Khorata luoping Yao & Li, 2019

Yao, Zhiyuan, Nie, Lei & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Eight new species of the spider genus Khorata Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China, Zootaxa 4683 (3), pp. 336-360 : 340-345

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FF1F7E6A-B512-4ECD-9D20-B43779DE1042
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5931712
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C77C87D2-4C10-220C-708E-691BFCACDC65
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Khorata luoping Yao & Li
status	sp. nov.

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Khorata luoping Yao & Li View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 5–6 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6

Type material. Holotype: Male (IZCAS-Ar39655), Laobie Cave (24°50.524′N, 104°16.074′E, elevation 1732 ± 3 m), Pingtian Village, Luoping County, Yunnan, China, 12 March 2014, Y. Li and J. Liu leg. GoogleMaps Paratype: 1 female (IZCAS-Ar39656), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality and is a noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. This species can be easily distinguished from all known congeners by combination of following characters: presence of distally swollen frontal apophyses on male chelicerae (arrows in Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 C–D), four distal apophyses on procursus (arrows in Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 ) and posterior lip medially on epigynum (arrow in Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ).

Description. Male (holotype): Total length 2.91 (3.03 with clypeus), carapace 0.88 long, 1.13 wide, opisthosoma 2.03 long, 1.30 wide. Leg I: – (5.88 + 0.48 + 5.75 + 8.91 + –), leg II: 16.08 (4.55 + 0.46 + 3.86 + 5.59 + 1.62), leg III: 12.23 (3.68 + 0.42 + 2.92 + 4.10 + 1.11), leg IV: 14.63 (4.43 + 0.43 + 3.48 + 5.30 + 0.99); tibia I L/d: 46. Habitus as in Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 E–F. Carapace yellowish, with black margins and wide, black median stripe; sternum black. Legs brownish, but slightly whitish on distal parts of femora and tibiae, with distinct darker rings on subdistal parts of femora and on proximal and subdistal parts of tibiae. Opisthosoma yellowish, with large black spots. Distance PME-PME 0.13, diameter PME 0.13, distance PME-ALE 0.03, AME absent. Ocular area slightly elevated and separated from rest of carapace. Thoracic furrow shallow, but distinct. Clypeus unmodified. Sternum slightly wider than long (0.84/0.71). Chelicerae ( Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 C–D) with pair of small proximo-ectal apophyses, pair of small distal apophyses on ectal surface, pair of strong frontal apophyses (arrows in Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 C–D) provided with scales each, and pair of long, hooked frontal apophyses (distance between tips: 0.04). Pedipalps as in Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 A–D; trochanter with short retrolateral apophysis and small ventral apophysis; femur with retrolateral apophysis; patella large; procursus simple proximally but complex distally, with four distal apophyses (arrows in Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 ); bulb simple, no other projections except for embolus. Retrolateral trichobothria of tibia I at 8% proximally; legs with short vertical setae on tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi, without spines and curved setae.

Female (IZCAS-Ar39656): Similar to male, habitus as in Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 G–H. Total length 2.97 (3.18 with clypeus), carapace 0.89 long, 1.04 wide, opisthosoma 2.08 long, 1.48 wide. Leg I: 21.59 (5.40 + 0.44 + 5.31 + 7.92 + 2.52); tibia I L/d: 44. Distance PME-PME 0.12, diameter PME 0.14, distance PME-ALE 0.03. Sternum slightly wider than long (0.75/0.61). Epigynum ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ) brown, with posterior lip medially (arrow in Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ). Vulva ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ) with slightly curved anterior arch and pair of large nearly rectangular pore plates.

Natural History. The species was found on its irregular web in the entrance zone of cave.

Distribution. China (Yunnan, type locality; Fig. 17 View FIGURE 17 ).