Taxonomy notes on twenty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia
Author
Lin, Yejie
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Author
Zhao, Huifeng
Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China
Author
Koh, Joseph K H
National Biodiversity Centre, National Parks Board, 259569, Singapore Corresponding author, E-mail: lisq @ ioz. ac. cn
Author
Li, Shuqiang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Zoological Systematics
2022
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http://zoobank.org/6ded5057-996e-4dd5-bde3-a8c366e59bb9
journal article
10.11865/zs.2022303
2095-6827
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Milema nuichua
Zhao & Li
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 44–45
)
Diagnosis. This species resembles
M. sai
Zhao & Li
,
sp. nov.
, but can be distinguished by the following characters: the distal tibia is wider than the basal cymbium of male palp, the irregular bulb as shown in
Figs 44C–D
(
vs.
nearly ellipsoidal), tip of embolus sclerotized (
vs.
membranous); spermatheca membranous with no tube inside (
vs.
many membranous tubes and one sclerotized tube).
Description. Male (
holotype
,
Fig. 44A
). Total length 0.90. Carapace 0.40 long, 0.36 wide. Abdomen 0.50 long, 0.40 wide. Carapace brown. Six eyes ringed with black, clypeus height 0.12. Chelicerae, legs, labium, and endites light brown. Leg measurements: I 2.06 (0.63, 0.16, 0.56, 0.40, 0.31), II 1.72 (0.49, 0.12, 0.48, 0.32, 0.31), III 1.38 (0.44, 0.12, 0.35, 0.24, 0.23), IV 1.43 (0.41, 0.12, 0.40, 0.25, 0.25). Abdomen dark blue.
Palp (
Figs 44B–D
). Tibia 2.28 times longer than patella, cymbium 1.63 times longer than tibia, length of cymbial apophysis as wide as cymbial base; bulb shaped as shown in
Figs 44C–D
, curved dorso-medially; embolus as shown in
Figs 44B–D
, short relative to bulb, sclerotized distally.
Female (IZCAS-Ar43306,
Figs 45A–B
). Total length 0.95. Carapace 0.52 long, 0.44 wide. Abdomen 0.44 long, 0.48 wide. Six eyes ringed with black, clypeus height 0.10. Carapace brown with black radial stripes. Sternum, endites and labium dark brown, legs yellow marked by brown dots. Leg measurements: I 1.78 (0.52, 0.12, 0.52, 0.31, 0.31), II 1.51 (0.44, 0.12, 0.40, 0.27, 0.28), III 1.16 (0.31, 0.12, 0.28, 0.23, 0.22), IV 1.48 (0.47, 0.12, 0.38, 0.27, 0.24). Abdomen brown.
Genitalia (
Fig. 45C
). Endogyne sac-like without tube, short relative to epigyne.
Material
examined.
Holotype
♂
(IZCAS-Ar43308),
Vietnam
:
Ninh Thuan
,
Nui Chua National Park
, leaf litter (
11.7261°N
,
109.1856°E
, elev.
70 m
),
30 August 2015
,
Q. Zhao
,
Y. Li
leg.
Paratypes
.
1♂
2♀
(IZCAS-Ar43309–Ar43311), same data as holotype
.
Distribution. Known only from the
type
locality.
Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the
type
locality.