New taxonomic data on the sac spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Clubionidae) from China, with description of a new species
Author
Yu, Hao
Author
Sun, Zixuan
Author
Zhang, Guren
text
Zootaxa
2012
3299
44
60
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.246146
111b89d8-36db-4697-8177-0f196866294d
1175-5326
246146
Genus
Pristidia
Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
Diagnosis.
Pristidia
species can be easily recognized by the slender body (distinctively long and cylindrical abdomen), in association with the characteristic genital organs. The male palp has a claw-like embolus. The female epigyne has a relatively large and roundish disc, through which spermathecae and bursae are prominently visible; a dark insemination ducts running parallel between spermathecae and bursae; spermathecae located anteriorly and connected to postiorly bursae via short ducts; bursae reveal a creased, ribbed appearance, sandwiched between ventral epigynal plate and semi-translucent dorsal plate (
Deeleman-Reinhold 2001
).
Distribution.
South
East Asia
(
Thailand
,
Malaysia
, Sumatra, Java and Borneo) and
China
(Jiangxi). The new record presented here extends the known range of this genus to the north.