anterolaterally located, opened
downward; copulatory ducts reduced; spermathecae divided into two chambers, anterior chamber
elongated, longitudinally extended, posterior chamber sub-spherical; fertilization ducts originate from
inner sides of anterior edges of posterior chamber of spermathecae (Fig. 43A–B).
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 61).
Stertinius logunovi Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 44–45, 61
Diagnosis
The species can be easily distinguished from any congeners by having the elongated, straight tibial
apophysis of male palp, which is longer than the tibia (Fig. 44B), whereas shorter than tibia or curved
in congeners (Metzner 2023).
Etymology
The specic name is the patronym in honor of Dr Dmitri V. Logunov, who contributed signicantly to
the taxonomy of the genus Stertinius; noun (name) in genitive case.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Bijie City, Qixingguan District, Shamaoshan Park; 27°16.77′ N, 105°17.33′ E;
1544 m a.s.l.; 1 Aug. 2016; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0527.
Paratype
CHINA • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0528.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 2.24. Carapace 1.07 long, 0.99 wide. Abdomen 1.25 long, 1.02 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.13, PLE 0.12, AERW 0.81, PERW 0.94, EFL 0.53. Legs: I
2.33 (0.76, 0.48, 0.50, 0.32, 0.27), II 1.76 (0.54, 0.33, 0.35, 0.27, 0.27), III 1.52 (0.49, 0.25, 0.30, 0.24,
0.24), IV 1.93 (0.66, 0.30, 0.43, 0.27, 0.27).
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Habit us. Carapace red-brown, covered with sparse golden setae and scale-like setae, with irregular
dark patch medially on eye field, and pair of oblique dark lines posteriorly on thorax (Fig. 45A,
C). Chelicerae dark yellow, with two promarginal teeth and one pillar-shaped, bifurcated
retromarginal tooth (Fig. 45D–E). Legs I with inflated femora and tibiae, and bearing long setae
Fig. 44. Male palp of Stertinius logunovi Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0527).
A. Prolateral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Ventral view. D. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material
and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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ventrally on tibiae. Abdomen oval, dorsum dark yellow to red-brown, with irregular dark patch
medially, covered with sub-marginal golden setae and big scutum; venter brown to dark brown
(Fig. 45A–B).
PalP. Tibia wider than long; RTA long, straight, almost 1.5 times as long as tibia, blunt apically; cymbium
with small, lamellar baso-retrolateral apophysis; bulb at, with tapered sperm duct extended along
margin; embolus sclerotized, originates from antero-prolateral edge of bulb, slightly curved distally and
pointed apically (Fig. 44).
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 61).
Fig. 45. Stertinius logunovi Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0527). A–B. Habitus
A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Carapace, frontal view. D. Chelicera, posterior view. E. Chelicera,
anterior view. Scale bars: A–C = 0.5 mm; D–E = 0.1 mm.
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Genus Synagelides Strand, 1906
Synagelides fanjingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 46–47, 61
Diagnosis
The male of Synagelides fanjingensis sp. nov. resembles that of S. hamatus Zhu, Zhang, Zhang & Chen,
2005 in having two tibial apophyses, but it can be easily distinguished by the RTA, which is about one-
third the cymbial length in retrolateral view (Fig. 46B), whereas more than two-third the cymbial length
in S. hamatus (Zhu et al. 2005: g. 12e). The female also resembles that of S. hamatus in the general
shape of the epigyne, but differs in: (1) the epigynal hood being about three times as long as wide
(Fig. 47A–C), whereas about as long as wide in S. hamatus (Zhu et al. 2005: g. 12b); (2) the copulatory
openings being anteriorly located (Fig. 47A–C), whereas posteriorly located in S. hamatus (Zhu et al.
2005: g. 12b).
Etymology
The species name is derived from the name of the type locality, Fanjing Mountain National Nature
Reserve; adjective.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Yinjiang County, Ziwei Township, Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve,
Huguosi; 27°54.72′ N, 108°28.62′ E; 1500 m a.s.l.; 9 May 2021; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0529.
