Pholcus anlong, Chen, Hui-Ming, Zhang, Feng & Zhu, Ming-Sheng, 2011
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.204854 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6188830 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/032D87B3-B449-FFEA-FF42-FC986FB2F84D |
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Plazi |
scientific name |
Pholcus anlong |
status |
sp. nov. |
Pholcus anlong View in CoL sp. nov.
Figs. 1–8 View FIGURES 1 – 8
Type. Male holotype, 133Ƥ paratypes, CHINA: Guizhou Province, Anlong County, Longguang Town [25°06’N, 105°06’E], Xianren Cave, May 21, 2006, leg. by H. M. Chen.
Diagnosis. This new species is similar to Pholcus bidentatus Zhu, Zhang, Zhang & Chen, 2005 in the palpal organ and epigynum, but easily distinguished from the latter by the cymbium absent the conical projection ( Figs 4– 6 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ), by the palpal femur present a dorsal projection retrolaterally ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ), by the palpal trochanter present longer ventral apophysis ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ); by the shape of epigynal apophysis ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ); by the shape of sclerotized arch anteriorly in vulva ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ).
Etymology. The species name is a noun in apposition, taken from the type locality.
Description. Male (holotype): total body length 4.4: cephalothorax 1.4 long, 1.4 wide; abdomen 3.0 long, 1.2 wide. Prosoma shape as in Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 . Leg I: (10.8+0.6+10.4+18.9+2.7), tibia II: 7.0, tibia III: 4.8, tibia IV: 6.3; tibia I L/D: 78. Carapace short, broad and almost circular, ochre, with brown marks broadly connecting to ocular area ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ). Cephalic region raised, with brown central marks and pair of brown stripes sublaterally, ocular area dark yellow. Clypeus 0.40, ochre, with numerous brown small dots ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ). Each eye triad on the top of a relatively longer eye-stalk. Distance AME–AME 0.04, PME–PME 0.70. Diameter AME 0.08, ALE 0.15, PME 0.15, PLE 0.16. Chelicerae shape as in Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , with pair of black distal apophyses, pair of unsclerotized nipple-shaped apophyses proximolaterally and pair of sclerotized rounded apophyses proximocentrally. Labium and endites light yellow. Sternum dark gray, with yellow small patches as in Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1 – 8 . Legs ochre, femora, patellae and tibiae without dark rings. Tarsal organ of tarsus 1 capsulate. Abdomen cylindrical, pale ochre, dorsum with small brown patterns as in Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 8 . Venter pale brown. Palps as in Figs. 5 and 6 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , femur with a dorsal projection retrolaterally; tibia spindleshaped, with a triangular projection ventrally; bulb with nearly rectangular, flat, sclerotized uncus; long and curved appendix with a small central process prolaterally; embolus between the uncus and appendix, long and transparent, with a pointed tip; complex procursus with nearly triangular tip.
Variation. Tibia I in other male: 10.4. Body length in other male 4.8.
Female: in general very similar to male. Total length of bodies 4.8–5.4 Female (one paratype, from Cave. Xianren), total length 5.4: cephalothorax 1.4 long, 1.5 wide; abdomen 4.0 long, 1.3 wide. Tibia I: 10.4. Distance AME– AME 0.05, PME–PME 0.25. Diameter AME 0.08, ALE 0.14, PME 0.13, PLE 0.13. Epigynum roughly cap-shaped as in Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , with a median teat-shaped apophysis. Dorsal view as in Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , with a small sclerotized arch anteriorly and a pair of oval pore plates.
Distribution. Known from type locality only.
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