Otacilia tongboshan Liu 2025, sp. nov.

Otacilia tongboshan Liu sp. nov. Materials Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 75746E13-942C-5F48-9ED8-101E1D6419D7; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Nature Reserve, Xiaocaogou; verbatimElevation: 827 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°08'52.07"N, 118°13'23.65"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 30 / 11 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 3; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: BEF2C66D-FFC8-564C-993C-A052DD996089; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Nature Reserve, Xiaocaogou; verbatimElevation: 827 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°08'52.07"N, 118°13'23.65"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 30 / 11 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 7; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 69592176-A58E-58B3-8DAD-CD1A8E1D7574; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, Xiaocaogou; verbatimElevation: 827 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°08'52.07"N, 118°13'23.65"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 30 / 11 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 5; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 19695C27-4DA0-55F7-9FBB-35B3FE48955C; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, entrance of the Dadongkeng; verbatimElevation: 823 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°07'40.59"N, 118°12'12.21"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 30 / 11 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 3; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 5910C592-3120-5786-B736-DCA16919A0C2; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, entrance of the Dadongkeng; verbatimElevation: 823 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°07'40.59"N, 118°12'12.21"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 30 / 11 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 2; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 4FDC67B2-EE68-5E91-A8C2-6738E762BE04; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, near Dadongkeng Nature Reserve Protection Station; verbatimElevation: 827 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°07'55.37"N, 118°12'22.90"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 30 / 11 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 3; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 9B3B8F77-7BD1-516A-8F3F-6A5170A6A80F; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, near Dadongkeng Nature Reserve Protection Station; verbatimElevation: 827 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°07'55.37"N, 118°12'22.90"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 30 / 11 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 55EC586D-5124-5D7F-99F4-730A71AA82D5; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, Shuangxikou; verbatimElevation: 321 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°07'54.93"N, 118°15'44.14"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 1 / 12 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 3; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: B3DF0013-806B-5601-8CF2-120A38037102; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, Fengjinshan; verbatimElevation: 493 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°07'02.46"N, 118°16'57.80"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 2 / 12 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 9; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: B84FD5CC-615F-5F75-9C7C-135EB9FB9FB2; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, Fengjinshan; verbatimElevation: 493 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°07'02.46"N, 118°16'57.80"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 2 / 12 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 9D761191-AB6A-5F93-8491-687F1F5A86B9; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, Damenkeng; verbatimElevation: 405 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°09'43.78"N, 118°15'23.32"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 3 / 12 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 3; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 0318EDF2-B37F-57D9-8DE5-F8643157FFF0; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, middle section of Damenkeng; verbatimElevation: 364 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°09'34.09"N, 118°15'13.90"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 3 / 12 / 2024 Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 3; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: C9419E61-07B6-51B8-B73A-50A278B8FA41; Taxon: scientificName: Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Shangrao City, Guangfeng District, Tongboshan National Natrue Reserve, middle section of Damenkeng; verbatimElevation: 364 m; verbatimCoordinates: 28°09'34.09"N, 118°15'13.90"E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: sieving; eventDate: 3 / 12 / 2024 Description Male (Holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 1 A and B and Fig. 4 C and D. Total length 3.22, carapace 1.66 long, 1.43 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.07, PME 0.07, PLE 0.06; AME – AME 0.05, AME – ALE 0.02, PME – PME 0.12, PME – PLE 0.06, AME – PME 0.11, AME – PLE 0.16, ALE – ALE 0.23, PLE – PLE 0.39, ALE – PLE 0.10. MOA 0.26 long, frontal width 0.38, posterior width 0.49. Chelicerae with three promarginal and six retromarginal teeth. Sternum (Fig. 1 B), nearly as long as wide, posterior end blunt. Leg measurements: I 5.73 (1.84, 0.4, 1.44, 1.38, 0.67); II 5.01 (1.56, 0.44, 1.25, 1.1, 0.66); III 3.67 (1.13, 0.28, 0.75, 1.01, 0.5); IV 4.84 (0.98, 0.34, 1.24, 1.52, 0.76). Leg spination (Fig. 1 A, B): femora I d 11, p 1111, II d 1, p 111, III d 1, IV d 1; tibiae I v 22222222, II v 2222222; metatarsi I v 2222, II v 1222. Pedicel 0.13 long. Abdomen (Fig. 1 A and B) 1.43 long, 1.14 wide, dorsal scutum covering more than 1 / 2 length of abdomen. Colouration (Fig. 1 A, B). Carapace yellow with conspicuous, irregular, dark yellow mottled markings radially along mid-line and arc-shaped dark stripes around margin. Chelicerae, endites and labium yellow. Sternum yellow, with yellow brown lateral margins. Legs yellow, with a few stripes on tibiae and metatarsi. Abdomen brown, with pair of small round yellow-brown and pair of large oval yellowish spots on medial dorsal scutum, three pale chevron-shaped stripes on sub-posterior part and one yellowish arc-shaped stripe posteriorly; venter with the symmetrical black patterns on the posterior half. Palp (Fig. 1 C-F and Fig. 3 A-F). Femoral apophysis (FA) well-developed, nearly as wide as half of femoral maximum width. Tibia with two apophyses: a large, thick, very strong retrolateral apophysis (RTA), longer than tibia, strongly bent inwards towards concaved cymbial groove (CG), with a slightly curved tip and one relatively broad, ridge-like prolateral apophysis (PTA). Sperm duct (SD) O-shaped in ventral view, reaching medial part of tegulum. Retrolateral tegular apophysis (rTA) clavate, thick, directed retrolaterally. Distal tegular apophysis (dTA) sub-triangular, anterior part broader than posterior, membranous, arising from base of embolus and retrolateral part of sperm duct. Embolus (Em) hook-shaped, strongly curved, with a broad base and very narrow groove (EG). Female (Paratype). Habitus as in Fig. 2 A and B and Fig. 4 E and F. Total length 4.13, carapace 1.59 long, 1.41 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.1, PME 0.08, PLE 0.09, AME – AME 0.05, AME – ALE 0.02, PME – PME 0.1, PME – PLE 0.06, AME – PME 0.08, AME – PLE 0.15, ALE – ALE 0.23, PLE – PLE 0.36, ALE – PLE 0.08. MOA 0.28 long, frontal width 0.39, posterior width 0.51. Leg measurements: I 6.2 (1.76, 0.47, 2, 1.39, 0.58); II 4.81 (1.37, 0.42, 1.39, 1.09, 0.54); III 3.69 (1.21, 0.24, 0.65, 1.08, 0.51); IV 5.48 (1.66, 0.42, 1.08, 1.81, 0.51). Leg spination (Fig. 2 A and B): femora I d 11 p 1111, II d 1 p 111, III d 1, IV d 1; tibiae I v 22222222, II v 2222222,