Paratypes
CHINA • 1 ♀; Guizhou, Yinjiang County, Ziwei Township, Fanjing Mountain National Nature Reserve,
Mianxuling; 27°54.83′ N, 108°40.03′ E; 2000 m a.s.l.; 17 Jul. 2015; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0530 •
2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same locality as for preceding; 23 Jul. 2021; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0531–0533.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.11. Carapace 1.90 long, 1.33 wide. Abdomen 2.13 long, 1.03 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.42, ALE 0.26, PLE 0.24, AERW 1.26, PERW 1.38, EFL 1.10. Legs:
I 4.83 (1.45, 1.25, 1.20, 0.58, 0.35), II 3.04 (0.88, 0.48, 0.70, 0.63, 0.35), III 3.02 (0.83, 0.43, 0.68, 0.73,
0.35), IV 4.01 (1.13, 0.53, 1.05, 0.95, 0.35).
Habitus. Carapace stippled, yellow-brown to dark brown, covered with thin setae; fovea oval, hollowed
(Fig. 47D). Chelicerae yellow, with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth (Fig. 47G). Legs
pale yellow to orange, leg I with ve and two pairs of ventral macrosetae on patellae and metatarsi,
respectively (Fig. 47H). Abdomen elongated, dorsum yellow-brown to dark brown, with two pairs
of muscle depressions and transverse white stripe formed by setae medially followed by arc-shaped
transverse stripes; venter pale to yellow (Fig. 47D–E).
PalP. Femur with triangular medio-prolateral apophysis; patellae swollen; tibia stubby, with strongly
sclerotized, curved retrolateral apophysis about one-third cymbial length and pointed apically, paliform
dorsal apophysis, and broad ventral apophysis; bulb swollen; MA large, strongly sclerotized, divided
into three processes in ventral view; embolus forming basal disc, and spiraled to blunt tip reaches to
cymbial tip (Fig. 46).
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Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0530)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.16. Carapace 1.72 long, 1.24 wide. Abdomen 2.44 long, 1.32 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.41, ALE 0.24, PLE 0.22, AERW 1.20, PERW 1.36, EFL 1.00. Legs: I
3.64 (1.13, 0.88, 0.88, 0.45, 0.30), II 2.53 (0.80, 0.40, 0.58, 0.45, 0.30), III 2.63 (0.78, 0.35, 0.60, 0.60,
0.30), IV 3.63 (1.00, 0.50, 0.95, 0.83, 0.35).
Fig. 46. Male palp of Synagelides fanjingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0529).
A. Prolateral view. B. Retrolateral view. C. Ventral view. D. Dorsal view. Abbreviations: see Material
and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 47. Synagelides fanjingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–C, F. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0530). D–E,
G–H. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0529). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B–C. Vulva, dorsal view. D–F. Habitus.
D. Dorsal view. E. Ventral view. F. Dorsal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view. H. Leg I, prolateral view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–C, G = 0.1 mm; D–F, H = 0.5 mm.
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Habitus. Similar to that of male except without median transverse white stripe on dorsum of abdomen
(Fig. 47F).
EPigynE. With tube-shaped anterior hood about three times as long as wide; atrium almost square, with
pair of L-shaped lateral ridges, and separated by broad, sub-square median septum; copulatory openings
beneath anterior portions of atrial ridges; copulatory ducts slender, curved into C-shape anteromedially
and descending posteriorly, with short accessory glands divided into three processes at terminus;
spermathecae pear-shaped, touched; fertilization ducts originate from anterior edges of spermathecae,
extended transversely (Fig. 47A–C).
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 61).
Genus Thyene Simon, 1885
Comments
According to the morphological feature, Thyene should be polyphyletic. Some Asian species of Thyene,
such as T. bivittata, T. calebi, T. orientalis, T. typica, T. yuxiensis and T. xingrenensis sp. nov. could be
separated into a new genus, or at least should be divided into a group because some unique features
which are different from the generotype and its congeners, such as they have the sub-square carapace,
which lacks anterior-lateral long setae, the bifurcated retromarginal cheliceral ssidentate tooth, short
embolus coiled less than two circles, pair of epigynal hoods, and the consistent copulatory ducts which
forming ridges medially and several coils terminally (vs the carapace mostly oval, having a pair of
anterolateral long setae, and expanding anterior-laterally in males, just having one retromarginal
cheliceral tooth, embolus coiled at least two circles, lacking epigynal hood and with copulatory ducts not
forming ridges in generotype and its congeners; see Deeleman-Reinhold 2010: gs 148–162; Metzner
2022). Moreover, Thyene zhangi (Peng, Yin, Yan & Kim, 1998) comb. nov., and T. bilaguncula (Xie &
Peng, 1995) comb. nov. are transferred from Plexippoides Prószyński, 1984 and Ptocasius Simon, 1885,
respectively, because they are consistent with the above-mentioned species in having a very similar
habitus, epigyne, and a bifurcated retromarginal cheliceral ssidentate tooth.
