Sundalema bonjol Zhao & Li, 2020

Zhao, Huifeng, Li, Shuqiang & Zhang, Aibing, 2020, Taxonomic revision of Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from East and Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 933, pp. 15-93 : 15

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.933.38653

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AE87B5CF-9728-466B-AB05-6BFFFED802D4

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/ECA45DEA-6F29-474A-BE00-C34081595213

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Sundalema bonjol Zhao & Li
status

sp. nov.

Sundalema bonjol Zhao & Li View in CoL sp. nov. Figures 24 View Figure 24 , 25 View Figure 25 , 33 View Figure 33

Type material.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS), Indonesia, Sumatra, West Sumatra Province, Payakumbuh, Koto Tinggi Village, Imam Bonjol Cave, 0.0637S, 100.3451E, elevation ca. 962 m, III.2014, Z. Yao leg. Paratypes: 2♂ and 3♀ (IZCAS), same data as holotype.

Other material examined.

1♀ (molecular voucher, IZCAS), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The species refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

The species resembles S. anguina comb. nov. but can be distinguished by the following characters: the eyes are vestigial (Figs 24B View Figure 24 , 25A View Figure 25 ) (vs. ringed with black); the receptacle is coiled into 1.5 loops (Fig. 24A View Figure 24 ) (vs. 2 loops, cf. Wang and Li 2010a: fig. 4C); the embolus is thin and bent at an obtuse angle (Fig. 25B-D View Figure 25 ) (vs. wide and bent at a right angle, cf. Wang and Li 2010a: fig. 4A, B).

Description.

Female (holotype). Total length 1.09. Carapace 0.53 long, 0.45 wide. Abdomen 0.64 long, 0.56 wide. Carapace light brown (Fig. 24B View Figure 24 ). Four vestigial eyes (Fig. 24B View Figure 24 ). Chelicerae, legs, labium, endites, and sternum bright brown. Sternum with sparse setae (Fig. 24B, C View Figure 24 ). Leg measurements: I 3.45 (1.04, 0.18, 1.06, 0.67, 0.50); II 3.10 (0.96, 0.17, 0.92, 0.60, 0.45); III 2.17 (0.68, 0.17, 0.58, 0.40, 0.34); IV 2.89 (0.90, 0.16, 0.79, 0.61, 0.43). Abdomen brown (Fig. 24B, C View Figure 24 ). Receptacle coiled into 1.5 loops, and neck as wide as distal part (Fig. 24A View Figure 24 ).

Male. Total length 1.03. Carapace 0.47 long, 0.40 wide. Abdomen 0.53 long, 0.44 wide. Coloration as in female (Fig. 25A View Figure 25 ). Leg measurements: I 3.34 (0.94, 0.16, 1.04, 0.71, 0.49); II 3.05 (0.90, 0.16, 0.91, 0.63, 0.45); III 2.16 (0.67, 0.14, 0.58, 0.42, 0.35); IV 2.82 (0.87, 0.15, 0.79, 0.59, 0.42). Palp: tibia 1.80 times longer than patella, cymbium 1.71 times longer than tibia, 1.69 times longer than femur; length of cymbial apophysis as wide as 1/2 width of cymbial base (Fig. 25C View Figure 25 ); bulb ellipsoidal (Fig. 25C, D View Figure 25 ); embolus tube-like, as long as major-axis of bulb (Fig. 25B-D View Figure 25 ).

Distribution.

Indonesia (Sumatra, site 11 in Fig. 33 View Figure 33 ), known only from the type locality.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Telemidae

Genus

Sundalema