Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997

Malamel, Jobi J., Nafin, Karunnappilli Shamsudheen, Sankaran, Pradeep M. & Sebastian, Pothalil A., 2018, First record of the spider genus Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 from India with the description of a new species (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), Zootaxa 4407 (1), pp. 145-150 : 145-146

Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997

Diagnosis. The genus Wolongia is closely related to Nanometa Simon, 1908 ; but it can be differentiated from the latter by the following combination of characters: 1) absence of denticles between two cheliceral fang furrows in Wolongia , but present in Nanometa ( Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga 2011: fig. 88D); 2) some portion of the genital bulb concealed in cymbium in retrolateral view against the separated bulb from cymbium in Nanometa ( Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga 2011: fig. 90D); 3) copulatory duct tubular in Wolongia ( Wan & Peng 2013: figs 6F, 10C, 12C, 14D, 18F, 22B, 26C, 28D, 32E, 34C; Present study: Fig, 3E) but as a modified sac in Nanometa ( Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga 2011: fig. 74B). Wolongia also similar to Okileucauge Tanikawa, 2001 in habitus and coloration, but differs from the latter by: 1) cymbium with an ectomedian and ectobasal process ( Wan & Peng 2013: figs 5A–C, 9A–C, 17A–C, 21A–C, 25A–C, 31A–C, 33A–C; Present study: Fig, 3B,C) versus absent in Okileucauge ; 2) embolic base exposed in Wolongia ( Wan & Peng 2013: figs 5A, 9A, 17A, 21A, 25A, 31A, 33A; Present study: Fig, 3B) which is hidden in conductor in Okileucauge ( Zhu et al. 2003: fig. 155D); 3) female palpal tibia without long trichobothria while present in O kileucauge ( Zhu et al. 2003: fig. 158C); 4) fertilization duct slightly curved ( Wan & Peng 2013: figs 6F, 10C, 12C, 14D, 18F, 22B, 26C, 28D, 32E, 34C; Present study: Fig. 3E ) against heavily coiled and sac-shaped FD in Okileucauge .

Type species, Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 , by original designation.

Composition. Wolongia bicruris Wan & Peng, 2013 ( Gaoligong Mountains , Yunnan Province, China) ; W. bimacroseta Wan & Peng, 2013 ( Gaoligong Mountains , China) ; W. erromera Wan & Peng, 2013 ( Gaoligong Mountains , China) ; W. foliacea Wan & Peng, 2013 ( Gaoligong Mountains , China) ; W.guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 (Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces, China) ; W. mutica Wan & Peng, 2013 ( Gaoligong Mountains , China) ; W. odontodes Zhao, Yin & Peng, 2009 ( Gaoligong Mountains , China) ; W. renaria Wan & Peng, 2013 ( Gaoligong Mountains , China) ; W. tetramacroseta Wan & Peng, 2013 ( Gaoligong Mountains , China) ; and W. wangi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 (Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces, China) .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Wolongia papafrancisi n. sp. A–C Male left (A–B) and right (C) pedipalps:A, left palp, retrolateral; B, same, ventral;C, right palp, dorsal; D,epigynum, ventral; E, same, Vulvae, dorsal. Abbreviations: C, conductor; CD, copulatory duct; CEBP, cymbial ectobasal process; CEMP, cymbial ectomedian process; CO, copulatory opening; D, denticles; E, embolus; FD, fertilization duct; P, paracymbium;SS, secondary spermatheca;ST,subtegulum; T, tegulum; TS, true spermatheca.Scale bars, A–E, 0.2 mm.