Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Salticidae

Cytaea yunnanensis Cao & Li sp. n. Figs 21, 22, 43

Type.

Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve (21°57.669'N, 101°11.893'E, 790 m), 23 April 2007, G. Zheng leg.

Etymology.

The species name derived from the name of the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis.

Differs from all known congeners by the shape of the tegulum (prolateral large bulge and posterior translucent extension) (Fig. 21).

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length 5.75, CL 2.75, CW 2.05, AL 3.00, AW 1.75. Eye measurements: AME 0.55, ALE 0.36, PME 0.10, PLE 0.36, AER 1.90, PER 1.80, EFL 1.50. Clypeus 0.13 high. Legs: I 4.76 (1.38, 0.75, 1.13, 0.90, 0.60); II 5.56 (1.63, 0.88, 1.20, 0.95, 0.90); III missing; IV 5.63 (1.63, 0.75, 1.30, 1.20, 0.75).

Carapace brown, covered with dense, white setae (Fig. 22A). Lateral eyes surrounded with black. Chelicerae dark orange-brown. Maxillae brownish, with dull white tips. Labium dark brown, tip dull white. Sternum light brown. Abdomen oval, dorsally greyish brown, narrower than carapace. Venter greyish. Spinnerets light greyish. Legs whitish. Spination of leg I: femur d2-1-1; tibia v2-2-2, p1-0-1; metatarsus v2-0-2, p0-1-0. Palpal tibia short, about 1/4 length of cymbium. The tibial apophysis subequal to the tibia, with a slightly bent tip (Fig. 21B). Cymbium whitish. Tegulum with meandering seminal duct and prominent prolateral bulge. Embolus with circular basal pad (Fig. 21C).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality.