<documentid="D4033BB22129AD9C05CC103CAB8E2B7D"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1"ID-GBIF-Dataset="e7148a02-ac1a-4172-9071-606bd1e703fc"ID-ISSN="11755334"ID-Zenodo-Dep="8283738"ID-ZooBank="CAA37212-3008-43F4-98DE-94D7A3FFD3B6"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="juliana"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="juliana"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="karina"IM.tables_approvedBy="juliana"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="juliana"IM.treatments_approvedBy="juliana"checkinTime="1692955869775"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Mu, Yannan & Zhang, Feng"docDate="2023"docId="364E87DE862DFFEA5AA6F9E9DADD2103"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5338.1.1.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5338 (1)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1"docStyle="DocumentStyle:D239614CE4198176A422035174489AB1.4:Zootaxa.2009-2012.monograph"docStyleId="D239614CE4198176A422035174489AB1"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2009-2012.monograph"docStyleVersion="4"docTitle="Xilithus wangi, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="7"lastPageNumber="100"masterDocId="CA77FFA68673FF895A31FFEBD84D203E"masterDocTitle="Further additions to the guardstone spider fauna from China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae)"masterLastPageNumber="104"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="95"updateTime="1720090975140"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:affiliationid="D8659A06978DAF51C05BBC5B69BB9D93">The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, Institute of Life Science and Green Developed, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China & 15188605531 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2504 - 673 X</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="9F0C371104D623AA5346C087FDAF06B4">The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, Institute of Life Science and Green Developed, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="79E74D4B862DFFD75AA6F9E9D9052622"ID-CoL="C8KVC"authority="Mu & Zhang, 2023"box="[151,328,1538,1565]"class="Arachnida"family="Phrurolithidae"genus="Xilithus"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="94"pageNumber="95"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="wangi"status="sp. nov.">
<collectingDateid="DA1DE9E0862DFFD75EFCF979DD2A2693"box="[1229,1383,1682,1709]"pageId="94"pageNumber="95"value="2015-05-26">26 May 2015</collectingDate>
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in having a similarly shaped embolus and large epigynal atrium, but can be recognized by: 1) the wider and shorter prolateral tegular apophysis (vs thin and long, cf.
<figureCitationid="26DC2A4D862DFFD75BB9F881D9A727BB"box="[392,490,1898,1925]"captionStart="FIGURE 83"captionStartId="96.[151,250,1652,1676]"captionTargetBox="[163,1436,189,1620]"captionTargetId="figure-21@96.[151,1436,181,1628]"captionTargetPageId="96"captionText="FIGURE 83. Copulatory organs of Xilithus wangi sp. nov.: A. Male left palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Same, dorsal view; E. Same, retro-dorsal view; F. Epigyne, ventral view; G. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: E—embolus; PTA—prolateral tegular apophysis; RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis; SD—sperm duct; B— bursa; CO—copulatory opening; CD—copulatory duct; FD—fertilization duct; GA—glandular appendage; S—spermathecae."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8283999"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8283999/files/figure.png"pageId="94"pageNumber="95">Fig. 83B</figureCitation>
and fig. 4B in
<bibRefCitationid="DA764B39862DFFD758A4F880DB0527BB"author="Fu, F. & Jin, C. & Zhang, F."box="[661,840,1898,1925]"pageId="94"pageNumber="95"pagination="483 - 492"refId="ref41191"refString="Fu, F., Jin, C. & Zhang, F. (2014) Three new species of the genus Otacilia Thorell (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from China. Zootaxa, 3869 (4), 483 - 492. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3869.4.10"type="journal article"year="2014">
), 2) the absence of a retroventral tibial apophysis (vs presence, cf.
