Pimoa lemenba Zhang & Li, sp. nov.

Zhang, Xiaoqing, Lan, Tianqi, Nie, Lei & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Eight new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Tibet, China, ZooKeys 940, pp. 79-104 : 79

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.940.49793

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scientific name

Pimoa lemenba Zhang & Li, sp. nov.
status

 

Pimoa lemenba Zhang & Li, sp. nov. View in CoL Figures 5 View Figure 5 , 16 View Figure 16

Type material.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS-Ar40319), China, Tibet, Lhoka, Cona County, Lemenba Town, 17-20 km section from Lewang Bridge to Liulian Highway, 27.80°N, 91.77°E, elevation ca. 3706 m, 5.VI.2016, J. Wu leg.

Etymology.

The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis.

The species resembles Pimoa sinuosa Hormiga, 1994 (see Hormiga 1994a: 67, figs 266-284) but can be distinguished by the pair of round spermathecae which are close together (Fig. 5A View Figure 5 , vs. separated by ca. 1/2 the width of a spermatheca), by the medially wide dorsal plate (Fig. 5C View Figure 5 , vs. medially relatively narrow), and by the abdomen with the vertical band not extending to the distal part (Fig. 5E View Figure 5 , vs. vertical band absent).

Description.

Female (holotype): Total length 8.59. Carapace 3.40 long, 2.88 wide. Abdomen 5.19 long, 3.46 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.17, ALE 0.20, PME 0.19, PLE 0.18; AME-AME 0.10, AME-ALE 0.19, PME-PME 0.14, PME-PLE 0.22. Leg measurements: I: - (7.12, -, -, -); II: - (6.47, -, -, -); III: missing; IV: missing. Habitus as in Fig. 5E-G View Figure 5 . Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands and a vertical band not extending to distal part. Legs brownish with black annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 5A-D View Figure 5 ): ventral and dorsal plates broad, length subequal to width; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae round, close to each other; fertilization ducts crystalline, anteriorly oriented.

Male: unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality, Tibet, China (Fig. 16 View Figure 16 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pimoidae

Genus

Pimoa