Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Linyphiidae

Glebala aspera sp. n. Figs 36, 37, 38

Types .

Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan: Menglun Town: Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve, 21°57.669'N, 101°11.893'E, elevation ca 790 m, 16.-30.04.2007, primary tropical seasonal rain forest, hand-collecting.

Etymology.

The specific name is derived from the Latin word ‘asper’, meaning ‘rough’, in reference to the rough surface of the paracymbium; adjective.

Diagnosis.

See diagnosis of the genus. Abdominal pattern of this species is notably similar to that in Gladiata fengli sp. n.

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length: 2.64. Carapace 1.38 long, 0.90 wide, brown, with long setae growing from ocular area to the fovea (Fig. 37E). Sternum 0.55 long, 0.65 wide. Clypeus 0.24 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.11, PME 0.10, PLE 0.12, AME-AME/AME 0.38, PME-PME/PME 0.80, AME-ALE/ALE 0.36, PME-PLE/PLE 0.42, Coxae IV separated by 1.41 times their width. Lengths of legs: I 5.62 (1.56, 0.31, 1.50, 1.41, 0.84), II 5.31 (1.48, 0.35, 1.38, 1.35, 0.75), III 4.18 (1.25, 0.28, 1.00, 1.10, 0.55), IV 5.19 (1.44, 0.28, 1.40, 1.38, 0.69). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Abdomen, pale, with dark ventrum, three pairs of lateral stripes and dorsal dark green folium. Palp: see description of the genus.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from type locality.