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
Shanus taibaiensis
sp. n.
Figs 59–63
Material
.
Holotype
♂ (
SMF
),
China
, Shaanxi Prov., S flanks of Taibai Shan, above Houshenzi, primary broadleaved forest,
2500–2600 m
,
25.–26.VI.1997
, leg. J. Martens & P. J ä g e r.
Diagnosis
. See above under the genus.
Etymology
. The species name is derived from the name of the area where the new species was found; adjective.
Description
. Male. Total length––1.75. Carapace 0.83 long, 0.65 wide, blackish brown, unmodified, lacking cephalic pits. Chelicerae 0.28 long. Legs brown. Leg I, 2.13 long (0.60+0.20+0.53+0.45+0.35), IV––2.43 long (0.65+0.20+0.63+0.60+0.35). Chaetotaxy 2.2.2.2. Tibial spines shorter than diameter of the segment. Each metatarsus with a trichobothrium. TmI––0.90. Palp (
Figs 59–63
): Paracymbium with a long narrow process ventrally, directed anteriad. Tegulum elongated into a long, wellsclerotised, spindleshaped process. Suprategular apophysis large, like a strongly curved hook, pointed apically. Embolic division with a small radical part, but with a very large and flat process conducting and covering the distal part of embolus. Embolus slender and long, coiled. Opisthosoma 0.95 long, 0.58 wide, dark grey.
Female. Unknown.