Asianopis naumenkoi, Omelko & Fomichev, 2025

Omelko, Mikhail M. & Fomichev, Alexander A., 2025, New data on Asianopis (Aranei: Deinopidae) in Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 5637 (2), pp. 311-325 : 318-321

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.2.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15562501
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scientific name	Asianopis naumenkoi
status	sp. nov.

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Asianopis naumenkoi sp. nov.

( Figs 7–8 View FIGURES 1–10 , 14 View FIGURES 11–15 , 19 View FIGURES 16–20 , 39–42 View FIGURES 35–40 View FIGURES 41–44 , 45–48 View FIGURES 45–52 , 53 View FIGURE 53 )

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♀ ( ZMMU), PHILIPPINES: Luzon Isl.: Nueva Ecija Prov., 15°39’N, 121°16’E, 370 m, 10– 18.02.1995 (A.M. Emelyanov). GoogleMaps

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym honoring Ivan Naumenko (Nakhodka, Russia), a well-known Russian macro photographer who has taken pictures of many spider species as well as other arthropods around the world.

Diagnosis. Female of Asianopis naumenkoi sp. nov. is most similar to this of A. apo sp. nov. by body coloration and structure of the copulatory organs but can be easily distinguished by barely visible humps on femora I–III (vs. well distinct and large, on femora I, III; cf. Figs 39–40 and 35–38 View FIGURES 35–40 ), high median plate in posterior-ventral view (vs. low; cf. Fig. 47 and 51 View FIGURES 45–52 )and the smaller number of copulatory ducts turns (4 vs. 5; cf. Figs 46 and 50 View FIGURES 45–52 ). From A. luzonensis the new species differs by the pattern of the lateral sides of abdomen (large, dark brown triangular spots medially vs. wide white bands anteriorly; cf. Fig. 41 View FIGURES 41–44 and Barrion-Dupo & Barrion 2018: fig. 6D). For differences from species of the liukuensis- and zhuanghaoyuni -group, see Table 1 View TABLE 1 .

Description. Female. Total length 20.79. Carapace: 7.02 long, 4.66 wide.Abdomen: 13.86 long, 5.29 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances:AME 0.17,ALE 0.36, PME 1.27, PLE 0.36, AME–AME 0.31, AME–ALE 1.41, PME–PME 0.09, PME–PLE 1.17, AME–PME 0.16. Palp measurements: 2.38, 1.00, 1.26, -, 1.75 (6.39). Leg measurements: I: 52.75 (15.66, 2.50, 14.09, 17.32, 3.18). II: 48.63 (15.25, 2.61, 13.69, 14.07, 3.01). III: 29.64 (10.61, 2.19, 7.56, 7.66, 1.62). IV: 28.78 (10.01, 2.14, 7.99, 7.45, 1.19).

Coloration. Clypeus grayish brown. Areas around AME, ALE and PME covered with white plumose setae. PME also surrounded by black setae. Chelicerae yellow with few black spots anteriorly, 5 pro-, 4 retrolateral teeth and number of retrolateral denticles. Carapace light brown with distinct median band, lateral bands absent. Cephalic part covered with white plumose setae. Sternum yellow with light brown edges. Labium yellow. Endites dark brown with black spots.

Palpal femur yellowish; patella and tibia yellowish with black spots; cymbium yellowish. Legs coloration. Coxa yellowish gray; femora I–II brown with black ventral side proximally, III brown with black ventral side, IV brown, with black spots on ventral side; patellae I–II, IV light brown, III brown; tibiae I–II, IV light brown, III brown with black semi rings; metatarsi I–III brown, IV light brown; tarsi I–III brown, IV light brown. Сalamistrum represented by dense row of short black setae ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 41–44 ). Calamistrum length/metatarsus length ratio ca. 0.27. Femora I–III with small humps (Hp) covered with strong short spines (SP, figs 39–40). Humps height/femur width ratio ca. 0.42.

Abdomen dorsally light brown, with thin, longitudinal dark brown stripe and number of tiny yellow spots forming longitudinal stripes. Sides of abdomen light brown with thin, yellow longitudinal stripes and large, dark brown triangular spots. Ventral part of abdomen yellow with dark brown longitudinal stripes and small irregular spots. Spinnerets dark brown.

Epigyne as in Figs 45–48 View FIGURES 45–52 . Median plate (MP) anchor-shaped in ventral view, trapezoidal posterio-ventrally, width/length ratio 4. Copulatory openings (CO) distinct. Copulatory ducts (CD) with four turns. Receptacles (Re) rounded, spaced by distance equal to their diameter. Receptacle duct (RD) narrow.

Male unknown.

Notes. Currently, two species groups are distinguished in Asianopis : the liukuensis -group and the zhuanghaoyuni - group ( Lin et al. 2020b). Since, based on the combination of characteristics, A. naumenkoi sp. nov. and A. apo sp. nov. cannot be assigned to either of the aforementioned groups, we propose to unite these new species into the apo - group. Although A. labangan and A. luzonensis show some similarity to the new species from the Philippines, we cannot confidently assign them to any species group until they are thoroughly redescribed. See the characteristics of all groups in Table 1 View TABLE 1 . See also notes section of A. apo sp. nov. below.