On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae)
Author
Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1325
277
311
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273569
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273569
Houshenzinus rimosus
sp. n.
Figs 45–50
Material
.
Holotype
♂ (
SMF
),
China
, Shaanxi Prov., S flanks of Taibai Shan, above Houshenzi, primary broadleaved forest,
1700–2000 m
,
10.VI.1997
, leg. J. Martens & P. Jäger.
Paratype
:
1 ♂
(
SMF
), together with
holotype
,
10.VI.1997
, leg. J. Martens & P. Jäger.
Diagnosis
. See above under the genus.
Etymology
. The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective “
rimosus
”, meaning “cracked”, referring to the cloven head of the male carapace.
Description
. Male. Total length––2.03. Carapace 0.78 long, 0.63 wide, greyish brown, Head elevation carrying posterior median eyes separated from frontal surface of carapace by a deep cleft, as in
Figs 48–50
. Chelicerae 0.30 long. Legs pale greyyellow, base of tibiae and metatarsi darker. Leg I, 2.82 long (0.78+0.20+0.73+0.68+0.43), IV––2.89 long (0.78+0.23+0.73+0.75+0.40). Chaetotaxy unclear: tibial spines totally lost in
holotype
,
paratype
with one long dorsal spine on Ti IV. Metatarsi I–IV each with a trichobothrium. TmI––0.78. Palp (
Figs 45–47
): Tibia with two processes: one long and slender, the other short and wide. Paracymbium Lshaped, with a swollen outgrowth carrying several spines distally. Embolus very long and slender. Radical part of embolic division small, but with a hypertrophied, hoodlike, wide, curved, distally pointed outgrowth conducting and covering all the embolus. Opisthosoma 1.20 long, 0.58 wide, grey.
Female. Unknown.