Shanus taibaiensis, Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006, On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 1325, pp. 277-311 : 297

Shanus taibaiensis sp. n.

Figs 59–63

Material. Holotype ♂ ( SMF), China, Shaanxi Prov., S flanks of Taibai Shan, above Houshenzi, primary broadleaved forest, 2500–2600 m, 25.–26.VI.1997, leg. J. Martens & P. J ä g e r.

Diagnosis. See above under the genus.

Etymology. The species name is derived from the name of the area where the new species was found; adjective.

Description. Male. Total length––1.75. Carapace 0.83 long, 0.65 wide, blackish brown, unmodified, lacking cephalic pits. Chelicerae 0.28 long. Legs brown. Leg I, 2.13 long (0.60+0.20+0.53+0.45+0.35), IV––2.43 long (0.65+0.20+0.63+0.60+0.35). Chaetotaxy 2.2.2.2. Tibial spines shorter than diameter of the segment. Each metatarsus with a trichobothrium. TmI––0.90. Palp ( Figs 59–63 ): Paracymbium with a long narrow process ventrally, directed anteriad. Tegulum elongated into a long, well­sclerotised, spindle­shaped process. Suprategular apophysis large, like a strongly curved hook, pointed apically. Embolic division with a small radical part, but with a very large and flat process conducting and covering the distal part of embolus. Embolus slender and long, coiled. Opisthosoma 0.95 long, 0.58 wide, dark grey.

Female. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 59 – 63. Shanus taibaiensis gen. n. sp. n., holotype. 59, 60 right palp (59 retrolateral view, 60 prolateral view), 61 tegulum (lateral view), 62 suprategular apophysis (lateral view), 71 embolic division (ventral view). Abbreviations: E embolus, ED embolic division, P paracymbium, SA suprategular apophysis, Te tegulum.