Revision and cladistic analysis of the Southeast Asian leaf-dwelling spider genus Calapnita Simon (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Author
Bernhard A. Huber
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.273086
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Calapnita bario
sp. nov.
Figs 120–121
,
134–141
Diagnosis
. Distinguished from other species of
vermiformis
group by very long procursus (
Figs 134
,
288
); from most species (except
C. bariengi
) also by distal cheliceral apophyses not bipartite (
Fig. 136
); from most (except
C. dayak
) also by long and slender palpal tibia (tibia length/width>2.5;
Fig. 286
); from several species also by narrow and distinct epigynal ‘knob’ (
Fig. 141
), and by long internal female genitalia with oval pore plates converging anteriorly and close together (
Fig. 140
).
FIGURES 120–127
. Live specimens,
Calapnita vermiformis
group.
120–121
.
C. bario
sp. nov.
, ♂ and ♀ with egg-sac from
Bario
.
122–123
.
C. magaseng
sp. nov.
, ♂ and ♀ with egg-sac from Mount Penrissen.
124–125
.
C. saluang
Huber
, ♂ from Berastagi and ♀ with egg-sac from Phanom Bencha.
126–127
.
C. vermiformis
Simon
, ♂♂ from Mount Isarog and Mount Banahaw.
FIGURES 128–133
. Live specimens,
Calapnita vermiformis
group.
128
.
C. loksado
sp. nov.
, ♂ from
Loksado
.
129–130
.
C. bohol
sp. nov.
, ♂ and ♀ with egg-sac from near Loboc.
131
.
C. dinagat
sp. nov.
, ♂ (with mite; arrow) from near Libjo.
132– 133
.
C. nunezae
sp. nov.
, ♀ with egg-sac, and ♂ and ♀ at night from Katibawasan.
FIGURES 134–141
.
Calapnita bario
sp. nov.
(ZFMK, Ar 16022).
134–135
. Left procursus, prolateral and retrolateral views (arrow points at ventro-distal sclerite).
136–137
. Right male chelicera, frontal and lateral views.
138
. Left palpal trochanter, retrolateral view.
139
. Left palpal femur, prolateral view.
140
. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view.
141
. Epigynum, ventral view (arrow points at ‘knob’). Scale lines: 0.5 mm (134–135), 0.3 mm (136–141).
Etymology
. The species name is derived from the
type
locality; noun in apposition.
Material examined. Holotype
.
MALAYSIA-BORNEO:
♂
,
ZFMK
(
Ar
16021),
Sarawak
,
Bario
, forest along river N of town (3.765–
3.771°N
, 115.444–
115.448°E
),
1170–1250 m
a.s.l.
,
29.vii.2014
(
B.A. Huber
,
S.B. Huber
).
Other material
. MALAYSIA-BORNEO:
1♂
3♀
4 juvs,
ZFMK
(Ar 16022), same data as holotype
;
1♀
2 juvs in absolute ethanol,
ZFMK
(Bor 234), same data
.
Description. Male
(
holotype
)
MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 5.2, carapace width 0.75. Leg 1: 31.8 (7.8 + 0.4 + 7.2 + 13.6 + 2.8), tibia 2: 5.8, tibia 3: 3.6, tibia 4: 6.2; tibia 1 L/d: 103. Distance PME-PME 200 µm, diameter PME 110 µm, distance PME- ALE ~30 µm; no trace of AME.
COLOR. Entire animal pale gray to whitish, legs slightly yellowish with brown patellae and tibia-metatarsus joints.
BODY. Habitus as in
Fig. 120
; ocular area barely elevated, each triad on very low hump; carapace without median furrow; clypeus unmodified; sternum slightly wider than long (0.52/0.46), unmodified.
CHELICERAE. As in
Figs 136–137
, apophyses near lamellae not bipartite, with pair of lateral processes; without modified hairs; without stridulatory ridges.
PALPS. In general similar to
C. vermiformis
(cf. figs 139 and
140 in
Huber 2011
); trochanter apophysis as in
Fig. 138
; femur as in
Fig. 139
, ventral processes very widely spaced (distal process at 53% of femur length; cf.
Fig. 285
); tibia length/diameter 0.92/0.33; procursus as in
Figs 134–135
, very long, with simple ventro-distal flat sclerite; bulb length 0.49; embolus length 1.16; embolus tip with transparent fringes.
LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs; few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 1.5%; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae; tarsus 1 pseudosegments barely visible in dissecting microscope.
Male
(variation). Tibia
1 in
other male: 7.4.
Female
. In general similar to male; eye triads slightly closer together (distance PME-PME 180 µm). Tibia
1 in
3 females
: 6.1, 6.1, 6.2. Epigynum as in
Fig. 141
, weakly sclerotized triangular plate with small and slender anterior ‘knob’; internal genitalia as in
Fig. 140
, very long, with pore plates close together and far from posterior margin.
Distribution
. Known from
type
locality in eastern
Sarawak
only (
Fig. 283
).