Asianopis wuchaoi Lin & Li, 2020

Lin, Yejie, Shao, Lili, Haenggi, Ambros, Caleb, John T. D., Koh, Joseph K. H., Jaeger, Peter & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia, ZooKeys 911, pp. 67-99 : 67

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.911.38761

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F05E46B7-98E7-4DA1-B7DF-AD440C2E05B6

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scientific name

Asianopis wuchaoi Lin & Li
status

sp. nov.

Asianopis wuchaoi Lin & Li sp. nov. Figs 13 View Figure 13 , 14 View Figure 14 , 15 View Figure 15 , 21B View Figure 21 , 22B View Figure 22 , 23 View Figure 23

Type.

Holotype. ♂ (IZCAS-Ar39687), China, Yunnan Province, Jinghong City, Mount Jinuo, 10.V.2019, Chao Wu leg.

Paratypes. 2♀ (IZCAS-Ar39688-Ar39689), China, Yunnan Province, Jinghong City, Mengla County, Mengxing Village, 16.VI.2019, Yi Li leg.; 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar39690), China, Yunnan Province, Jinghong City, Situlaozhai Village, 20.V.2019, Chaotai Wei leg.

Etymology.

The species is named after Mr Chao Wu, the collector of the holotype male; noun (name) in genitive case.

Diagnosis.

The males can be easily distinguished by the length of the palpal tibia which is almost equal to the length of the cymbium; simple embolic tip with ETA (Fig. 21B View Figure 21 ); embolus coiling almost 3300° around MA. Epigyne with a well-developed, subtriangular median plate, obscureing CO, and CD with 9 turns (Fig. 14 View Figure 14 ).

Description.

Male holotype (Figs 13A, C, D View Figure 13 , 14 View Figure 14 , 21A View Figure 21 ). Total length 12.14, carapace 4.00 long, 3.40 wide, opisthosoma 8.14 long, 2.4 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15, ALE 0.26, PME 0.52, PLE 0.29, AME-AME 0.17, AME-ALE 0.70, PME-PME 0.16, PME-PLE 0.61, AME-PME 0.11, ALE-PLE 0.95. Clypeus height 0.05. Chelicerae with four promarginal and six retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: leg I: damaged, leg II: damaged, leg III: (6.92 + 6.86 +? + 1.44), leg IV: 21.82 (6.91 + 7.18 + 6.35 + 1.38).

Male palp (Figs 14 View Figure 14 , 21A View Figure 21 ). Cymbium hemispherical; tegulum flat, obscured by embolic coils; embolus long and strongly coiled, originating at five o’clock and coiling 3300° around MA. MA large, with two lobes.

Female paratype (Figs 13B, E, F View Figure 13 , 15 View Figure 15 ). Total length 14.60, carapace 6.28 long, 4.10 wide, opisthosoma 9.29 long, 3.72 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.34, PME 0.94, PLE 0.29, AME-AME 0.30, AME-ALE 1.03, PME-PME 0.06, PME-PLE 0.64, AME-PME 0.14, ALE-PLE 1.33. Clypeus height 0.13 (n = 1). Chelicerae with four promarginal and 8-13 retromarginal teeth (8(n = 1), 10(n = 1), 13(n = 1)). Leg measurements: Leg I: 39.82 (12.11 + 11.67 + 13.01 + 3.03), leg II: 36.81 (11.47 + 11.79 + 10.83 + 2.72), leg III: 23.53 (9.47 + 6.79 + 5.83 + 1.44), leg IV: 21.71 (7.18 + 7.76 + 5.70 + 1.07). Leg formula: 1234.

Epigyne (Fig. 15 View Figure 15 ) with a median plate, obscuring CO, CD with 9 turns, S oval, SpD is consistently thin.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan).

Note.

The male died during ecdysis so some legs are damaged or curled, and the palps are expanded.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Order

Araneae

Family

Deinopidae

Genus

Asianopis