Thyene xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 48–49, 61
Diagnosis
The male of Thyene xingrenensis sp. nov. closely resembles that of T. orientalis Żabka, 1985 in having a
similar habitus and palp, but it can be easily distinguished by the following: (1) the embolus originating
at about 8 o’clock position of bulb (Fig. 48A–B), whereas about 6 o’clock position of bulb in T. orientalis
(Fig. 50A–B); (2) the RTA being directed upward apically in retrolateral view (Fig. 48C), whereas
directed towards the antero-retrolateral side in T. orientalis (Fig. 50C). It also somewhat resembles that
of T. yuxiensis Xie & Peng, 1995 in the general shape of the palp, but it can be easily distinguished by the
tegular ap, which is directed towards 9:00 o’clock position in ventral view (Fig. 48B), whereas about
12:00 o’clock position in T. yuxiensis (Xie & Peng 1995: g. 4b). The female also resembles T. orientalis
in the general shape of epigyne, but differs in the epigynal hood, which is triangular (Fig. 49A), whereas
slit-shaped in T. orientalis (Fig. 51A).
Etymology
The species name is derived from the name of the type locality, Xingren County; adjective.
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Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Xingren County, Luchuying Township, Qingshuihe Nature Reserve, Mabaoshu
Grand Canyon; 25°17.79′ N, 104°56.13′ E; 1270 m a.s.l.; 3 Aug. 2016; C. Wang et al. leg.; TRU-JS
0534.
Paratypes
CHINA • 12 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0535–0552 • 14 ♀♀,10 ♂♂; same
collection data as for preceding; 4 Aug. 2016; TRU-JS 0553–0576.
Comparative material
Thyene orientalis Xie & Peng, 1995 (Figs 50–51).
CHINA • 4 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Beihai City, Tieshangang District,
Xinggang Township, Xiaomatou Village, Caobiaotang; 21°33.11′ N, 109°29.22′ E; 10 m a.s.l.; 4 Oct.
2018; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.62. Carapace 2.24 long, 1.66 wide. Abdomen 2.36 long, 1.27 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.51, ALE 0.23, PLE 0.23, AERW 1.48, PERW 1.60, EFL 1.04. Legs: I
Fig. 48. Male palp of Thyene xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0534).
A. Prolateral view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.
Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 49. Thyene xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0535). C–D,
F–G. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0534). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus.
C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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3.86 (1.24, 0.75, 0.80, 0.63, 0.44), II 3.73 (1.22, 0.63, 0.78, 0.66, 0.44), III 4.16 (1.39, 0.65, 0.80, 0.88,
0.44), IV 4.56 (1.41, 0.65, 1.03, 1.01, 0.46).
Habitus. Carapace yellow-brown, covered with dense dark and off-white scale-like setae along sub-
margin, with several pale yellow scale-like setae on clypeus and longitudinal, indistinct, median
yellow band extended across thorax; fovea dark red, longitudinal (Fig. 49C, F). Chelicerae with three
promarginal teeth and one retromarginal ssidentate tooth with two cusps (Fig. 49F–G). Legs pale to
yellow-brown, thorny. Abdomen elongated, dorsum darker laterally, with irregular longitudinal yellow-
brown band medially, covered with dense setae; venter gray-white to brown (Fig. 49C–D).
PalP. Tibia wider than long; RTA tapered, about 1.5 times as long as tibia, slightly curved medially and
pointed apically in retrolateral view; bulb round, with linguiform tegular ap directed towards about
9 o’clock in ventral view; embolus originates at about 8 o’clock and coiled more than one circle to pointed
tip (Fig. 48).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0535)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.66. Carapace 2.18 long, 1.59 wide. Abdomen 2.45 long, 1.59 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.50, ALE 0.24, PLE 0.23, AERW 1.45, PERW 1.53, EFL 0.98. Legs: I
3.43 (1.10, 0.63, 0.75, 0.54, 0.41), II 3.22 (1.07, 0.55, 0.65, 0.54, 0.41), III 3.95 (1.32, 0.58, 0.78, 0.78,
0.49), IV 4.34 (1.34, 0.63, 0.90, 0.98, 0.49).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except only with two promarginal cheliceral teeth and liform pattern
on dorsum of abdomen (Fig. 49E).
Fig. 50. Male palp of Thyene orientalis Żabka, 1985. A. Prolateral view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral
view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 51. Thyene orientalis Żabka, 1985. A–B, E. ♀. C–D, F–G. ♂. A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva,
dorsal view. C–E. Habitus. C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view.
