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<mods:titleid="27983BDC351FB51CA43A834F9439762C">Taxonomic study on fourteen symphytognathid species from Asia (Araneae, Symphytognathidae)</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="2412EE21C36111DB14DE0BB450B35D13">Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="48CF70F71D21AD18033F1D16CC3C2033">Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China & The Sichuan Key Laboratory for Conservation Biology of Endangered Wildlife, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="9D7A84DC3DF87DA6F9753ACC83776769"ID-CoL="765S4"LSID="F957E33C-8191-5C62-BE12-5B46F8574DB2"authority="Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009"authorityName="Miller, Griswold & Yin"authorityYear="2009"class="Arachnida"family="Symphytognathidae"genus="Patu"higherTaxonomySource="CoL"kingdom="Animalia"lsidName="Patu xiaoxiao"order="Araneae"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="xiaoxiao">Patu xiaoxiao Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitationid="C4300707C03586AF90C0AFD5773E4F07"captionStart="Figure 14"captionStartId="F14"captionText="Figure 14. Patu xiaoxiao A male palp, prolateral B male palp, retrolateral C epigyne, ventral D vulva, ventral E vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory ducts; Co = conductor; CO = copulatory opening; E = embolus; FD = fertilisation ducts; Fe = femur; MA = median apophysis; Pa = patella; Pl = parmula; S = spermathecae; T = tegulum; Ti = tibia; TP = tegular process. Scale bars: 0.10 (A-E)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935.figure14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612456"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 14</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="3CAA6EE12AC1702EC00C290540FA6470"captionStart="Figure 23"captionStartId="F23"captionText="Figure 23. Distribution records of fourteen species of genera Patu, Kirinua gen. nov. and Swilda gen. nov. in Asia 1 P. catba sp. nov. 2 P. dakou sp. nov. 3 P. damtao sp. nov. 4 P. jiangzhou sp. nov. 5 P. jidanweishi 6 P. nagarat sp. nov. 7 P. nigeri 8 P. putao sp. nov. 9 P. qiqi 10 P. xiaoxiao 11 K. maguai sp. nov. 12 K. yangshuo sp. nov. 13 S. longtou 14 S. spinathoraxi."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935.figure23"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612465"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 23</figureCitation>
: Yunnan Province, Lushui County, Pianma Township, Changyanhe River, 9.3 km of ESE Pianma, mixed broadleaf deciduous and evergreen forest, Winkler extraction of sifted leaf litter (
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<figureCitationid="5EA5E9F70A7EB81DE9A0EAEAE60D8E29"captionStart="Figure 14"captionStartId="F14"captionText="Figure 14. Patu xiaoxiao A male palp, prolateral B male palp, retrolateral C epigyne, ventral D vulva, ventral E vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory ducts; Co = conductor; CO = copulatory opening; E = embolus; FD = fertilisation ducts; Fe = femur; MA = median apophysis; Pa = patella; Pl = parmula; S = spermathecae; T = tegulum; Ti = tibia; TP = tegular process. Scale bars: 0.10 (A-E)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935.figure14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612456"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="26F4EFE8BF583C0EC3BFD803DB6A273D"captionStart="Figure 14"captionStartId="F14"captionText="Figure 14. Patu xiaoxiao A male palp, prolateral B male palp, retrolateral C epigyne, ventral D vulva, ventral E vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory ducts; Co = conductor; CO = copulatory opening; E = embolus; FD = fertilisation ducts; Fe = femur; MA = median apophysis; Pa = patella; Pl = parmula; S = spermathecae; T = tegulum; Ti = tibia; TP = tegular process. Scale bars: 0.10 (A-E)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935.figure14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612456"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">14A</figureCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="EA9AB5A565946C6270A91F56392AD935"author="Forster, RR"journalOrPublisher="Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="269 - 329"refId="B1"refString="Forster, RR, 1959. The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86: 269 - 329"title="The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae."volume="86"year="1959">Forster 1959</bibRefCitation>
their width and arranged longitudinally in parallel, the copulatory ducts coiling into a loop and connecting to the postero-lateral corner of the spermathecae, the fertilisation ducts begin latero-medially on the spermathecae (Fig.
