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| Gelotia onoi Hoang, Phan & Vo, 2024 RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY. 72; |
Abstract
A novel species of the spartaeine genus Gelotia Thorell, 1890, G. onoi, new species is described from the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Additionally, two species, G. liuae Wang & Li, 2020 and G. zhengi Cao & Li, 2016 are also recorded from Vietnam for the first time. Detailed descriptions, illustrations of the copulatory organs, somatic features, and DNA barcodes for the species are provided.
Key words. DNA barcoding, jumping spiders, Southeast Asia, Spartaeinae
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| Habitus of Gelotia onoi, new species (female, holotype) in life. A, B, habitus, dorsal view; C, D, habitus, dorso-lateral view. |
Gelotia onoi, new species
Diagnosis. The female of Gelotia onoi, new species (Figs. 1–2) resembles those of the type species, G. frenata Thorell, 1890 and G. liuae Wang & Li, 2020 in having the epigyne with a fold and rounded window, but differs from two latter species by the following characteristics: the epigynal window located in the near middle in the new species (Fig. 2C) while anterior in both G. frenata (fig. 5 in Prószyński, 1969) and G. liuae (cf. Fig. 4C and fig. 8A in Wang & Li, 2020), copulatory duct significantly longer than the length of spermathecae (Fig. 2D) (shorter in other species), spermathecae almost rounded, relatively very small (Fig. 2D) in comparision with G. frenata and G. liuae as well as all other members of the genus Gelotia (see comparative illustrations in Metzner, 2024).
Etymology. This specific epithet is given to honour Dr. Hirotsugu Ono (Japan), who has made great contributions to improving knowledge of the spider fauna in Vietnam.
Quang D. Hoang, Quoc T. Phan and Van M. Vo. 2024. First Record of Gelotia Thorell, 1890 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Vietnam with Description of A New Species. RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY. 72; 294–302.
