Pharta sudmannorum, Benjamin, Suresh P., 2014

Benjamin, Suresh P., 2014, Two new species of Pharta Thorell, 1891 with the description of Ibana senagang gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae: Thomisidae), Zootaxa 3894 (1), pp. 177-182 : 179-180

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.15
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BBB22865-1C05-4D52-97B4-53C4E4DDDBF6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6129444
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/600987CC-A633-FFE3-22C0-A521FEC0FCC4
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pharta sudmannorum
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Pharta sudmannorum View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 1A–C, 1 View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F E, F, 2A–D

Type material: Holotype ♂ from MALAYSIA: Borneo: West Sabah, 6º 06' N 116º 50' E, Mt. Kinabalu national park, Sorinsim, 15 year old adjacent secondary forest, 500–700 m, Loc 50, canopy fogging Vinex pinnata, leg. A. Floren, 12 March 1997; badly preserved ( RMNH.ARA.15918).

Other material examined. MALAYSIA: Borneo: 1 female, West coast of Sabah, 6º 02' N 116º 42' E, Poring Hot Springs, Canopy walk, leg. C. L. Deeleman and P. Zaborowski, 0 1 April 1998 ( RMNH.ARA.15922). MALAYSIA: Borneo: 1 ♀, West Sabah, 6º 02' N 116º 42' E, Mt. Kinabalu national park, Poring Hot Springs, primary forest, 500–700 m, canopy fogging Aporusa sp., leg. A. Floren, 19–26 March 1996, loc 14 (19 February 1996), epigynum missing ( RMNH.ARA.15915). Same data, 1 ♀ ( RMNH.ARA.15911).

Etymology. This species is named in honor Heinrich and Marga Sudmann of Bonn, in appreciation of their assistance to me and my family during our visits to Bonn.

Diagnosis. Males of P. sudmannorum sp. nov. can be distinguished from male congeners by the curved conductor with a pointed tip and the presence of two apical tibial apophysis; females by the presences of funnelshaped copulatory ducts and oval spermathecae. Further, in P. sudmannorum sp. nov. and all known female congeners the epigynum is roughly the shape of an ‘8’, with the top half containing the funnel-shaped copulatory ducts and the bottom half the spermathecae. In P. sudmannorum sp. nov. the bottom half is larger than the top half ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F E, 2D).

Description. Male (holotype): Total length: 2.5; prosoma length: 1.3, width: 1.1. Leg I: femur 1.4, patella 0.4, tibia 1.2, metatarsus 0.9, tarsus 0.5. Coloration and markings as in Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F . Light to dark yellow, possibly greenish in life. Prosoma and sternum uniformly covered with sub erected, brownish, strong setae (not movable), legs covered with partially paired, moveable spines. ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F ). ALE> PLE> PME> AME. AER, PER recurved, eyes on brown colored, converging mounds. Palp with a curved conductor with a pointed tip and two apical tibial apophysis ( Figs 2A, 2B View FIGURE 2. A – D ).

Female: Total length: 3.8; prosoma length: 1.8, width: 2.0. Leg I: femur 2.0, patella 0.8, tibia 2.0, metatarsus 1.4, tarsus 0.8. Leg formula 2143. General description as in male. Coloration and markings as in Figs 1B, C View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F . Epigynum and vulva with funnel-shaped copulatory ducts and oval spermathecae as in Figs 1 View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F E, 1F, 2C, 2D.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Mt. Kinabalu National Park.

Remarks. Males and females are grouped based on appearance and should be reassessed when more material is available.