G. Chelicera, posterior view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm;
C–F = 0.5 mm.
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EPigynE. With pair of mediolateral triangular hoods opened towards oblique posteriorly; copulatory
openings anteriorly located, slit-shaped with C-shaped margins; copulatory ducts long, forming ridges
anteromedially and several coils at terminus; spermathecae tube-shaped; fertilization ducts short,
extended transversely (Fig. 49A–B).
Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 61).
Genus Toxeus C.L. Koch, 1846
Toxeus fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 52–53, 57
Diagnosis
The male of Toxeus fodingensis sp. nov. closely resembles that of T. hainan Wang & Li, 2022 in the
general shape of the habitus and palp, but it can be distinguished by the following: (1) the paturon having
a small distal apophysis on the outside margin (Fig. 53H), whereas absent in T. hainan (Wang & Li
2022b: g. 18j); (2) the palpal tibia being about 1.5 times as long as wide in retrolateral view (Fig. 52C),
whereas about 2.4 times as long as wide in T. hainan (Wang & Li 2022b: g. 17b). The female also
Fig. 52. Male palp of Toxeus fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0577).
A. Prolateral view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. D. RTA, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see
Material and methods. Scale bars: A–C = 0.2 mm; D = 0.1 mm.
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Fig. 53. Toxeus fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–C, G, I. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0578). D–F,
H. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0577). A–B. Epigyne, ventral view. C. Vulva, dorsal view. D–G. Habitus.
D. Dorsal view. E. Lateral view. F. Ventral view. G. Dorsal view. H–I. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–C = 0.1 mm; D–G = 1.0 mm; H–I = 0.2 mm.
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resembles that of T. hainan in having very similar epigyne, but it can be easily distinguished by the
epigynal hood, which is about three-fths the spermathecal width (Fig. 53A–B), whereas about 1.3
times the spermathecal width in T. hainan (Wang & Li 2022b: g. 18b).
Etymology
The species name is derived from the name of the type locality, Foding Mountain National Nature
Reserve; adjective.
Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Guizhou, Shiqian County, Pingshan Township, Foding Mountain National Nature Reserve,
Tuanshan; 27°21.59′ N, 108°9.37′ E; 890 m a.s.l.; 12 Jul. 2017; X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; TRU-JS 0577.
Paratype
CHINA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0578.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 6.51. Carapace 3.11 long, 1.67 wide. Abdomen 3.29 long, 1.27 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.54, ALE 0.30, PLE 0.29, AERW 1.53, PERW 1.67, EFL 1.31. Legs: I
6.06 (1.95, 0.90, 1.78, 0.93, 0.50), II 5.06 (1.53, 0.75, 1.35, 0.93, 0.50), III 5.65 (1.65, 0.75, 1.30, 1.40,
0.55), IV 8.12 (2.28, 0.88, 2.13, 2.25, 0.58).
Habitus. Carapace red-brown, with dark anterior and lateral margins, and sub-square cephalic region
(Fig. 53D–E). Chelicerae with small distal apophyses on outside margins of paturon, and six teeth on
both retromargin and promargin (Fig. 53H). Sternum about 2.6 times as long as wide (Fig. 53F). Legs
yellow to red-brown except femora I dark brown, with one, ve, and two pairs of ventral macrosetae
on patellae, tibiae, and metatarsi I, respectively (Fig. 53D). Abdomen elongated, slightly constricted at
anterior two-fths, dorsum yellow-brown to dark brown, with pair of muscle depressions and several
indistinct arc-shaped, transverse streaks, covered by big scutum posteromedially; venter with broad,
longitudinal yellow-brown band medially (Fig. 53D–F).
PalP. Tibia about 1.5 times as long as wide in retrolateral view; RTA broadened at base, and continue
bifurcated into reduced ventral ramus and sclerotized, tapered dorsal ramus twisted into an S-shape in
ventral view, curved into pointed tip directed towards cymbium in retrolateral view; bulb at, almost
round; embolus at, coiled with about two spirals, tapered to pointed tip at distal half (Fig. 52).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0578)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 6.45. Carapace 2.72 long, 1.36 wide. Abdomen 3.59 long, 1.60 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.49, ALE 0.26, PLE 0.25, AERW 1.38, PERW 1.46, EFL 1.15. Legs: I
5.83 (1.78, 1.00, 1.70, 0.85, 0.50), II 4.86 (1.48, 0.75, 1.28, 0.85, 0.50), III 5.69 (1.63, 0.75, 1.38, 1.38,
0.55), IV 7.84 (2.20, 0.88, 2.05, 2.13, 0.58).
