Telema claviformis, Tong & Li, 2008
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5403268 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5478473 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA26A802-FFF6-106C-F519-08D01F0FC14A |
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Marcus |
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scientific name |
Telema claviformis |
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sp. nov. |
Telema claviformis View in CoL n. sp.
( Figs 1B View FIG ; 3 View FIG )
TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: China, Guizhou Province, Xingyi City, Malinghe Town (25°12’N, 104°53’E), Qiu-Xiang-Dong Cave, 12.V.2005, leg. Y. F. Tong & Y. C. Lin, ♂ ( MNHN). GoogleMaps
Paratypes: same data as holotype, 1 ♂, 10 ♀♀ ( IZCAS) GoogleMaps ; same data as holotype, 2 ♀♀ ( MNHN) GoogleMaps .
ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name is from Latin claviformis , stick-shaped, indicates the narrow and long spermatheca of female.
DIAGNOSIS. — The new species is similar to T. wunderlichi Song & Zhu, 1994 , but can be distinguished by the presence of a small prolateral cymbial apophysis on male palpal tarsus, the different shapes of embolus and the posteriorly curved spermatheca of female.
DESCRIPTION
Male (holotype)
Total length 1.67. Carapace 0.67 long, 0.56 wide; abdomen 0.88 long, 0.81 wide. Carapace, legs, sternum ( Fig. 3A View FIG ), labium, endites and chelicerae yellowish. Carapace ( Fig. 1B View FIG ) with pair of setae on the clypeus, in the place of eyes and in the middle. No eyes.Promargin of fang furrow with one large tooth, one relatively small tooth and three barely visible granulous denticles, retromargin with four barely visible denticles, in which the one near the base of fang larger ( Fig. 3H View FIG ). Legs with a dorsal spine at the distal end of patella as well as in the middle of tibia. Leg measurements: I 5.53 (1.66, 0.23, 1.75, 1.19, 0.70); II 5.11 (1.48, 0.23, 1.51, 1.06, 0.83); III 3.55 (1.12, 0.22, 0.98, 0.71, 0.52); IV 4.33 (1.39, 0.22, 1.22, 0.93, 0.57).Leg formula:I-II-IV-III.Abdomen globular, yellowish-gray; colulus as in Figure 3F View FIG . Palp with prolateral cymbial apophysis ( Fig. 3C View FIG ); bulb oval with one simple embolus ( Fig. 3B View FIG ).
Female (n = 12)
Total length 1.42-1.85 (average: 1.75). Carapace 0.62-0.77 (average: 0.72) long, 0.55-0.65 (average: 0.61) wide; abdomen 0.93-1.05 (average:0.98) long, 0.75-0.98 (average: 0.83) wide. Eyes and chelicerae as in male. Leg measurements: I 5.40 (1.66, 0.27, 1.67, 1.13, 0.67); II 4.82 (1.49, 0.24, 1.47, 1.00, 0.62); III 3.41 (1.09, 0.22, 0.94, 0.68, 0.48); IV 4.26 (1.39, 0.23, 1.20, 0.90, 0.54). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Genital area with one row of hairs on epigynal plate, and another row behind epigastric furrow ( Fig. 3G View FIG ). Spermatheca narrow and long, with distal end curved posteriorly ( Fig. 3D, E View FIG ).
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