Pimoa cona Zhang & Li, sp. nov.
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Pimoa cona Zhang & Li, sp. nov. Figures 1 View Figure 1 , 2 View Figure 2 , 16 View Figure 16
Type material.
Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS-Ar40310), China, Tibet, Lhoka, Cona County, Senmuzha Scenic Area, 27.83°N, 91.73°E, elevation ca. 2845 m, 10.VIII.2018, X. Zhang and J. Liu leg. Paratypes: 1♂2♀ (IZCAS-Ar40311-40313), same data as holotype; 1♂1♀ (IZCAS-Ar40314-40315), Cona County, Yelang Valley, 27.87°N, 91.81°E, elevation ca. 3379 m, 13.VIII.2018, X. Zhang and J. Liu leg.
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
Diagnosis.
The male of Pimoa cona sp. nov. resembles P. nematoides Hormiga, 1994 (see Hormiga 1994a: 71, figs 285-289) and P. sinuosa Hormiga, 1994 (see Hormiga 1994a: 67, figs 256-265) but can be distinguished by the large pimoid cymbial sclerite that is subdistally wide and distally pointed (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 , vs. small and distally curved in P. nematoides ; vs. slender and distally blunt in P. sinuosa ); distinguished from P. nematoides by the long tibia, ca. 1/2 of the cymbial length (Fig. 1A-C View Figure 1 , vs. short tibia, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length); distinguished from P. sinuosa by an embolus that begins at the 2:00 o’clock position (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 , vs. an embolus that begins at the 5:30 o’clock position). The female of P. cona resembles P. sinuosa (see Hormiga 1994a: 67, figs 266-284) but can be distinguished by the pair of oval spermathecae (Fig. 2A View Figure 2 , vs. subtriangular spermathecae) and by the subdistally narrow dorsal plate (Fig. 2C View Figure 2 , vs. subdistally wide).
Description.
Male (holotype): Total length 7.24. Carapace 3.59 long, 2.95 wide. Abdomen 3.65 long, 2.18 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.20, PME 0.19, PLE 0.17; AME-AME 0.14, AME-ALE 0.17, PME-PME 0.16, PME-PLE 0.18. Leg measurements: I: 33.34 (9.36, 10.19, 9.94, 3.85); II: 32.52 (9.25, 10.13, 9.87, 3.27); III: 20.92 (6.16, 6.36, 6.35, 2.05); IV: - (7.95, -, -, -). Habitus as in Fig. 2E View Figure 2 . Carapace brownish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse chevron bands. Legs brownish with black annulations, especially distinct on legs III and IV. Palp (Fig. 1A-C View Figure 1 ): patella short, ca. 1/2 of tibial length, with one retrolateral macroseta; tibia long, ca. 1/2 of cymbial length, with several macrosetae and a dorsal process; paracymbium short, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length, finger-shaped; pimoid cymbial sclerite large, subdistally wide and distally sharp, ca. 1/2 of cymbial length; cymbial denticulate process short and distally pointed, with more than 15 cuspules; median apophysis slender; conductor indistinct; pimoid embolic process with two short and sharp branches distally; embolus long and thin, longer than pimoid embolic process, beginning at the 2:00 o’clock position; embolic tooth absent.
Female (paratype): Total length 9.62. Carapace 3.72 long, 3.01 wide. Abdomen 5.90 long, 4.10 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.22, PME 0.19, PLE 0.21; AME-AME 0.14, AME-ALE 0.21, PME-PME 0.17, PME-PLE 0.20. Leg measurements: I: 27.83 (7.76, 9.17, 7.82, 3.08); II: 24.80 (6.79, 8.20, 6.99, 2.82); III: 17.56 (5.38, 5.51, 4.81, 1.86); IV: 22.31 (6.73, 7.37, 5.90, 2.31). Habitus as in Fig. 2F, G View Figure 2 . Carapace brownish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse chevron bands and a short vertical band medially. Legs brownish with black annulations, especially distinct on legs III and IV. Epigyne (Fig. 2A-D View Figure 2 ): triangular; ventral plate broad, length subequal to width; dorsal plate narrow, with a blunt point; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae oval, separated by ca. 1/3 width of spermatheca; fertilization ducts membranous, anteriorly oriented.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality, Tibet, China (Fig. 16 View Figure 16 ).
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