Philodromus auricomus L. Koch, 1878

Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen & Zhong, Yang, 2025, On small huntsman spiders (Araneae, Philodromidae) occurring in Guizhou and Hubei provinces, China, ZooKeys 1240, pp. 327-368 : 327-368

Philodromus auricomus L. Koch, 1878

Figs 1 , 2 A, B , 5 , 6 , 23 A

Philodromus auricomus L. Koch, 1878: 763 (j); Yaginuma 1960: 101, fig. 86 (♀); Paik 1979: 425, figs 7–21 (♂ ♀); Zhang and Zhu 1982: 66, fig. 2 b, d (♂); Ono 1988: 211 (S of Diaea subadulta); Song and Zhu 1997: 183, fig. 127 A – D (♂ ♀); Song et al. 1999: 470, figs 271 C, 272 C (♂ ♀); Yin et al. 2012: 1246, fig. 668 a – e (♂ ♀); Kim and Lee (2017): 65, fig. 37 A – E, pl. 13 (♂ ♀).

Diaea subadulta : Bösenberg and Strand 1906: 258, pl. 13, fig. 302 (j). 1

Material examined.

China: Guizhou Province: • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Guiyang City, Huaxi District, Huaxi Wetland Park ; 26.46°N, 106.67°E; 1140 m a. s. l.; 7 August 2022; H. Yu et al. leg. • 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( YHGY 452 and YHGY 490 used for sequencing, GenBank accession numbers in Table 1 ), Guiyang City, Huaxi District, University Town ; 26.38°N, 106.65°E; 1173 m a. s. l.; 10 August 2024; Q. Jiang et al. leg. • 1 ♀, Tongren City, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Yinjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Ziwei Town, Fengxiangping Village ; 27.96°N, 108.58°E; 664 m a. s. l.; 19 June 2021; H. Yu et al. leg.

Diagnosis and description.

See Paik (1979), Song and Zhu (1997), Yin et al. (2012) and Kim and Lee (2017). Habitus as in Figs 5 A – C , 6 A – C . Male palp as in Fig. 5 D – F , epigyne as in Fig. 6 D, E .

Distribution.

Russia (Far East), China (Sichuang, Hebei, Shandong, Liaoning, Guizhou; distribution records in Guizhou as in Fig. 23 A ), Korea, Japan.

Comments.

The species was reported as a new record for Guizhou by Long et al. (2022) based on materials from Huaxi District in Guiyang City. New specimens examined indicate its distribution in the Fanjingshan Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province as well (Fig. 23 A ).

Figures

Figure 1. Sample collection locations for this project. Hubei Province 1 Jiugongshan National Nature Reserve 2 Hubei University of Science and Technology 3 Jiuling Mountain 4 Qizimei Mountain National Nature Reserve; Guizhou Province 5 Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve 6 Mayanghe National Nature Reserve 7 Xishui National Nature Reserve 8 Guiyang City, Kaiyang County 9 Guiyang City, Wudang District 10 Guiyang City, Yunyan District 11 Guiyang City, Huaxi District.

Figure 2. Living specimens of some Philodromidae species treated in this paper A, B Philodromus auricomus (♂ ♀) C, D Philodromus guiyang (♂) E, F Philodromus subaureolus (♂ ♀). Photographs by Q. Lu (Shenzhen).

Figure 5. Philodromus auricomus, male, habitus (A – C) and left palp (D – F) A dorsal view B ventral view C lateral view D prolateral view E ventral view F retrolateral view. Abbreviations: aSDL = ascending part of sperm duct loop; Con = conductor; Cy = cymbium; dSDL = descending part of sperm duct loop; Em = embolus; EmB = embolic base; EmT = embolic tip; IR = intertegular retinaculum; pCon = prolateral part of conductor; RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis; RTP = retrolateral tegular projection; SD = sperm duct; tCon = tip of conductor; Te = tegulum; VTA = ventral tibial apophysis. Scale bars: 1 mm (equal for A – C); 0.2 mm (equal for D – F).

Figure 6. Philodromus auricomus, female, habitus (A – C) and epigyne (D, E) A dorsal view B ventral view C lateral view D ventral view E dorsal view. Abbreviations: A = atrium; cCD = course of copulatory duct (red line); CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatory opening; EA = epigynal arch; FD = fertilisation duct; GM = glandular mound; IA = internal sclerotised arch; MS = median septum; R = receptaculum; rMS = rim of median septum (teal green line); rSEF = rim of sclerotised epigynal fold (blue line); SEF = sclerotised epigynal fold. Scale bars: 2 mm (equal for A – C); 0.2 mm (equal for D, E).

Figure 23. Distribution records of the philodromid species in Guizhou Province (A) and Hubei Province (B).