Merizocera hponkanrazi Li, 2020

Chang, Wan-Jin, Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Twenty-eight new species of the spider genus Merizocera Fage, 1912 (Araneae, Psilodercidae) from South and Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 961, pp. 41-118 : 41

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.53058
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B5627BFE-56A2-42B3-B3A5-96BAE07724F4
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6059ACD5-748E-4F8B-B8A0-6EB09F36BFF0
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scientific name	Merizocera hponkanrazi Li
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Merizocera hponkanrazi Li sp. nov. Figures 9 View Figure 9 , 10 View Figure 10 , 53 View Figure 53

Type material.

Holotype: male (IZCAS), Roadside between Camp 2 and Camp 3 (27°37.15'N, 96°58.92'E, elevation 2806 m), Hponkanrazi Wildlife Sanctuary, Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar, 16 December 2016, J. Wu leg.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

Males resemble M. krabi sp. nov. but can be distinguished by the embolus longer than the tegular (Fig. 9B View Figure 9 ) (vs. embolus length half the tegular (Fig. 17B View Figure 17 )), presence of notch at tegular tip (Fig. 9A View Figure 9 ) (vs. absence of notch), bulb shortened pyriform (vs. elongated pyriform bulb).

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length 1.56; carapace 0.71 long, 0.62 wide; abdomen 0.85 long, 0.71 wide. Carapace circular, brown, with dark brown radiating marks (Fig. 10A View Figure 10 ). Fovea shallow. Thoracic region distinctly elevated medially. Clypeus, labium and sternum dark brown. Abdomen ovoid, dark brown (Fig. 10B View Figure 10 ). Legs brown; measurements: I 5.43 (1.44, 0.25, 1.66, 1.33, 0.75), II 4.65 (1.28, 0.24, 1.41, 1.11, 0.61), III 3.46 (0.95, 0.20, 0.92, 0.85, 0.54), IV 4.83 (1.25, 0.22, 1.42, 1.21, 0.73). Palp (Fig. 9A-D View Figure 9 ): tibia swollen proximally; cymbium with distal protrusion, length ratio of dorsal elongation and cymbium 1.13; bulb brown, pyriform, with embolus and conductor arising distally; embolus distinctly bent and 1.2 times longer than tegular; conductor with pointed tip, 1/6 length of embolus, adjacent to a notch.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Myanmar; Fig. 53 View Figure 53 ).