Pimoa ninglang 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/6A56E9BC-67A7-440D-9352-101E53A5C73D |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:6A56E9BC-67A7-440D-9352-101E53A5C73D |
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Pimoa ninglang Zhang & Li |
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sp. nov. |
Pimoa ninglang Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 34 View Figure 34 , 59 View Figure 59
Type material.
Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS-Ar41985), China, Yunnan, Lijiang, Ninglang Yi Autonomous County, Lugu Lake, Nvshen Cave, 27.62°N, 100.81°E, ca. 3540 m, 5.VII.2010, Q. Zhao leg.
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
Diagnosis.
Pimoa ninglang sp. nov. resembles those of P. clavata (see Xu and Li 2007: 487, figs 30-34) and P. gandhii (see Hormiga 1994a: 60, figs 224-231) but can be distinguished from P. clavata by the narrow dorsal plate (Fig. 34B View Figure 34 ) (vs. wider) and from P. gandhii by the trapezoidal ventral plate (Fig. 34A View Figure 34 ) (vs. triangular) and the fusiform dorsal plate (Fig. 34B View Figure 34 ) (vs. tongue-shaped).
Description.
Female (holotype): Total length 5.31. Carapace 2.43 long, 2.28 wide. Abdomen 2.88 long, 3.03 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.13, PME 0.17, PLE 0.15; AME-AME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.07, PME-PME 0.10, PME-PLE 0.15. Leg measurements: I: - (5.06, -, -, -); II: 14.47 (4.31, 4.91, 3.53, 1.72); III: 10.71 (3.31, 3.40, 2.66, 1.34); IV: 14.25 (4.34, 4.78, 3.66, 1.47). Habitus as in Fig. 34E-G View Figure 34 . Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen grayish with yellowish transverse chevrons. Legs brownish with black annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 34A-D View Figure 34 ): trapezoidal; ventral plate broad, length subequal to width; dorsal plates narrow; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae round, separated by ca. 1/3 width of spermatheca; fertilization ducts yellow, laterally oriented.
Male: Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality, Yunnan, China (Fig. 59 View Figure 59 ).
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