Pinelema podiensis Zhao & Li

Song, Yang, Zhao, Huifeng, Luo, Yufa & Li, Shuqiang, 2017, Three new species of Pinelema from caves in Guangxi, China (Araneae, Telemidae), ZooKeys 392, pp. 83-101 : 84-85

Pinelema podiensis Zhao & Li sp. n. Figs 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Type material.

Holotype ♂: China: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Baise Prefecture: Debao County: Podi Cave, N23°23.51', E106°38.40', 578 m, 4.VIII.2011, C. Wang. Paratypes: 1♂ and 4♀, same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis.

The new species is similar to P. bailongensis , and can be distinguished by the strongly reduced eyes and pale yellow abdomen (Figs 3A, 4A) (eyes well-developed and abdomen greenish in P. bailongensis ); shorter embolus, about 0.38 of the bulb length (0.59 of the bulb length in P. bailongensis ) (Figs 3 C–D, 7C, 8C, 9C, 10C); receptacle coiled approximately 270° (Fig. 4C) (approximately 450° in P. bailongensis ); the 1st and 2nd setae on cymbial apophysis located at the same height (Fig. 12C) (setae at different heights in P. bailongensis ).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length 1.25. Carapace 0.48 long, 0.48 wide. Abdomen 0.73 long, 0.56 wide. Carapace yellow, with black yellow margins (Fig. 3A). Reduced eyes appear as white spots. Chelicerae, legs, labium and endites yellow. Sternum pale yellow, with sparse long setae. Leg measurements: I 4.35 (1.25, 0.20, 1.41, 0.89, 0.60); II 3.67 (1.06, 0.20, 1.10, 0.75, 0.56); III 2.64 (0.80, 0.20, 0.72, 0.53, 0.40); IV 3.23 (1.03, 0.19, 0.93, 0.63, 0.46). Abdomen pale yellow, with some green stripes.

Palp: tibia approximately two times longer than patella, cymbium 2.2 times longer than tibia, cymbial apophysis with 4 setae (Fig. 12C); bulb almost kidney shaped, with many fine papillae at the retrolateral posterior part of the bulb (Figs 3D, 8C); embolus long, tube shaped (Figs 3 C–D, 7C, 8C, 9C, 10C); the spiral ridge continues approximately 180° around the embolus (Figs 3B, 11C); the opening of the embolus is distinct and as long as 2/3 of the embolus length (Figs 8C, 10C).

Female: Total length 1.45. Carapace 0.46 long, 0.45 wide. Abdomen 0.60 long, 0.60 wide. Coloration and pattern as in male (Figs 4 A–B). Leg measurements: I 4.25 (1.22, 0.23, 1.34, 0.84, 0.61); II 3.59 (1.08, 0.20, 1.09, 0.71, 0.51); III 2.59 (0.83, 0.16, 0.71, 0.48, 0.41); IV 3.36 (1.10, 0.19, 0.97, 0.64, 0.46). Receptacle bent at anterior 2/3, curved approximately 270°, with a swollen sac at distal part (Fig. 4C).

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 13).