Khorata miaoshanensis, Yao & Li, 2010
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2594.1.1 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A4415-FFCC-3A0C-FF77-BB3A13C1FF15 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Khorata miaoshanensis |
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sp. nov. |
Khorata miaoshanensis View in CoL sp. nov.
Figs 33–36, 61
Type material: Holotype: male ( IZCAS), Miaoshan Cave [24°31.501ʹN, 111°30.859ʹE, alt. 202 m], Shuiyanba Village, Hezhou, Guangxi, China, 23 August 2009, Z.Y. Yao and C.X. Wang leg. GoogleMaps Paratypes: 7 males, 12 females ( IZCAS), same data as holotype GoogleMaps ; 7 male, 23 females ( IZCAS), Mawo Cave [24°31.436ʹN, 111°31.095ʹE, alt. 202 m], other data as holotype GoogleMaps .
Etymology: The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.
Diagnosis: This species resembles K. dongkou sp. nov., K. flabelliformis sp. nov. and K. macilenta sp. nov. in having similar male chelicerae (Figs 7B–C, 15B–C, 31B–C, 35B–C) and similar ventral view of female genital area (Figs 6A, 8C, 14A, 16C, 30A, 32C, 34A, 36C), but can be distinguished by the different distal elements of procursus (Figs 33A–B, D; 35A, D; 36A) and the shape of pore plates of epigynum (Figs 34B, 36B). This species can be distinguished from K. wangae sp. nov. also by the shape of pore plates of epigynum (Figs 34B, 36B).
Description: Male (holotype): Total length 2.05 (2.25 with clypeus), prosoma 0.74 long, 0.93 wide, opisthosoma 1.31 long, 1.02 wide. Leg I: 19.35 (4.80 + 0.45 + 4.81 + 6.79 + 2.50), leg II: 11.93 (3.33 + 0.40 + 2.88 + 4.05 + 1.27), leg III: 9.51 (2.85 + 0.36 + 2.24 + 3.01 + 1.05), leg IV: 11.77 (3.51 + 0.39 + 2.95 + 4.05 + 0.87); tibia I L/d: 51. Habitus as in Fig. 33C. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellowish, with black margins and black median stripe behind ocular area; sternum black. Legs yellowish, with slightly darker rings on femora (subdistally) and tibiae (proximally and subdistally). Opisthosoma grey with large black spots dorsally and ventrally. Ocular area slightly elevated and separated from prosoma, thoracic furrow shallow but distinct; distance PME-PME 0.13; diameter PME 0.12; distance PME-ALE 0.02; AME absent. Sternum slightly wider than long (0.59/0.50). Chelicerae as in Figs 35B–C, with pair of long, hooked frontal apophyses (distance between tips: 0.09); pair of strong proximal apophyses and sclerotized nearly angular apophyses proximocentrally, respectively, without modified hairs; pair of small ledges on frontolateral surface distally. Palps as in Figs 33A–B; 35A, D; trochanter with retrolateral apophysis and small ventral projection, femur with retrolateral apophysis, patella large, procursus simple proximally but complex distally, bulb simple, no other projections except for embolus. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 14%; legs with short vertical hairs on all metatarsi (mostly dorsally and laterally), without spines and curved hairs; tarsus I with more than 30 pseudosegments, only about 17 distinct ones distally.
Variation: Tibia I in other males (n=13, leg I lost in the other specimen): 4.91–5.89 (mean: 5.18).
invisible through cuticle, apparently without pockets. Dorsal view of epigynum (Figs 34B, 36B) with two pore plates.
Distribution: The species is known from two localities in Shuiyanba Village ( Fig. 61 View FIGURE 61 ).
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Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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