A further study on the Belisana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China
Author
Zhao, Fangyu
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Author
Yang, Lan
0000-0002-7754-9275
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Author
Li, Shuqiang
0000-0002-3290-5416
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China & lisq @ ioz. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3290 - 5416
lisq@ioz.ac.cn
Author
Zheng, Guo
0000-0002-9735-9700
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zhengguo@synu.edu.cn
Author
Yao, Zhiyuan
0000-0002-1631-0949
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yaozy@synu.edu.cn
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-09-29
5351
5
543
558
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.3
1175-5326
8392232
1BD2A231-4D66-47A7-8EE6-4A1C241C4190
Belisana daxiangi
Li, Zheng & Yao
sp. nov.
Figs 4–5
,
9C–D
Type material.
Holotype
:
Male (SYNU-Ar00310), near
Bubeng Village
(
21°36.827’N
,
101°34.847’E
, elevation
690 m
),
Mengla County, Xishuangbanna
,
Yunnan
,
China
,
12 August 2012
, Guo Zheng, Xue Li, and Wenyue Zhu leg.
Etymology.
The specific name is a patronym in honor of the late Chinese arachnologist Daxiang Song; noun (name) in the genitive case.
Diagnosis.
The new species resembles
B. fengzheni
sp. nov.
(
Figs 6–
7
,
9E–F
,
10C–D
) having similar bulbal apophyses (
Fig. 5A
) and male chelicerae (
Fig. 5B
), but it can be distinguished by prolatero-distal membranous lamella of procursus with weakly sclerotized lamella (arrow
1 in
Figs 4C
,
9C
; vs. absent in
B. fengzheni
sp. nov.
), by procursus with two spine-shaped dorso-distal apophyses (arrows 2,
3 in
Figs 4C
,
9C
; vs. only one apophysis in
B. fengzheni
sp. nov.
), and by procursus with ventral membranous lamella (arrow
4 in
Figs 4C
,
9C
; vs. absent in
B. fengzheni
sp. nov.
).
Description. Male
(
holotype
, SYNU-Ar00310): Total length 1.58 (1.66 with clypeus), prosoma 0.57 long, 0.55 wide, opisthosoma 1.01 long, 0.53 wide. Legs I and II missing, leg III: 5.05 (1.37 + 0.19 + 1.23 + 1.74 + 0.52), leg IV: – (2.30 + 0.20 + 2.06 + – + –). Eye interdistances and diameters: PME-PME 0.14, PME 0.06, PME-ALE 0.03, AME absent. Sternum width/length: 0.45/0.45. Habitus as in
Figs 5C–E
. Dorsal shield of prosoma and sternum whitish, without marks. Legs whitish, without darker rings. Opisthosoma whitish, without spots. Thoracic furrow absent. Clypeus unmodified. Chelicerae (
Fig. 5B
) with pair of proximo-lateral apophyses and pair of curved distal apophyses (distance between tips: 0.29). Pedipalp as in
Figs 4A–B
; trochanter as long as wide; femur with retrolatero-proximal apophysis (arrow in
Fig. 4B
); procursus (
Figs 4A–D
,
9C–D
) simple proximally but complex distally, with prolatero-distal membranous lamella with weakly sclerotized lamella (arrow
1 in
Figs 4C
,
9C
), two spine-shaped dorso-distal apophyses (arrows 2,
3 in
Figs 4C
,
9C
), ventral membranous lamella (arrow
4 in
Figs 4C
,
9C
), retrolatero-distal membranous lamella (arrow in
Figs 4D
,
9D
), and retrolatero-subdistal membranous flap (f in
Figs 4D
,
9D
); bulb (
Fig. 5A
) with hooked apophysis and simple embolus. Legs with short vertical setae on metatarsi.
Female:
Unknown.
Natural history.
The species was collected in a seasonal rainforest by canopy fogging.
Distribution.
China
(
Yunnan
,
type
locality;
Fig. 1
).