Habitus. Similar to that of male except with dark thorax, and ve cheliceral teeth on both retromargin
and promargin (Fig. 53G, I).
EPigynE. With sub-square posterior hood; atria paired, round; sclerotized portions of copulatory ducts
swollen into sub-cube at beginning, and then ascending as arc-shape to connect to posterior edges of
sub-oval spermathecae; fertilization ducts originate from anterior edges of inner sides of spermathecae,
slightly curved medially (Fig. 53A–C).
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Distribution
China (Guizhou) (Fig. 57).
Genus Yaginumaella Prószyński, 1979
Yaginumaella zabkai Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Figs 54–55, 57
Diagnosis
The male of Yaginumaella zabkai Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. resembles that of Y. dali Shao, Li &
Yang, 2014 in the general shape of habitus and copulatory organs, but it can be distinguished by the
following: (1) the embolus being acutely narrowed at distal end (Fig. 54B), whereas tapered in Y. dali
(Shao et al. 2014: g. 4); (2) the RTA being about 1.5 times as long as tibia (Fig. 54C), whereas
almost as long as tibia in Y. dali (Shao et al. 2014: g. 5). The female also resembles that of Y. dali in
the general shape of epigyne, but it can be distinguished by the distance between the epigynal hoods,
which is less than their width (Fig. 55A), whereas about 1.5 times as great as their width in Y. dali
(Shao et al. 2014: g. 2).
Fig. 54. Male palp of Yaginumaella zabkai Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., holotype (TRU-JS 0579).
A. Prolateral view. B. Ventral view. C. Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.
Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
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Etymology
The specic name is a patronym in honor of Professor M. Żabka, who contributed signicantly to the
taxonomy of jumping spiders; noun (name) in genitive case.
Fig. 55. Yaginumaella zabkai Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. A–B, E. Paratype, ♀ (TRU-JS 0580). C–D,
F–G. Holotype, ♂ (TRU-JS 0579). A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C–E. Habitus.
C. Dorsal view. D. Ventral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Carapace, frontal view. G. Chelicera, posterior view.
Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: A–B, G = 0.1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.
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Type material
Holotype
CHINA • ♂; Yunnan, Jingdong County, Taizhong Township, Dujuanhu; 24°31.22′ N, 100°56.56′ E;
1504 m a.s.l.; 15 Aug. 2015; X.Q. Mi leg.; TRU-JS 0579.
Paratypes
CHINA • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; TRU-JS 0580–0582 • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Nanjian
County, Yongcui Township, Fenghuang Mountain; 24°55.99′ N, 100°22.51′ E; 1850 m a.s.l.; 13 Aug.
2015; X.Q. Mi leg.; TRU-JS 0583–0584.
Description
Male (holotype)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 4.61. Carapace 2.12 long, 1.75 wide. Abdomen 2.40 long, 1.68 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.50, ALE 0.29, PLE 0.26, AERW 1.58, PERW 1.50, EFL 1.02. Legs:
I 4.84 (1.53, 0.63, 1.25, 0.88, 0.55), II 4.18 (1.28, 0.75, 1.05, 0.65, 0.45), III 4.79 (1.45, 0.75, 1.03, 1.01,
0.55), IV 5.06 (1.50, 0.70, 1.15, 1.13, 0.58).
Habitus. Carapace yellow to red-brown, setose, with pair of marginal yellow bands, and longitudinal,
yellow band extending across thorax; fovea longitudinal, linear, dark red (Fig. 55C, F). Chelicerae yellow,
Fig. 56. Distributional records of Brettus anchorum Wanless, 1979, Heliophanoides proszynskii Wang,
Mi & Peng sp. nov., Icius indicus (Simon, 1901), Myrmarachne xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
and M. yinae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth (Fig. 55G). Legs yellow, with dark stripes on femora
I, three, and two pairs of ventral macrosetae on tibiae and metatarsi I, respectively. Abdomen elongate-
oval, dorsum yellow to dark brown, dotted laterally, with longitudinal yellow stripe anteromedially; venter
pale yellow to brown, with longitudinal, irregular dark stripe medially (Fig. 55C–D).
