Alopecosa wenxianensis Tang, Yin & Yang, 1997
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Alopecosa wenxianensis Tang, Yin & Yang, 1997 Figures 5 View Figure 5 , 6 View Figure 6 , 7 View Figure 7 , 10 View Figure 10
Alopecosa wenxianensis Tang, Yin & Yang in Yin et al. 1997: 75, fig. 33a-e (♂); Tang et al. 1998: 91, fig. 2a-e (♂); Song et al. 1999: 318, fig. 188J (♂, republication of the original figure).
Type.
Holotype ♂ (HNU, Lyco- Alop -0001-001): China, Gansu Province, Longnan City, Wenxian County (32°54'N, 104°6'E), Guanjiagou, 2.V.1992, leg. Yingqiu Tang.
Diagnosis.
Male palp of this species (Figs 5E View Figure 5 , 6 View Figure 6 , 7 View Figure 7 ) is similar to that of A. xinjiangensis Hu & Wu, 1989 by having sharply pointed tegular apophysis and differs by having relatively shorter tip of cymbium, rounded anterior edge of the tegular apophysis (vs almost straight) and tip of tegular apophysis located in mid part of the bulb (vs anterior 1/3) ( Hu and Wu 1989: figs 162.5-6; Marusik et al. 2007: fig. 3).
Description.
Body (Fig. 5A View Figure 5 ) length 7.9, carapace 4.4 long, 3.0 wide, abdomen 3.5 long, 2.2 wide (after Yin et al. 1997: 75). Carapace dark-brown, with median pattern yellow-brown and about 1/3 width of thorax region. Cervical groove and radial grooves distinct, slightly darker than body color. A pair of lateral longitudinal bands dark brown, each about 2/3 width of thorax region. Cephalic region with anterior margin about 1/3 width of thoracic part. Anterior eye row slightly recurved, slightly narrower than median one, posterior row widest. Ocular area covered with white setae; eye sizes and inter-distances (Fig. 5A, B View Figure 5 ): AME 0.12, ALE0.13, PME 0.31, PLE 0.25; AME-AME 0.12, AME-ALE 0.1, PME- PME 0.31, PME-PLE 0.38. Clypeus height 0.09. Chelicerae brown, with blackish-grey patterns, and with 2 small promarginal and 2 large retromarginal teeth (Fig. 5C View Figure 5 ). Labium and endites yellow-brown. Sternum brown, with marginal lines darker, STL 1.3, STW 1.04 (Fig. 5D View Figure 5 ). Palp and legs brown, with black and gray patterns. Leg measurements: I 10.2 (2.8, 3.4, 2.5, 1.5); II 9. 80 (2.6, 3.4, 2.3, 1. 5); III 10. 0 (2.5, 3.3, 2.6, 1.6); IV 13.5 (3.7, 4.2, 3.8, 1.8) (after Yin et al., 1997: 75). Dorsum of abdomen dark brown, densely covered with setae. Cardiac mark about 1/3 abdomen length, black brown, with several yellow-brown transversal or oblique stripes on the sides of it. Venter of abdomen yellow-brown medially, and with irregular grey-black dots laterally.
Palp (Figs 5E View Figure 5 , 6 View Figure 6 , 7 View Figure 7 ). Cymbium brown, about 1.5 times longer than tibia, ca 1.8 times longer than wide, with the tip slightly swollen and covered with some strong setae. Bulb 1.25 times longer than wide; tegulum inclined at ca 50 º angle and sperm duct (Sd) at about 20°; tegular apophysis sharply pointed, with smoothly rounded anterior margin, tip directed at right angle to the axis of cymbium and located in the middle part of the bulb; palea subequal in size to the subtegulum, with almost undeveloped short and rounded synembolus (Sy); embolus hidden by the tegular apophysis and only tip visible in ventral view.
Female. Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality, Gansu, China (Fig. 10 View Figure 10 ).
Remarks.
Because the abdomen is wrinkled, several transversal or oblique stripes on the dorsum shown in Figure 5A View Figure 5 are less clear than those shown in line drawings of the original description.
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