Mangora cephala, Mi & Li, 2021
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1072.73345 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1F7D6EF7-FE9E-53A3-8F1A-1CA0DE146D88 |
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Mangora cephala |
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sp. nov. |
Mangora cephala View in CoL sp. nov.
Figs 16 View Figure 16 , 17 View Figure 17 , 21C View Figure 21
Type material
. Holotype. ♂ (IZCAS-Ar42553), China: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaf forest (21°57.53'N, 101°12.30'E, ca 860 m), 19-25.XI.2006, G. Zheng leg. Paratypes: 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar42554), rubber plantation (approx. 20 years old) (21°54.65'N, 101°16.26'E, ca 570 m), 16-24.IX.2006, G. Zheng leg.; 1♂ (IZCAS-Ar42555), rubber plantation (approx. 20 years old) (21°54.67'N, 101°16.26'E, ca 570 m), 5-12.X.2006, G. Zheng leg.; 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar42556), rubber plantation (approx. 20 years old) (21°54.46'N, 101°15.98'E, ca 570 m), 5-12.X.2006, G. Zheng leg.; 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar42557), rubber plantation (approx. 20 years old) (21°54.68'N, 101°16.32'E, ca 590 m), 5-12.X.2006, G. Zheng leg.; 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar42558), rubber plantation (approx. 20 years old) (21°54.46'N, 101°15.98'E, ca 570 m), 19-25.X.2006, G. Zheng leg.; 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar42559), rubber plantation (approx. 20 years old) (21°54.67'N, 101°16.26'E, ca 570 m), 19-26.V.2007, G. Zheng leg.; 1♂ (IZCAS-Ar42560), rubber plantation (approx. 20 years old) (21°54.463'N, 101°15.978'E, 569 m), 5-12.XII.2006, G. Zheng leg.; 1♂ (IZCAS-Ar42561), Paramichelia baillonii plantation (approx. 20 years old) (21°54.77'N, 101°16.04'E, ca 560 m), 19-25.XII.2006, G. Zheng leg.
Etymology
. The specific name is derived from the Greek word “cephalos”, meaning “head”, referring to the brown cephalic region of the females; noun in apposition.
Diagnosis
. The new species differs from congeneric species by the following combination of characters: 1) a somewhat rectangular scape; 2) a slender, translucent subterminal apophysis; 3) a tegular protuberance near the base of the median apophysis; and 4) an abdomen with an arcuate brown patch anteriorly and four transverse brown patches medially and posteriorly.
Description
. Male (holotype, Figs 16 View Figure 16 , 17D, E View Figure 17 , 21C View Figure 21 ). Total length 2.40. Carapace 1.20 long, 0.90 wide. Abdomen 1.20 long, 1.00 wide. Clypeus 0.10 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.05, PME 0.08, PLE 0.05, AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.05, PME-PME 0.03, PME-PLE 0.08, MOA length 0.23, anterior width 0.25, posterior width 0.20. Leg measurements: I 3.90 (1.20, 1.25, 1.00, 0.45), II 3.30 (1.00, 1.00, 0.90, 0.40), III 2.20 (0.70, 0.70, 0.50, 0.30), IV 3.40 (1.05, 1.05, 0.90, 0.40). Carapace pear shaped, dark brown, cervical groove inconspicuous, fovea longitudinal. Chelicerae dark brown, four promarginal teeth, two retromarginal teeth. Endites and labium dark brown, paler distally. Sternum dark brown with indistinct, darker radial patches. Legs yellow without annulations, femur II with a furrow basally, tibia II with seven macrosetae. Abdomen elliptical, about 1.2 times longer than wide, dorsum yellow with arcuate brown patch anteriorly, four transverse brown patches medially and posteriorly; venter grayish yellow laterally, brown medially. Spinnerets grayish yellow.
Palp (Figs 16 View Figure 16 , 21C View Figure 21 ): with one patellar bristle; tegulum with a protuberance near base of median apophysis (see arrow in Fig. 16A View Figure 16 ); median apophysis hooked; embolus thick, slightly curved; conductor membranous, as long as embolus in prolateral view; terminal apophysis prominent, pointed distally; subterminal apophysis slender, translucent.
Female (paratype IZCAS-Ar42559, Figs 17A-C, F, G View Figure 17 ). Total length 2.45. Carapace 1.10 long, 0.85 wide. Abdomen 1.60 long, 1.10 wide. Clypeus 0.03 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.05, PME 0.08, PLE 0.05, AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.05, PME-PME 0.05, PME-PLE 0.08, MOA length 0.23, anterior width 0.23, posterior width 0.20. Leg measurements: I 4.10 (1.25, 1.30, 1.05, 0.50), II 3.65 (1.15, 1.20, 0.90, 0.40), III 2.30 (0.75, 0.70, 0.50, 0.35), IV 3.50 (1.05, 1.10, 0.90, 0.45). Habitus similar to that of male but thoracic region yellow.
Epigyne (Fig. 17A-C View Figure 17 ) about 1.1 times wider than long; with rectangular scape; copulatory openings wide, covered by lateral part of scape in ventral view; copulatory ducts long, slightly curved, covered by posterior plate in posterior view; spermathecae ovoid, separated from each other.
Variation
. Total length: ♂♂ 2.10-2.40; ♀♀ 2.10-2.60.
Distribution
. China (Yunnan).
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