A survey of the genus Orchestina Simon, 1882 (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Xishuangbanna, China, with descriptions of five new species Author Song, Chenxue College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China Author Tong, Yanfeng https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4348-7029 College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China tyf68@hotmail.com Author Bian, Dongju Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China biandongju@163.com Author Li, Shuqiang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5416 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2024 2024-03-08 100 1 255 277 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.117968 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.117968 1860-0743-1-255 03EBDEC5543B4E3CB71BDB45873BA5D7 72F70D26A98752FFABA88BB74B61FB47 Genus Orchestina Simon, 1882 Type species. Schoenobates pavesii Simon, 1873; gender feminine. N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Ferchestina Saaristo & Marusik, 2004: 52 (type F. storozhenkoi Saaristo & Marusik, 2004) by Platnick et al. 2012 : 37. Key to Orchestina from Xishuangbanna O. concava , O. menglun , O. subclavulata and O. wengnan females unknown.
1 Male 2
- Female 9
2 Bulb oval or roughly triangle shaped, embolus base thinner (Figs 7E, F , 12A, B ) 3
- Bulb pear-shaped in lateral view, with ventral side strongly protruding proximally, embolus base thicker (e.g., Fig. 1A-C ) 4
3 Bulb oval shaped (Fig. 12A, B ); chelicerae with distal group of long converging setae (Fig. 10F ); tibia I with a group of ventrobasal spines (Fig. 10D ) O. truncatula Tong & Li, 2011
- Bulb triangle shaped (Fig. 7E, F ); chelicerae with distal single long setae (Fig. 2D, F ); tibia I without the aforementioned character O. colubrina Liu, Henrard & Xu, 2019
4 Palpal tibia distinctly narrower than bulb (Fig. 7A, B ) O. menglun sp. nov.
- Palpal tibia strongly enlarged, at least as wide as bulb (e.g., Fig. 1A-C ) 5
5 Sperm duct with 2 loops in prolateral view (Figs 5A , 14A ) 6
- Sperm duct with 3 loops in prolateral view (Figs 1A , 9A , 16A ) 7
6 Endites with deep excavations (Figs 4G , 5D ) O. concava sp. nov.
- Endites without deep excavations (Figs 13G , 14D ) O. wengnan sp. nov.
7 Embolus with conspicuous dorsal flattened extension and acute tip (Fig. 16A-C ) O. xui sp. nov.
- Embolus gradually tapered (Figs 1A-D , 9A-C ) 8
8 Endites with large triangular outgrowth (Fig. 9D ) O. subclavulata sp. nov.
- Endites lacking triangular outgrowth (Fig. 1E ) O. clavulata Tong & Li, 2011
9 Genitalia with posterior plate (PP); anterior uterine sclerite (AUS) with lateral protrusion (Pr) well developed (Fig. 18D ) 10
- Genitalia with two dorsolateral extensions (Ex) surrounding anterior uterine sclerite (AUS); AUS with lateral protrusion (Pr) reduced (Figs 3I , 12F ) 11
10 Epigaster with two small, dark sclerotized pockets (Fig. 18C ) O. xui sp. nov.
- Epigaster without two small, dark sclerotized pockets ( Tong and Li 2011 : fig. 4B) O. clavulata Tong & Li, 2011
11 Epigaster with distinctly medial marks in ventral view (Fig. 11G ); anterior uterine sclerite (AUS) short, length/width ratio about 1.25 (Fig. 12F ) O. truncatula Tong & Li, 2011
- Epigaster without distinctly medial marks in ventral view (Fig. 3G ); anterior uterine sclerite (AUS) long, length/width ratio about 2.0 (Fig. 3H, I ) O. colubrina Liu, Henrard & Xu, 2019