Pimoa deqen Zhang & Li, 2021

Xu, Hao, Zhang, Xiaoqing, Yao, Zhiyuan, Ali, Abid & Li, Shuqiang, 2021, Thirty-five new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Pan-Himalaya, ZooKeys 1029, pp. 1-92 : 1

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1029.64080

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A7375F2E-C799-4FFA-95EA-42B92CEAFCDA

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scientific name

Pimoa deqen Zhang & Li
status

sp. nov.

Pimoa deqen Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 8 View Figure 8 , 59 View Figure 59

Type material.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS-Ar41936), China, Yunnan, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Shangrila to Deqen County, Tongduishui, 28.30°N, 99.15°E, ca. 3309 m, 17.IX.2020, Z. Chen leg. Paratype: 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar41937), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis.

Pimoa deqen sp. nov. resembles those of P. lihengae Griswold, Long & Hormiga, 1999 (see Griswold et al. 1999: 91-97, figs 18-21) and P. wanglangensis Yuan, Zhao & Zhang, 2019 (see Yuan et al. 2019: 27, fig. 22G, H) but can be distinguished from P. lihengae by the tongue-shaped dorsal plate (Fig. 8B View Figure 8 ) (vs. triangular) and from P. wanglangensis by the unseparated spermathecae (Fig. 8A View Figure 8 ) (vs. separated by a short distance).

Description.

Female (holotype): Total length 5.51. Carapace 2.19 long, 2.09 wide. Abdomen 3.32 long, 2.22 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.13, PME 0.11, PLE 0.14; AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.12, PME-PME 0.15, PME-PLE 0.16. Leg measurements: I: 15.85 (4.50, 5.66, 3.97, 1.72); II: 14.29 (4.13, 4.78, 3.75, 1.63); III: 11.36 (3.38, 3.74, 3.02, 1.22); IV: 14.20 (4.28, 4.66, 3.72, 1.54). Habitus as in Fig. 8E-G View Figure 8 . Carapace yellowish; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands. Legs brownish without annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 8A-D View Figure 8 ): subtriangular; ventral plate broad, length subequal to width; dorsal plates tongue-shaped, length subequal to width; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae oval, unseparated; fertilization ducts yellowish, medially oriented.

Male: Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality, Yunnan, China (Fig. 59 View Figure 59 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pimoidae

Genus

Pimoa