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<figureCitationid="1EEE689A1D6F4667BC3C5DD51867881A"captionStart="Figure 13"captionStartId="F13"captionText="Figure 13. Patu xiaoxiao A male habitus, dorsal B male habitus, ventral C male habitus, lateral D female habitus, dorsal E female habitus, ventral F female habitus, lateral. Abbreviation: TS = male clasping spines on tibia II. Scale bars: 0.50 (A-F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935.figure13"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612455"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">13A-C</figureCitation>
: carapace light brown, thoracic centre and margin with darker patches. Mouthparts nut brown, endites and labium black. Sternum black, with a few light, small dots. Leg colour light yellow gradually grading to very dark brown, tibia darkest brown. Abdomen dorsally light grey, laterally dark greyish, ventrally and posteriorly charcoal black.
: carapace as long as wide, nearly round. Cephalic part vertical anteriorly and sloped posteriorly. Eyes, subequal in size. PER slightly recurved, ALE protruded. Chelicerae anterior surface flat. Labium semi-circular, wider than long. Sternum smooth, slightly plump.
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vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory ducts; Co = conductor; CO = copulatory opening; E = embolus; FD = fertilisation ducts; Fe = femur; MA = median apophysis; Pa = patella; Pl = parmula; S = spermathecae; T = tegulum; Ti = tibia; TP = tegular process. Scale bars: 0.10 (
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<figureCitationid="1CEEB47D2823DABF99586951D104CB3F"captionStart="Figure 14"captionStartId="F14"captionText="Figure 14. Patu xiaoxiao A male palp, prolateral B male palp, retrolateral C epigyne, ventral D vulva, ventral E vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory ducts; Co = conductor; CO = copulatory opening; E = embolus; FD = fertilisation ducts; Fe = femur; MA = median apophysis; Pa = patella; Pl = parmula; S = spermathecae; T = tegulum; Ti = tibia; TP = tegular process. Scale bars: 0.10 (A-E)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935.figure14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612456"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">B</figureCitation>
length of tibia. Tibia flat and lamellar. Tegulum smooth, with finger-like apical process. Embolus long, starting at retrolatero-medial part of tegulum, coiled into 2 loops inside bulb. Tip of embolus hidden within tegulum, not extended from top of bulb.
<figureCitationid="A563B71C42F4552216F026711E9739EF"captionStart="Figure 13"captionStartId="F13"captionText="Figure 13. Patu xiaoxiao A male habitus, dorsal B male habitus, ventral C male habitus, lateral D female habitus, dorsal E female habitus, ventral F female habitus, lateral. Abbreviation: TS = male clasping spines on tibia II. Scale bars: 0.50 (A-F)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935.figure13"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612455"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">13D-F</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="0D24F882AEA582168483B2C0B17B5173"captionStart="Figure 14"captionStartId="F14"captionText="Figure 14. Patu xiaoxiao A male palp, prolateral B male palp, retrolateral C epigyne, ventral D vulva, ventral E vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory ducts; Co = conductor; CO = copulatory opening; E = embolus; FD = fertilisation ducts; Fe = femur; MA = median apophysis; Pa = patella; Pl = parmula; S = spermathecae; T = tegulum; Ti = tibia; TP = tegular process. Scale bars: 0.10 (A-E)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935.figure14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612456"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">14C-E</figureCitation>
width of fertilisation ducts and folded at middle, distal part connected with postero-lateral part of spermathecae. Fertilisation duct shorter than a spermatheca length, narrow, originates from the lateral central position of spermathecae.
<figureCitationid="F7BE54DD472517CF00680ABA55918860"captionStart="Figure 23"captionStartId="F23"captionText="Figure 23. Distribution records of fourteen species of genera Patu, Kirinua gen. nov. and Swilda gen. nov. in Asia 1 P. catba sp. nov. 2 P. dakou sp. nov. 3 P. damtao sp. nov. 4 P. jiangzhou sp. nov. 5 P. jidanweishi 6 P. nagarat sp. nov. 7 P. nigeri 8 P. putao sp. nov. 9 P. qiqi 10 P. xiaoxiao 11 K. maguai sp. nov. 12 K. yangshuo sp. nov. 13 S. longtou 14 S. spinathoraxi."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1072.67935.figure23"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612465"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">23</figureCitation>
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was described, based on three females. Based on supplementary materials from the type locality collected in 2018, the male is described for the first time here.
