Arthropoda Selecta 27(2): 139–142 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2018

A new ogre-faced spider species of the genus Deinopis

MacLeay, 1839 from Vietnam (Aranei: Deinopidae)

Íîâûé âèä ïàóêà-äåèíîïèäû ðîäà Deinopis MacLeay, 1839

èç Âüåòíàìà (Aranei: Deinopidae)
Dmitri V. Logunov
Äìèòðèé Â. Ëîãóíîâ
The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Манчестерский Музей, Университет Манчестера, Оксфорд Роуд, Манчестер M13 9PL, Великобритания.

KEY WORDS: Arachnida, Araneae, South-East Asia.

КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА: Arachnida, Araneae, Юго-Восточная Азия.

ABSTRACT. A new deinopid species, Deinopis

konplong sp.n. (#) from Vietnam, is diagnosed, illus-
trated and described. The collecting localities of two
Deinopis species known from Vietnam are mapped.
How to cite this article: Logunov D.V. 2018. A new
ogre-faced spider species of the genus Deinopis Ma-
cLeay, 1839 from Vietnam (Aranei: Deinopidae) //
Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.27. No.2. P.139–142. doi:
10.15298/arthsel. 27.2.05

РЕЗЮМЕ. Диагностирован, иллюстрирован и

описан один новый вид пауков-деинопид: Deinopis
konplong sp.n. (#) из Вьетнама. Точки находок двух
видов Deinopis известных из Вьетнама прокарти-
рованы.

