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Gushangzao shiqian Lin & Li 2024, sp. nov.

  • 1. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Wildlife Evolution and Conservation in Mountain Ecosystem of Guangxi, Nanning Normal University, Nanning 530001, China
  • 3. Jinan Licheng No. 2 High School, Jinan 250109, China Corresponding author, E-mail: lisq @ ioz. ac. cn

Description

Gushangzao shiqian Lin & Li, sp. nov. (Figs 64B, 65B, 66B, 72D–E)

Etymology. The species is named after Shi Qian, one of the 108 outlaws in the classical Chinese literature Outlaws of the Marsh; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis. See diagnosis of the species Gushangzao goemon Lin & Li, sp. nov.

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 1.67, carapace 0.89 long, 0.85 wide, opisthosoma 0.76 long, 0.86 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06, PLE 0.05, AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.03, PME–PME 0.05, PME–PLE 0.01, AME–PME 0.04, ALE–PLE 0. Chelicerae with 1 promarginal fissident tooth and 1 retromarginal fissident tooth, both with 2 cusps. Leg measurements: I 5.30 (1.60, 1.69, 1.21, 0.80), II 3.89 (1.18, 1.20, 0.86, 0.65), III 3.18 (1.01, 0.99, 0.62, 0.56), IV 4.17 (1.22, 1.26, 0.88, 0.81).

Coloration (Fig. 72D). Carapace brown. Cervical and radial furrows distinct. Chelicerae brown. Endites and labium yellowish brown. Sternum yellowish brown. Legs brown with black setae. Opisthosoma oval, black with white spots, covered with sparse black setae, with 3 or 4 pairs of outgrowths. Spinnerets gray.

Palp (Fig. 64B). Femur almost 4 times longer than patella. Tibia 1.5 times longer than patella. Cymbium and bulb oval. Tegular apophysis tip expanded, with serration. Terminal tegular apophysis with hood. Conductor tip needle shaped, slightly curved. Embolus curved, originating at approximately 10:00-o’clock-position, without outgrowth.

Female (one paratype Ar44881). Total length 1.86, carapace 0.71 long, 0.62 wide, opisthosoma 1.15 long, 0.95 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.04, PME 0.04, PLE 0.05, AME–AME 0.02, AME–ALE 0.01, PME–PME 0.04, PME–PLE 0.01, AME–PME 0.04, ALE–PLE 0. Leg measurements: I 3.49 (1.06, 1.05, 0.74, 0.64), II 2.73 (0.87, 0.83, 0.53, 0.50), III 2.31 (0.70, 0.67, 0.44, 0.50), IV 2.87 (0.90, 0.87, 0.53, 0.57).

Coloration (Fig. 72E). Similar to that of male, except paler.

Genitalia (Fig. 66B). Epigynal plate oval, with hood anteriorly. Copulatory openings situated centrally, obvious. Copulatory ducts S-shaped. Spermathecae membranous, almost 3 times longer than copulatory ducts, tip expanded. Fertilization ducts attached by Y-shaped sclerotized structure, directed at 12:00-o’clock-position from spermatheca.

Material examined. Holotype ♂ (IZCAS-Ar44880), China: Xizang, Lhoka, Cona Co., Marmang, Lebugou, Yelang Valley (27.8682°N, 91.8110°E, elev. ca. 3118 m), 12.X.2019, Yejie Lin leg. Paratypes. 2♂ 3♀ (IZCNS-Ar44881–Ar44885), same data as holotype.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Habitat. Living on the web of Pimoa cona Zhang & Li, 2020 (Zhang et al., 2020).

Notes

Published as part of Lin, Yejie, Li, Shuqiang, Mo, Haolin & Wang, Xihao, 2024, Thirty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam, pp. 4-98 in Zoological Systematics 49 (1) on pages 75-76, DOI: 10.11865/zs.2024101, http://zenodo.org/record/10941018

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2019-10-12
Verbatim event date
2019-10-12
Scientific name authorship
Lin & Li
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Dictynidae
Genus
Gushangzao
Species
shiqian
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Gushangzao shiqian Lin & Li, 2024

References

  • Zhang, X., Lan, T., Nie, L., Li, S. 2020. Eight new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Tibet, China. ZooKeys, 940: 79 - 104. doi: 10.3897 / zookeys. 940.49793