<figureCitationid="26DC2A4D862DFFD75B1FF865D9F92797"box="[302,436,1934,1961]"captionStart="FIGURE 83"captionStartId="96.[151,250,1652,1676]"captionTargetBox="[163,1436,189,1620]"captionTargetId="figure-21@96.[151,1436,181,1628]"captionTargetPageId="96"captionText="FIGURE 83. Copulatory organs of Xilithus wangi sp. nov.: A. Male left palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Same, dorsal view; E. Same, retro-dorsal view; F. Epigyne, ventral view; G. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: E—embolus; PTA—prolateral tegular apophysis; RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis; SD—sperm duct; B— bursa; CO—copulatory opening; CD—copulatory duct; FD—fertilization duct; GA—glandular appendage; S—spermathecae."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8283999"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8283999/files/figure.png"pageId="94"pageNumber="95">Fig. 83B, C</figureCitation>
and fig. 4B, C in
<bibRefCitationid="DA764B39862DFFD758B4F864DB762797"author="Fu, F. & Jin, C. & Zhang, F."box="[645,827,1934,1961]"pageId="94"pageNumber="95"pagination="483 - 492"refId="ref41191"refString="Fu, F., Jin, C. & Zhang, F. (2014) Three new species of the genus Otacilia Thorell (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from China. Zootaxa, 3869 (4), 483 - 492. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3869.4.10"type="journal article"year="2014">
), and 3) the smaller and rectangular-shaped bursa (vs large and oval, cf.
<figureCitationid="26DC2A4D862DFFD75B56F859D98627F3"box="[359,459,1970,1997]"captionStart="FIGURE 83"captionStartId="96.[151,250,1652,1676]"captionTargetBox="[163,1436,189,1620]"captionTargetId="figure-21@96.[151,1436,181,1628]"captionTargetPageId="96"captionText="FIGURE 83. Copulatory organs of Xilithus wangi sp. nov.: A. Male left palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Same, dorsal view; E. Same, retro-dorsal view; F. Epigyne, ventral view; G. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: E—embolus; PTA—prolateral tegular apophysis; RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis; SD—sperm duct; B— bursa; CO—copulatory opening; CD—copulatory duct; FD—fertilization duct; GA—glandular appendage; S—spermathecae."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8283999"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8283999/files/figure.png"pageId="94"pageNumber="95">Fig. 83G</figureCitation>
and fig. 4E in
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Coloration. Carapace red brown, with several shapes resembling flowing water droplets beside fovea. Abdomen lighter color than carapace, with large dorsal scutum covered nearly entire abdomen (
<figureCitationid="26DC2A4D8612FFE85E62F915DC972727"box="[1107,1242,1790,1817]"captionStart="FIGURE 82"captionStartId="95.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[220,1370,193,1909]"captionTargetId="figure-17@95.[210,1377,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="95"captionText="FIGURE 82. Habitus of Xilithus wangi sp. nov.: A. Male holotype, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Female paratype, dorsal view; D. Same, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8283997"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8283997/files/figure.png"pageId="97"pageNumber="98">Fig. 82A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="26DC2A4D8612FFE85B0FF8C9D9842703"box="[318,457,1826,1853]"captionStart="FIGURE 83"captionStartId="96.[151,250,1652,1676]"captionTargetBox="[163,1436,189,1620]"captionTargetId="figure-21@96.[151,1436,181,1628]"captionTargetPageId="96"captionText="FIGURE 83. Copulatory organs of Xilithus wangi sp. nov.: A. Male left palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Same, dorsal view; E. Same, retro-dorsal view; F. Epigyne, ventral view; G. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: E—embolus; PTA—prolateral tegular apophysis; RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis; SD—sperm duct; B— bursa; CO—copulatory opening; CD—copulatory duct; FD—fertilization duct; GA—glandular appendage; S—spermathecae."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8283999"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8283999/files/figure.png"pageId="97"pageNumber="98">Figs 83A–E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="26DC2A4D8612FFE85BE4F8C8DA672703"box="[469,554,1827,1853]"captionStart="FIGURE 84"captionStartId="97.[151,250,1540,1564]"captionTargetBox="[155,1430,186,1512]"captionTargetId="figure-17@97.[151,1435,181,1516]"captionTargetPageId="97"captionText="FIGURE 84. Copulatory organs of Xilithus wangi sp. nov.: A. Male left palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, dorsal view; D. Same, retro-dorsal view; E. Epigyne, ventral view; F. Same, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8284003"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8284003/files/figure.png"pageId="97"pageNumber="98">84A–C</figureCitation>
. Retrolateral tibial apophysis base wide, narrower tip digit-shaped and curved towards cymbium; retroventral tibial apophysis absent. Tegulum wider than cymbium, pyriform-shaped; tegular apophysis absent. Sperm duct indistinct, tapering from retrolateral of tegulum to embolus. Embolus long, needle-like, transverse but curved upwards at end. Conductor absent.
