Wolongia renaria, Wan, Jin-Long & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2013

Wan, Jin-Long & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2013, The spiders of the genus Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 from China (Araneae: Tetragnathidae), Zootaxa 3691 (1), pp. 87-134 : 94-95

Wolongia renaria new species

( Figs 25–26 , 35 )

Type material: Holotype: female, CHINA, Yunnan, Tengchong County, Jietou Township, Datang Village, Longtang He, Muguayuan, 25.75720°N, 98.69459°E, 2078 m, 16 May 2006, Xian-jin Peng, Xin-ping Wang and Peng Hu (HNU-Peng 060516 night).

Paratypes: 1 female, CHINA, Yunnan: Nujiang Prefecture, Gongshan County, Nujiang State Nature Reserve, Qiqi He, 9.9 air km W of Gongshan, 27.71542°N, 98.56529°E, 2000 m, 9-14 July 2000, Heng-mei Yan, David Kavanaugh, Charles Griswold, Hong-bin Liang, Darrell Ubick & Da-zhi Dong (HNU-00-QF-43).

Etymology. The specific name comes from the Latin adjective “ renaria ”, meaning “kidney-shaped”, and refers to the shape of spermatheca in posterior view.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other Wolongia species by the combination of the following characters: 1) spermatheca slightly sclerotized, kidney-shaped in posterior view ( Figs 27 C, 28D); 2) fertilization duct with expanded terminal ( Figs 27 D, 28C). This species is similar to W. bimacroseta n. sp., and the differences are discussed in the diagnosis of W. bimacroseta n. sp..

Description. Female (holotype): Total length 2.40. Cephalothorax 1.05 long, 0.90 wide. Abdomen 1.48 long, 1.03 wide. Carapace yellow-brown. AME=ALE=PME=PLE (0.08), AME-AME<AME-ALE (0.05<0.08), PME- PME=PME-PLE (0.08), LMOA 0.25, AWMOA 0.20, PWMOA 0.25. Clypeus 0.13. Chelicerae yellow-brown, with 5 retromarginal teeth ( Figs 1 H, 28B). Labium brown, width 0.23, length 0.13. Coxae yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Leg measurements: I 5.87 (1.69, 1.99, 1.50, 0.69), II 4.49 (1.30, 1.50, 1.13, 0.56), III 2.54 (0.86, 0.80, 0.50, 0.38), IV 4.07 (1.15, 1.11, 0.83, 0.40). Abdomen oval, widest medially. Dorsum yellow, with a brown longitudinal median stripe and five pairs of white diagonal stripe-shaped spots along the stripe ( Fig. 27 A). Venter yellow-brown, with a large white square spot medially. Spermatheca slightly sclerotized, kidney-shaped in posterior view ( Figs 27 C, 28D); fertilization duct with expanded terminal ( Figs 27 D, 28C).

Male Unknown.

Variation. Females, total length 2.35–2.40 (n=2).

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURE 1 Chelicerae, posterior view. A, Wolongia bicruris n. sp.; B, Wolongia bimacroseta n. sp.; C, Wolongia erromera n. sp.; D, Wolongia foliacea n. sp.; E, Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997; F, Wolongia mutica n. sp.; G, Wolongia odontodes Zhao, Yin & Peng, 2009; H, Wolongia renaria n. sp.; I, Wolongia tetramacroseta n. sp. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 25. Wolongia odontodes Zhao, Yin & Peng, 2009, male from Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Township, Longyuan Village, Bailai Group. A, palp, ventral view; B, palp, retrolateral view; C, palp, dorsal view; D, chelicerae, posterior view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 26. Wolongia odontodes Zhao, Yin & Peng, 2009, male and female from Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Township, Longyuan Village, Bailai Group. A, male metatarsus I, prolateral view; B, epigynum, ventral view; C, vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, 0.5 mm; D – F, 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 27. Wolongia renaria n. sp., female holotype. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, epigynum, ventral view; C, genitalia, posterior view; D, vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, 1.0 mm; B – D, 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 35. Distribution records of Wolongia bicruris n. sp., W. bimacroseta n. sp., W. odontodes Zhao, Yin & Peng, 2009, W. renaria n. sp., W. erromera n. sp.