Asianopis liukuensis (Yin, Griswold & Yan, 2002) Lin & Shao & Hänggi & Caleb & Koh & Jäger & Li, 2020

Lin, Yejie, Shao, Lili, Haenggi, Ambros, Caleb, John T. D., Koh, Joseph K. H., Jaeger, Peter & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia, ZooKeys 911, pp. 67-99 : 67

Asianopis liukuensis (Yin, Griswold & Yan, 2002) comb. nov. Figs 2B, E, F, I , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 19 , 21A , 22A, G , 23

Deinopis liukuensis Yin et al., 2002: 610, figs 1-7 (♂♀)

Deinopis liukuensis Zhang & Wang, 2017: 238 (♂♀)

Deinopis scrubjunglei Caleb & Mathai, 2014: 2, figs 1-20 (♂♀) syn. nov.

Type.

Holotype. ♂ (HNU, no. 00-LK-1, lost), China, Yunnan Province, Liuku, Mt Gaoligong, 25°30'48"N, 98°30'36"E, elevation ca 800 m, 26.VI.2000, Heng-Mei Yan leg.

Type materials of Deinopis scrubjunglei examined.

♂ (SRC-ZSI I/SP 19), Madras Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 12°55'12.7"N, 80°07'24.6"E, elevation ca 32 m, 5.XII.2013, John Caleb T.D. leg.; ♀ (SRC-ZSI I/SP 20), 22.IV.2014, same location, John Caleb T.D and Karthy leg.

Other material examined.

2♂, China, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Region, rubber tree plantation near Jinghong City, 28.IV.2016, Chaotai Wei leg.; 1♀, China, Hainan Island, Ledong County, Jianfengling National Park, 13.VII.2019, Zixuan Lin leg.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from other congeners by the distinct female copulatory opening, oval S, and CD tapering from the copulatory opening to spermatheca (Figs 6 , 8 ).

Description.

See Yin et al. (2002) and Caleb and Mathai (2014).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan), India.

Comments.

Type materials of D. scrubjunglei syn. nov. were examined and no differences between A. liukuensis and D. scrubjunglei were observed. Thus, we consider D. scrubjunglei to be a synonym of A. liukuensis , and the figures of D. scrubjunglei are given for comparison (Figs 7 , 8 , 19C ).

Figures

Figure 2. Prosoma (frontal view, upper ♂, lower ♀) (A-D), chelicerae (E-H) and leg I (I-J). Figures A and C modified from Coddington et al. (2012). A Deinopis spinosa B Asianopis liukuensis comb. nov. C Menneus dromedarius D Asianopis zhuanghaoyuni sp. nov. E Chelicerae of male A. liukuensis comb. nov. F Chelicerae of female A. liukuensis comb. nov. (Arrows indicate the denticles) G Chelicerae of male A. zhuanghaoyuni sp. nov. H Chelicerae of female A. zhuanghaoyuni sp. nov. I Left leg I of female A. liukuensis comb. nov. Arrow shows enlarged femur J Left leg I of female A. zhuanghaoyuni sp. nov.

Figure 4. Asianopis liukuensis comb. nov., male from Xishuangbanna and female from Jianfengling. A Male prosoma, frontal view B Female prosoma, frontal view C Male habitus, dorsal view D Male habitus, ventral view E Female habitus, dorsal view F Female habitus, ventral view.

Figure 5. Asianopis liukuensis comb. nov., left palp, male from Xishuangbanna. A Prolateral view B Retrolateral view.

Figure 6. Asianopis liukuensis comb. nov., female from Jianfengling. A Epigyne B Vulva, dorsal view.

Figure 7. Asianopis liukuensis comb. nov., left palp, holotype male of Deinopis scrubjunglei syn. nov. A Prolateral view B Retrolateral view.

Figure 8. Asianopis liukuensis comb. nov., paratype female of Deinopis scrubjunglei syn. nov. A Epigyne B Vulva, dorsal view.

Figure 19. Asianopis liukuensis comb. nov., left palp, ventral view. A, B Male from Xishuangbanna C Male from India, type of Deinopis scrubjunglei syn. nov.

Figure 21. Embolic tips of four species of Asianopis gen. nov. A A. liukuensis (Yin, Griswold & Yan, 2002) comb. nov. B A. wuchaoi sp. nov. C A. zhuanghaoyuni sp. nov. D A. wangi sp. nov.

Figure 22. Photos of four live spiders of Asianopis gen. nov., including webs of two species of Asianopis gen. nov. A A. liukuensis comb. nov., female B A. wuchaoi sp. nov., female C A. wangi sp. nov., male D A. wangi sp. nov., female E A. zhuanghaoyuni sp. nov., male F A. zhuanghaoyuni sp. nov., female G Web of A. liukuensis comb. nov. H Web of A. wangi sp. nov.

Figure 23. Distribution records of seven species of Asianopis gen. nov. in Asia. 1 A. liukuensis comb. nov. 2 A. dumogae sp. reval. comb. nov. 3 A. celebensis comb. nov. 4 A. konplong comb. nov. 5 A. wangi sp. nov. 6 A. wuchaoi sp. nov. 7 A. zhuanghaoyuni sp. nov.