Pimoa naran 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/3A1F49BD-79F0-4E24-93C6-70324A1C71CD |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:3A1F49BD-79F0-4E24-93C6-70324A1C71CD |
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scientific name |
Pimoa naran Zhang & Li |
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sp. nov. |
Pimoa naran Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 33 View Figure 33 , 59 View Figure 59
Type material.
Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS-Ar41983), Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Naran, along Saiful Muluk Road, 34.91°N, 73.66°E, ca. 2553 m, 10.VI.2019, A. Ali leg. Paratype: 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar41984), same data as holotype.
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
Diagnosis.
Pimoa naran sp. nov. resembles those of P. lata (see Xu and Li 2009: 57, figs 1-8; Zhang and Li 2019: 6, fig. 4A, B) and P. samyai (see Zhang et al. 2020: 97, fig. 13A-D) but can be distinguished by the distally narrow ventral plate (Fig. 33A View Figure 33 ) (vs. broad) and by the round, unseparated spermatheca (Fig. 33A View Figure 33 ) (vs. pear-shaped spermatheca separated by a short distance in P. lata , and the spermathecae are nearly oval, separated by ca. 1/2 width of a spermatheca in P. samyai ).
Description.
Female (holotype): Total length 9.16. Carapace 4.36 long, 3.56 wide. Abdomen 4.80 long, 2.76 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.12, ALE 0.15, PME 0.13, PLE 0.19; AME-AME 0.16, AME-ALE 0.28, PME-PME 0.23, PME-PLE 0.37. Leg measurements: I: 40.75 (11.16, 13.60, 12.36, 3.63); II: 36.44 (10.16, 12.12, 10.92, 3.24); III: 25.74 (7.77, 8.25, 7.56, 2.16); IV: 29.88 (8.63, 10.81, 7.88, 2.56). Habitus as in Fig. 33E-G View Figure 33 . Carapace yellowish; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands and vertical bands fused. Legs yellowish without annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 33A-D View Figure 33 ): subtriangular; ventral plates broad, distally narrow with a tip, length subequal to width; dorsal plate longer than wide, nearly tongue-shaped; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae round, unseparated; fertilization ducts yellowish, medially oriented.
Male: Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (Fig. 59 View Figure 59 ).
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