Zoica dulong Lu, Zhang & Wang, 2025

Zoica dulong Lu, Zhang & Wang sp. nov.

Figs 2 View Figure 2 , 3 View Figure 3 , 10 独龙佐卡蛛 View Figure 10

Type material.

Holotype • ♂ ( SWUC -T-LY-28-01 ), China, Yunnan Prov., Gongshan Co., Dulongjiang Township . 27°40'43"N, 98°16'13"E, elev. 1155 m, 3 April 2012, Zhi-Zhong Yang leg. GoogleMaps Paratype • 1 ♀ ( SWUC -T-LY-28-02 ) with same data as for holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology.

The specific name comes from the word “ Dulong ”, the name of one of the Chinese ethnic minorities that live adjacent to the area inhabited by the new species; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

The new species resembles Z. puellula (Simon, 1898) ( Sankaran and Sebastian 2017: 148, figs 3 A – G) in having bifurcated lateral apophysis and short-widen posterior lip of epigyne (Figs 2 View Figure 2 , 3 C – H View Figure 3 ), but can be differentiated by the ventral arm of lateral apophysis somewhat rectangular in retrolateral view (Figs 2 A View Figure 2 , 3 C, E View Figure 3 ) (vs somewhat triangular); cylindrical heads of spermathecae (Figs 2 D View Figure 2 , 3 H View Figure 3 ) (vs somewhat circular).

Description.

Male holotype (Fig. 3 A View Figure 3 ) total length 2.90. Carapace 1.56 long, 1.12 wide; opisthosoma 1.39 long, 0.98 wide. Carapace yellow brown. Fovea longitudinal, radial furrow indistinct. Eye region black. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.05, ALE 0.05, PME 0.12, PLE 0.11; AME – AME 0.03, AME – ALE 0.02, PME – PME 0.02, PME – PLE 0.03. Clypeus height 0.04. Chelicerae pale yellow, with 3 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth. Labium and endites light yellow. Sternum light yellow, shield-shaped, with sparse yellow setae. Legs light yellow. Leg measurements: I 3.57 (1.07, 1.19, 0.72, 0.59); II 3.39 (0.91, 1.13, 0.73, 0.62); III 3.49 (0.96, 1.19, 0.74, 0.60); IV 4.79 (1.25, 1.61, 1.13, 0.80). Leg formula: 4132. Opisthosoma oval. Dorsum yellow brown, with distinct scutum and sparse brown setae. Venter yellowish brown.

Palp (Figs 2 A, B View Figure 2 , 3 C – F View Figure 3 ). Subtegulum located on anterior-lateral side of the bulb. Lateral apophysis with broad base and 2 arms: dorsal one thin and long, with a hook-shaped tip; ventral arm dilated with porcatus. Embolus slender, in groove of terminal apophysis. Conductor membranous, with broad base and blunt tip. Median tegular lobe oval, membranous.

Female paratype (Fig. 3 B View Figure 3 ) total length 3.03. Carapace 1.46 long, 1.05 wide; opisthosoma 1.33 long, 1.00 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.05, PME 0.12, PLE 0.08; AME – AME 0.02, AME – ALE 0.02, PME – PME 0.05, PME – PLE 0.06. Clypeus height 0.04. Legs light yellow. Leg measurements: I 3.55 (0.99, 1.20, 0.75, 0.61); II 3.30 (0.98, 1.10, 0.70, 0.52); III 3.12 (0.92, 0.98, 0.68, 0.54); IV 4.56 (1.31, 1.52, 1.05, 0.68). Leg formula: 4123.

Epigyne (Figs 2 C, D View Figure 2 , 3 G, H View Figure 3 ). Copulatory openings located posteriorly, inconspicuous. Heads of spermathecae rod-shaped, base of the spermathecae short and strong, subspherical. Fertilization ducts crescent-shaped.

Habitat.

Living in the leaf litter.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality, Yunnan, China (Fig. 10 View Figure 10 ).