Pimoa mechi Zhang & Li, 2021
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1029.64080 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1C976A2A-967C-4069-A93E-7763E89DAC39 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:1C976A2A-967C-4069-A93E-7763E89DAC39 |
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Pimoa mechi Zhang & Li |
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sp. nov. |
Pimoa mechi Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 24 View Figure 24 , 25 View Figure 25 , 55 View Figure 55 , 59 View Figure 59
Type material.
Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS-Ar41966), Nepal, Mechi District, Taplejung, Rhododendron, 27.37°N, 87.73°E, ca. 2720 m, 3.IV.2019, C. Shrestha leg. Paratype: 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar41967), same data as holotype; 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar41968), Nepal, Mechi District, Taplejung, 27.35°N, 87.70°E, ca. 2452 m, 2.IV.2019, C. Shrestha leg.
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
Diagnosis.
The male of Pimoa mechi sp. nov. resembles P. yadong Zhang & Li, 2020 (see Zhang et al. 2020: 99, fig. 14A-C) but can be distinguished by the large pimoid cymbial sclerite (Fig. 55D View Figure 55 ) (vs. smaller) and by the long cymbial denticulate process (Fig. 55D View Figure 55 ) (vs. short). The female of P. mechi sp. nov. resembles those of P. crispa (see Hormiga 1994a: 63, figs 239-247) and P. samyai (see Zhang et al. 2020: 97, fig. 13A-D) but can be distinguished from P. crispa by the broad dorsal plate (Fig. 25B View Figure 25 ) (vs. narrow) and from P. samyai by the spermathecae separated by a short distance (Fig. 25A View Figure 25 ) (vs. separated by ca. 1/2 width of a spermatheca) and also by the distally pointed dorsal plate (Fig. 25B View Figure 25 ) (vs. blunt).
Description.
Male (holotype): Total length 6.31. Carapace 3.03 long, 2.63 wide. Abdomen 3.28 long, 1.97 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.20, PME 0.19, PLE 0.19; AME-AME 0.14, AME-ALE 0.10, PME-PME 0.18, PME-PLE 0.17. Leg measurements: I: 22.70 (5.91, 7.38, 6.53, 2.88); II: 16.25 (5.16, 4.66, 4.34, 2.09); III: 14.75 (4.34, 4.44, 4.28, 1.69); IV: 19.28 (5.69, 6.06, 5.44, 2.09). Habitus as in Fig. 25E View Figure 25 . Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse chevrons. Legs yellowish with black annulations. Palp (Figs 24A, B View Figure 24 , 55D View Figure 55 ): patella short, ca. 1/2 of tibial length, with one retrolateral macroseta; tibia long, ca. 1.5 times of cymbial length, with several macrosetae and a dorsal process; paracymbium short, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length, hook shaped; pimoid cymbial sclerite large, nearly L-shaped, ca. 1/2 of cymbial length; cymbial denticulate process long and distally pointed, with more than 6 cuspules; median apophysis indistinct; conductor distinct; pimoid embolic process distally blunt, length subequal to embolus; embolus beginning at 5:00 o’clock position; embolic tooth absent.
Female (paratype): Total length 6.38. Carapace 2.66 long, 2.38 wide. Abdomen 3.72 long, 5.91 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.19, PME 0.18, PLE 0.16; AME-AME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.10, PME-PME 0.14, PME-PLE 0.14. Leg measurements: I: 19.48 (5.26, 6.09, 5.70, 2.43); II: 15.49 (4.28, 5.13, 4.17, 1.91); III: 10.35 (3.13, 3.06, 2.78, 1.38); IV: 14.28 (4.56, 4.66, 3.53, 1.53). Habitus as in Fig. 25F, G View Figure 25 . Carapace yellowish; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands, nearly oval. Legs brownish with black annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 25A-D View Figure 25 ): subtriangular; ventral and dorsal plates broad, length subequal to width; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae oval, separated by short distance; fertilization ducts yellow, laterally oriented.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality, Mechi District, Nepal (Fig. 59 View Figure 59 ).
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