Taibainus shanensis, Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006, On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 1325, pp. 277-311 : 299

Taibainus shanensis sp. n.

Figs 64–67

Material. Holotype ♂ ( SMF), China, Shaanxi Prov., S flanks of Taibai Shan, above Houshenzi, mixed coniferous/ Rhododendron forest, 3050 m, 14.–15.VI.1997, leg. P. Jäger & J. Martens.

Taxonomic remarks. See above under the genus.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the name of the area where the new species was found; adjective.

Description. Male. The holotype is mostly damaged. Total length––1.46. Carapace 0.68 long, 0.50 wide, black brown, cephalic part slightly elevated, cephalic pits present ( Fig. 64 ). Legs pale brown. Chaetotaxy unclear. Metatarsus IV without trichobothrium. TmI––0.59. Palp ( Figs 65–67 ): Palpal tibia unmodified. Paracymbium relatively small, simple. Suprategular apophysis short but wide, with a tooth in middle part. Median membrane well­developed, covering part of embolic division. Embolic division Z­shaped. Embolus relatively short, straight. Opisthosoma 0.85 long, 0.53 wide, dark grey.

Female unknown.

Abbreviations used: ED embolic division, MM median membrane, SA suprategular apophysis.

Figures

FIGURES 64 – 67. Taibainus shanensis gen. n. sp. n., holotype. 64 male carapace (lateral view), 65, 66 right palp (65 retrolateral view, 66 prolateral view), 67 palpal tibia (dorsal view).