PalP. Tibia wider than long, with straight, strongly sclerotized RTA about 1.5 times as long as its length
and rather pointed apically; cymbium setose; bulb elongate-oval, swollen medio-posteriorly, with small
posterior lobe curved towards postero-prolaterally; embolus strongly sclerotized, originates at about 9
o’clock position of bulb, curved into C-shape, and acutely narrowed distally (Fig. 54).
Female (paratype, TRU-JS 0580)
MEasurEMEnts. Total length 5.28. Carapace 2.28 long, 1.88 wide. Abdomen 3.32 long, 2.20 wide. Eye
sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.55, ALE 0.36, PLE 0.32, AERW 1.76, PERW 1.72, EFL 1.12. Legs: I
4.36 (1.45, 0.75, 0.88, 0.75, 0.53), II 3.94 (1.25, 0.63, 0.93, 0.65, 0.48), III 4.74 (1.50, 0.75, 0.93, 1.01,
0.55), IV 5.20 (1.63, 0.63, 1.13, 1.23, 0.58).
Habitus. Similar to that of male (Fig. 55E).
Fig. 57. Distributional records of Myrmarachne hamata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., Phintella liae Wang,
Mi & Peng sp. nov., P. panda Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015, Toxeus fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
and Yaginumaella zabkai Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
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Fig. 59. Distributional records of Phintella fodingensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., P. pygmaea
(Wesołowska, 1981), P. subpanda Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., P. wandae Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. and
Ptocasius dian Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
Fig. 58. Distributional records of Phintella aequipeiformis Żabka, 1985, P. fanjingshan Li, Wang,
Zhang & Chen, 2019, P. liui Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., P. wulingensis Huang, Wang & Peng, 2015 and
P. sancha Cao & Li, 2016.
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Fig. 61. Distributional records of Phintella jiugongensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., Stertinius
donglinsiensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., S. logunovi Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., Synagelides fanjingensis
Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. and Thyene xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov.
Fig. 60. Distributional records of Myrmage lii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov., Ptocasius subhubeiensis Wang,
Mi & Peng sp. nov., Rhene elongata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. and R. yunnanensis (Peng & Xie, 1995).
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EPigynE. Slightly longer than wide; atrium oval, anteriorly located, with pair of arc-shaped lateral
ridges, followed by pair of hoods separated from each other less than their width; copulatory openings
beneath atrial ridges; copulatory ducts long, curved and twisted; spermathecae indistinct; fertilization
ducts lamellar, transversely extending (Fig. 55A–B).
Distribution
China (Yunnan) (Fig. 57).
Discussion
Including the species described in the present work, the list of Chinese jumping spiders has increased to
at least 651 species in 136 genera, representing about one-tenth, and one-fth of the worldwide jumping
spiders in number of species and genera, respectively, and far exceeding those of adjacent countries such as
India (349 species in 110 genera), Vietnam (157 species in 69 genera) and Japan (149 species in 70 genera)
(Metzner 2023). However, it is certain that our current knowledge does not represent the true diversity of
Chinese jumping spiders, as most of the Chinese regions remains poorly studied and taxonomic studies
are very limited. The taxonomic study of jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna is a convincing example.
Before 2016, Xishuangbanna, like most regions of China, was known only from several sporadic described
species, but thanks to the conduction of “All Species Inventory” of spiders from the Xishuangbanna
Tropical Botanical Garden, the number of known species in this region has risen to 145, including 58 new
to science. According to the prediction of the eventual total number of Chinese spider species by Li (2020),
the true diversity of Chinese jumping spiders will reach ca 1500 species. It might be expected most of them
will be discovered in southern China, especially the tropical area and southwest mountain area. Among
those, some large tribes, and some leaf-litter dwellers genera will present a very high diversity.
Acknowledgments
The manuscript beneted greatly from the comments by Rudy C.A.M. Jocqué, Galina N. Azarkina
and one anonymous reviewer. We are grateful to Bo Yu, Mingyong Liao, Xing Kuang, Tianjun Liu,
Zhaolin Liao, Peng Luo, Gaotao Liu, Feng’e Li, Yuanfa Yang, Hong Liu, Guijie Tian, Chaoguan Qin,
Siyi Yan, and other anonymous collectors for collecting the specimens. This research was supported by
the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC-32200369, 31660609, 31301861) and the
Science and Technology Project Foundation ([2020]1Z014), the Key Laboratory Project ([2020]2003)
of Guizhou Province, the Open Project of Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical
Islands, Hainan Normal University, China (HNSF-OP-202201), Animal resources survey project of
Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park, and the Doctoral Research Foundation of Tongren University
(trxyDH2102).
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