Twenty-three new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia Author Lin, Yejie Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Marusik, Yuri M. Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa Corresponding author, E-mail: lisq @ ioz. ac. cn Author Gao, Caixia Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Xu, Hao Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Zhang, Xiaoqing Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Wang, Ziyi Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Zhu, Wenhui Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Li, Shuqiang Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China text Zoological Systematics 2021 46 2 91 152 journal article 10.11865/zs.2021201 2095-6827 5367065 C3E4F9D2-9C7E-4653-9F13-5B3E3AE63C25 Meotipa menglun Lin & Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 49A–C , 50A–D , 53I–J ) Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Meotipa vesiculosa Simon, 1895 but can be distinguished by the distally projected conductor and the distally curved E, mostly covered by the C. M. vesiculosa has a glossy, unprojected C ( Zhu, 1998 ; Yoshida, 2003 ). Description. Male ( holotype , IZCAS-Ar42469, Figs 49A–C , 50A–D , 53I–J ). Total length 2.25. Prosoma 0.95 long, 0.75 wide, pale yellow, flat. Sternum 0.53 long, 0.50 wide, pale yellow. Opisthosoma 1.23 long, 1.08 wide, pale yellow, with large white spots and tiny dark spots in dorsal view, with 4 strong distal spines. Eyes developed: AME 0.08, ALE 0.08, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.08, PME–PLE 0.06. Clypeus height about 3.13 times AME diameter. Chelicerae with 1 promarginal tooth, retromarginal tooth absent. Leg I femur 2.25, patella 0.45, tibia 0.23, metatarsus 2.58, tarsus 0.75. Patella and tibia II–IV: 1.50, 0.75, 1.52. Leg I pale yellow, femur, tibia and metatarsus with ventral dark spots; femur with lines of weak spines and a strong distal spine; patella with a strong spine; tibia with 2 strong spines. Legs II, III, IV same as leg I. Palp ( Figs 49A–C , 50A–D ) patella and tibia with a strong retrolateral spine; Sp curved in ventral view; C with a distal projection; E curved distally, with a lateral protuberance, mostly covered by C. Female. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype ♂ , China : Yunnan , Menglun Nature Reserve ( 21.9090°N , 101.2867°E ; elev. ca. 713 m ) 10 August 2007 , leg. Guo Zheng (IZCAS-Ar42469). Distribution. Known only from the type locality. Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.