Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938

Lee, Sue Yeon, Yoo, Jung Sun & Kim, Seung Tae, 2015, Ultra rare Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938 (Araneae: Araneidae) new to Korean spider fauna, Journal of Species Research 4 (1), pp. 57-59 : 57-58

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https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2015.4.1.057

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scientific name

Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938
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Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938 View in CoL ( Fig. 1A, B View Fig )

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Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938: 90 View in CoL ; Wang, Zhang and Li, 1985: 66; Chikuni, 1989: 83; Feng, 1990: 80; Yin et al., 1997: 385; Song, Zhu and Chen, 1999: 302; Tanikawa, 2007: 50; 2009: 428; Tanikawa and Harigae, 2010: 40.

Paraplectana quadrimamillata Schenkel, 1963: 177 View in CoL .

Description. Female: Body length about 7.20 mm. Carapace longer than wide, reddish brown, fovea spiniform and distinct, cervical and radial grooves darker. Eight eyes small, both eye rows slightly recurved from the above, anterior eye row slightly shorter than posterior eye row. Legs reddish brown and somewhat transparent, each segment with darker annulations. Abdomen round, reddish brown, subequal in length and width, 17 pale yellowish white markings on dorsum, 3 pairs of muscle impressions distinct ( Fig. 1A View Fig ). Female epigynum simple, atrium slightly sclerotized and swelled, median septum vestigial, no scape ( Fig. 1B View Fig ).

Specimen examined. 1 female, 05-VIII-2012, Mt. Mudeungsan , Gwangju metropolitan city, SY Lee and ST Kim leg.

Ecological remarks. This species collected with sweep net on the shrubs around the foot of mountainous region. This species also might be ultra rare in Korea, because the species was not collected despite intensive searching after first discover.

Distribution. Korea (newly recorded), China, Japan.

Chikuni, Y. 1989. Pictorial Encyclopedia of Spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publ. Co., Tokyo, 310 pp.

Feng, Z. Q. 1990. Spiders of China in colour. Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House, 256 pp.

Schenkel, E. 1963. Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Mem. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (A, Zool.) 25: 1 - 481.

Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu and J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.

Tanikawa, A. 2007. An identification guide to the Japanese spiders of the families Araneidae, Nephilidae and Tetragnathidae. Arachnological Society of Japan, 121 pp.

Tanikawa, A. and T. Harigae. 2010. The first description of a male of Paraplectana sakaguchii (Araneae: Araneidae). Acta arachn. Tokyo 59: 39 - 41.

Uyemura, T. 1938. Two new spiders from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Acta arachn. Tokyo 3: 90 - 95.

Wang, J. F., Y. J. Zhang and F. J. Li. 1985. New report of some spiders from southern China. J. Hunan Normal Univ. 1985 (2): 66 - 69.

Yin, C. M., J. F. Wang, M. S. Zhu, L. P. Xie, X. J. Peng and Y. H. Bao. 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing, xiii + 460 pp.

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Fig. 1. Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938. A. female (ecological photo), B. female epigynum.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Araneidae

Genus

Paraplectana