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<bibRefCitationid="DA764B398611FFEB5871F989DA962644"author="Liu, K. K. & Li, S. Q. & Zhang, X. Q. & Ying, Y. H. & Meng, Z. Y. & Fei, M. H. & Li, W. H. & Xiao, Y. H. & Xu, X."box="[576,731,1634,1658]"pageId="98"pageNumber="99"pagination="1 - 5"refId="ref41754"refString="Liu, K. K., Li, S. Q., Zhang, X. Q., Ying, Y. H., Meng, Z. Y., Fei, M. H., Li, W. H., Xiao, Y. H. & Xu, X. (2022 a) Unknown species from China: the case of phrurolithid spiders (Araneae, Phrurolithidae) Zoological Research, 43, Supplemets 1 & 2, 352 - 355, 1 - 5 & 1 - 223. https: // doi. org / 10.24272 / j. issn. 2095 - 8137.2022.055"type="journal article"year="2022">Liu & Li, 2022</bibRefCitation>
/AME 1.36. Labium 0.22 long, 0.31 wide. Sternum 1.14 long, 1.07 wide. Leg measurements: Ⅰ 7.03 (1.91, 0.66, 1.95, 1.60, 0.91), II 5.91 (1.63, 0.62, 1.48, 1.29, 0.89), III 5.01 (1.34, 0.57, 0.99, 1.30, 0.81), IV 7.72 (2.10, 0.65, 1.79, 2.07, 1.11). Spination: femora I–IV d 1, femora Ⅰ–II pl 3, tibia Ⅰ pv 7 rv 8, tibia II pv 7 rv 5, metatarsus Ⅰ pv 4 rv 4, metatarsus II pv 4 rv 3. Other characters as for male, except dorsal scutum absent, color darker and body larger (
<figureCitationid="26DC2A4D8611FFEB5E46F83DDD4D27CF"box="[1143,1280,2006,2033]"captionStart="FIGURE 82"captionStartId="95.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[220,1370,193,1909]"captionTargetId="figure-17@95.[210,1377,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="95"captionText="FIGURE 82. Habitus of Xilithus wangi sp. nov.: A. Male holotype, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Female paratype, dorsal view; D. Same, ventral view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8283997"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8283997/files/figure.png"pageId="98"pageNumber="99">Fig. 82C, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="26DC2A4D8610FFEA5B6DFF7CD9AD208F"box="[348,480,151,177]"captionStart="FIGURE 83"captionStartId="96.[151,250,1652,1676]"captionTargetBox="[163,1436,189,1620]"captionTargetId="figure-21@96.[151,1436,181,1628]"captionTargetPageId="96"captionText="FIGURE 83. Copulatory organs of Xilithus wangi sp. nov.: A. Male left palp, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Same, dorsal view; E. Same, retro-dorsal view; F. Epigyne, ventral view; G. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: E—embolus; PTA—prolateral tegular apophysis; RTA—retrolateral tibial apophysis; SD—sperm duct; B— bursa; CO—copulatory opening; CD—copulatory duct; FD—fertilization duct; GA—glandular appendage; S—spermathecae."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8283999"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8283999/files/figure.png"pageId="99"pageNumber="100">Figs 83F–G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="26DC2A4D8610FFEA5BD9FF7CDA76208F"box="[488,571,151,177]"captionStart="FIGURE 84"captionStartId="97.[151,250,1540,1564]"captionTargetBox="[155,1430,186,1512]"captionTargetId="figure-17@97.[151,1435,181,1516]"captionTargetPageId="97"captionText="FIGURE 84. Copulatory organs of Xilithus wangi sp. nov.: A. Male left palp, ventral view; B. Same, retrolateral view; C. Same, dorsal view; D. Same, retro-dorsal view; E. Epigyne, ventral view; F. Same, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8284003"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8284003/files/figure.png"pageId="99"pageNumber="100">84D–E</figureCitation>
.Epigynal plate weakly sclerotized,with pair of shallow concavities.Copulatory openings small, located at anterior of atrium. Copulatory ducts slender, slightly curved. Bursa nearly rectangular. Glandular appendages mastoid-shaped. Connecting tubes short, wider than copulatory ducts. Spermathecae globular, widely separated. Fertilization ducts located at anterior margin of spermathecae.