Qiongocera hongjunensis Li & Li, 2017

Liu, Chang, Li, Fengyuan, Li, Shuqiang & Zheng, Guo, 2017, Five new genera of the subfamily Psilodercinae (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from Southeast Asia, Zoological Systematics 42 (4), pp. 395-417 : 403

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201717

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:286CFD9F-1456-4772-B3D5-8A13FF24A9F1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4617641

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BB6787BC-173B-E616-FF08-3254C715FBA7

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Carolina

scientific name

Qiongocera hongjunensis Li & Li
status

sp. nov.

Qiongocera hongjunensis Li & Li View in CoL , sp. nov. ( Figs 5–6 View Figure 5 View Figure 6 , 15 View Figure 15 )

Material examined. Holotype male, China, Hainan Province, Wanning City, Liulian Mountain , Hongjun Cave (18º57.925’N, 110º25.316’E; elev. 290 m), 03 July 2014, leg. F. Li & X. Wang. GoogleMaps Paratype. 1 female, same data as holotype ( IZCAS) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The species name is an adjective refering to the type locality.

Diagnosis. This species is easily recognized by the complex conductor and short embolus of the male palp and the single pair of enormous spermathecae in the female.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 2.08; carapace 0.71 long, 0.80 wide; abdomen 1.19 long, 0.56 wide. Carapace round, yellow, with three longitudinal brown bands of which middle band twice as wide as laterals ( Fig. 6C View Figure 6 ). Fovea shallow, dark brown. Anterior margin of thoracic region distinctly elevated. Chelicerae yellow. Cheliceral promargin with lamina and no teeth, retromargin with one small tooth, posterior surface of fang with 19 small denticles. Clypeus slanting, brown, with two pale rounded areas basally. Labium slanting, brown. Sternum brown. Abdomen elongate with complex patterns dorsally and ventrally. Legs brown; measurements: I missing, II missing, III 7.02 (2.10, 0.27, 2.10, 1.86, 0.69), IV 10.07 (3.13, 0.27, 3.28, 2.97, 1.05). Palp ( Figs 5 View Figure 5 A–D): femur slender, patella angled ventrally, tibia strongly deflected prolaterally, cymbium with single protrusion; bulb yellow, pyriform, ending with a laminal, acuminate apophysis ( Fig. 5B View Figure 5 ); conductor flat and short, arising distally on bulb, divided into two unequal parts; embolus dark, short, arising distally from bulb adjacent to base of conductor.

Female. Similar to male in coloration and general features but slightly smaller ( Figs 6 View Figure 6 D–E). Measurements: total length 1.84; carapace 0.6 long, 0.75 wide; abdomen 1.26 long, 0.76 wide. Leg measurements: I 8.82 (2.50, 0.28, 2.62, 2.42, 1.00), II 6.29 (1.74, 0.28, 1.90, 1.74, 0.63), III 5.33 (1.55, 0.27, 1.47, 1.41, 0.63), IV 8.02 (2.25, 0.27, 2.28, 2.23, 0.99). Vulva with one pair of enormous spermathecae ( Fig. 6A View Figure 6 ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 15 View Figure 15 ).

IZCAS

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Psilodercidae

Genus

Qiongocera

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