New Trilacuna species from Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra (Araneae, Oonopidae)
Author
Eichenberger, Beata
Author
Kranz-Baltensperger, Yvonne
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-04-18
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.277240
907ae2b6-4805-4348-96af-640f649d491d
1175-5326
277240
Trilacuna bilingua
Eichenberger
n. sp.
(
Figs.
5–6
)
Type material
:
Holotype
male (PBI_OON 00015933):
West
Malaysia
:
Pahang State
:
Cameron Highlands
,
Gunung Jasar
, trail 11, 1550 m, tamisage,
24
March
1993
, leg.
I. Löbl
&
F. Calame
, deposited in
MHNG
.
Etymology
: The species epithet is a noun in apposition, composed of the Latin words
bi
(two) and
lingua
(tongue), and refers to the two tongue-like lobes baso-ventrally on the male palpal conductor.
Diagnosis
:
Trilacuna bilingua
resembles
T. merapi
but can be easily distinguished by the two small conspicuous basal lobes (lo) ventrally on the palpal conductor (figs.
6
. D–E) and by the lateral carapace margin with blunt denticles, and a second, strongly rebordered, undulated margin below (figs.
5
. E–G).
Description
: Description based on
1
male
.
MALE
(
holotype
): Body length
2.1 mm
, proportion carapace length:abdominal length
1
:
1
. Uniformly dark red-brown species (figs.
5
. A–C).
Carapace
ovoid, slightly elevated, surface smooth, with one tiny dorsal spike (sp), (fig.
5
. C).
Eyes
posterior row recurved from above, straight from front (fig.
5
. G).
Sternum
with radial furrows of large pits between coxae, medial surface coarsely reticulate (fig.
5
. D), anterior margin with transverse groove; setae sparse, light, needlelike, evenly scattered.
Mouthparts
: Labium rectangular, not fused to sternum, anterior margin deeply incised (ldi), (figs.
5
. H–I); endites slender, distally not branched, distal-outer part excavated (dex), (figs.
5
. H–I).
Abdomen
: Ovoid, dorsal scutum not fused to epigastric scutum, postepigastric scutum long, semicircular, with short, posteriorly directed lateral apodemes, posterior spiracles not connected by groove but connection indicated by dark belt.
FIGURE 5
:
Trilacuna bilingua
n. sp.
Male: A. habitus dorsal view; B. habitus ventral view; C. habitus lateral view; D. sternum ventral view; E. carapace dorsal view; F. carapace dorsal view, lateral margin; G. carapace anterior view; H–I. endites ventral view. Abbreviations: sp, spike; boc, booklung covers; ldi, labium deep incision; dex, distal excavation. Scale bars: A–C 1 mm; D–E, G 0.5 mm; F 100 Μm; H–I 200 Μm.
FIGURE 6
:
Trilacuna bilingua
n. sp.
Male: A. gonopore, ventral view; B–C. left palp, prolateral view; D–E. left embolus-conductor-complex, prolateral view; F. left embolus-conductor-complex, dorsal view. Abbreviations: dd, dark dot; emb, embolus; dh, dorsal hairs; vc, ventral conductor; lo, lobe. Scale bars: A–C 300 Μm; D, F 50 Μm; E 100 Μm.
Legs
: Ventral apex of tibiae III and IV with some specialized hairs with fine, plumose, curved hair tip (see fig.
16
. H), metatarsi III, IV and tarsus IV with harpoon-like hairs (see fig.
2
. G). Femora without spines.
Male genitalia
:
Epigastric region
with small dark dot (dd) posterior of sperm pore at level of posterior spiracles (fig.
6
. A).
Male palp
(figs.
6
. B–F): Embolus (em) light, long and straight, framed by some dorsal hairs (dh) (figs.
6
. D–F); ventral conductor (vc) shorter than embolus, composed of a single branch enclosed by sparse, distally dense hairs (figs.
6
. D–F). Bulb nearly as long as cymbium, stout, tapering apically (figs.
6
. B–C). Femur elongated, slender (figs.
6
. B–C).
FEMALE: unknown.
Remark
: The patella of leg IV of the
holotype
carries a presumed parasite.
Distribution
: Known only from the
type
locality in West-Malaysia, the Gunung Jasar in the Cameron Highlands.