Introduction

The tropical genus Deinopis MacLeay, 1839 con-

sists of 50 species described worldwide [WSC, 2018;
but see Coddington et al., 2012], of which 31 species
(62%) are still known from one sex: 27 species (54%)
from the females, and four (8%) from the males. The
Oriental fauna of Deinopis (incl. New Guinea) consists
of 12 described species: six of them (50%) are known
from the females and two (17%) from the males. The
majority of Oriental species remain known from the
original descriptions and type localities only. To date,
only two Deinopis species have been found in Vietnam
(Map): D. fasciculiger Simon, 1909 from Cam Nang
(c. 21°18′50.3″N, 106°26′34.0″E) [Simon, 1909] and
the new species from Kon Tum Province described
hereinafter (see below).
The aim of the present paper is to diagnose and Map. Collecting localities of Deinopis fasciculiger Simon,
1909 (star) and D. konplong sp.n. (circle) in Vietnam.
describe a new Vietnamese species of Deinopis on the Карта. Точки находок Deinopis fasciculiger Simon, 1909
basis of a single male. (звезда) и D. konplong sp.n. (кружок) во Вьетнаме.
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Figs. 1–7. Deinopis konplong sp.n. (the holotype): 1, 4 — male palp, ventral view; 2 — carapace, dorsal view; 3, 5 — male palp,
retrolateral view; 6 — carapace, dorso-anterior view; 7 — body, dorso-lateral view. Scale bars = (1–3, 6, 7) 1 mm, (4, 5) 0.5 mm.
Рис. 1–7. Deinopis konplong sp.n. (голотип): 1, 4 — пальпа самца, вид внизу; 2 — головогрудь, вид сверху; 3, 5 — пальпа
самца, вид сбоку-спереди; 6 — головогрудь, вид сверху-спереди; 7 — тело, вид сверху-сбоку. Масштаб = (1–3, 6, 7) 1 мм, (4, 5)
0,5 мм.
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Material and methods nam (see Map). Two Vietnamese Deinopis species were
found in different biogeographic provinces of Viet-
The holotype of the newly described species is nam. D. fasciculiger is known from the South Chinese
deposited in The Manchester Museum of the Universi- province, whereas the new species was collected from
ty of Manchester, UK (MMUE; curator: D.V. Logunov). the Central Annamese province, which is the moun-
Specimens were photographed at the Oxford Uni- tainous areas associated with Truong Son Ridge (see
versity Museum of Natural History with a Leica M165C Averyanov et al. [2003] for further details about these
stereo microscope (trinocular) with automated z-step- provinces]. Both regions are renowned for their rich
per, Camera Leica DFC495, Leica Application Suite biota and a remarkably high level of endemism [e.g.,
(software to run above), and Helicon Focus 5.3 x64 as Monastyrskii, 2007]. It is possible, however, that D.
a processing software. fasciculiger might represent the female of D. liukuen-
The terminology used for description of the male sis described and known from the single male from
palp follows Coddington et al. [2012]. Abbreviations Yunnan [Yin et al., 2002].
used in the text are as follows: Eyes: AME — anterior DISTRIBUTION. The type locality only (Map).
median eye, ALE — anterior lateral eye, PME — pos- DESCRIPTION. MALE (the holotype). Measure-
terior median eye, PLE — posterior lateral eye. Leg ments: Carapace: 5.20 long, 3.60 wide. Abdomen: 10.00
segments: Fm — femur, Pt — patella, Tb — tibia, long, 2.10 wide. Eyes and interdistances: AME 0.19,
Mt — metatarsus, Tr — tarsus. The sequence of leg ALE 0.23, PME 0.42, PLE 0.33, AME-AME 0.30,
segments in measurement data is as follows: femur + AME-ALE 0.88, PME-PME 0.35, PME-PLE 0.58.
patella + tibia + metatarsus + tarsus (total). All mea- Cheliceral length 1.70. Length of leg segments: I 17.60 +
surements are in mm. 2.40 + 19.50 + 23.80 + 6.20 (69.50); II 15.40 + 2.30 +
14.30 + 13.10 + 4.60 (49.70); III 10.50 + 1.90 + 8.60 +
Deinopis konplong sp.n. 7.00 + 1.20 (29.20); IV 10.30 + 1.80 + 8.80 + 8.80 +
Figs 1–7, Map. 1.40 (31.10). Leg formula I,II,IV,III. Coloration (in
alcohol; Figs 6–7). Carapace yellowish brown, with
TYPE. Holotype # (MMUE, G7579.37) from Vietnam, Kon white margins of thorax; head with a white triangle
Tum Province, Kon Plong Distr., c. 14 km N of Kon Plong (c. spot and a pair of longitudinal, short brown stripes
14°43′20″N, 108°18′59″E), 1030 m a.s.l., 3–12.06.2016, A.V. Abra- (Fig. 6). Sternum and labium white. Endites and cheli-
mov.
ETYMOLOGY. The specific epithet is a noun in cerae light yellowish brownish. Abdomen yellowish,
apposition taken from the type locality, Kon Plong in tinged with brown; dorsum with a longitudinal brown
central Vietnam. stripe (Fig. 7); venter yellow, but the area in front of
DIAGNOSIS. Of the Oriental Deinopis species the epigastric furrow is covered with black hairs. Book-
known from the males (or from both sexes) and reli- lungs light yellow. Spinnerets light yellowish brown-
ably illustrated, D. konplong sp.n. can be compared to ish. All legs and palps light yellowish brownish. Palpal
those of D. celebensis Merian, 1911 from Indonesia structure as in Figs 1, 3–5: cymbium swollen; tegulum
(Sulawesi) [cf. Merian, 1911: figs A, B], D. liukuensis flat, hidden behind the coils of embolus; embolus long
Yin, Griswold et Yan, 2002 from China (Yunnan) [cf. and strongly coiled, originating at 5 o’clock and mak-
Yin et al., 2002: figs 1–7] and D. scrubjunglei Caleb et ing five and a half revolutions around the single central
Mathai, 2014 from India (Tamil Nadu) [cf. Caleb & median apophysis which is situated in the central pit of
Mathai, 2014: figs 13, 14, 17, 18]. From all these the bulbus; median apophysis is bi-ramous, with one of
species, D. konplong sp.n. can be readily distinguished its blunt processes being directed mediad and another
by the longest and strongest embolus, of which coils apicad.
completely hide the tegulum lying behind them (Figs 1, FEMALE unknown.
4). From D. celebensis, the new species can also be
separated by the markedly (almost two times) shorter ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I wish to thank Zoë
palpal femur and the carapace lacking lateral exten- Simmons (Oxford, UK) for allowing me to use the
sions, which are well-developed in D. celebensis; and digital facilities at the Oxford University Museum of
from D. scrubjunglei, the new species differs in having Natural History (UK). Alexei V. Abramov (St. Peters-
the larger, bi-ramous median apophysis. A detailed burg, Russia) is cordially thanked for making his Viet-
comparison with D. kollari Doleschall, 1859, described namese spider collections available for this study.
from the single male from Malaysia, is impossible be-
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