Two new linyphiid species from Borneo and Sumatra (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
Author
Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russia
tanasevitch@gmail.com
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2020
2020-06-10
68
473
478
journal article
55740
10.26107/RBZ-2020-0065
8c7e8306-bdf3-4971-a98b-577b5df0fa40
2345-7600
4576942
FE0535B0-749B-4DBC-BA58-DF05F62EA77A
Pseudomicrocentria uncata
,
new species
(
Figs. 1
,
7–11
)
Holotype
.
Male
(
MHNG
), EAST
MALAYSIA
,
Sabah
,
Mt Kinabalu N.P.
,
above Gunting Lagadan
,
3,400 m
a.s.l.
,
19 May 1987
, coll.
A. Smetana.
Paratype
.
1 male
(
MHNG
),
Mt Kinabalu N.P.
,
base of St. John’s Peak
,
3,950–4,000 m
a.s.l.
,
20 May 1987
, coll.
A. Smetana
[b62]
.
Diagnosis.
Pseudomicrocentria uncata
,
new species
, is characterised by a long and narrow radix abruptly bent in the middle. The species is similar to
P
.
simplex
, originally described from the border between
Singapore
and mainland
Malaysia
, but it can easily be distinguished by the shape of the palpal tibia (
Fig. 10
cf.
Fig. 12
), as well as by the bent radix (
Fig. 8
cf.
Fig. 13
). Both Oriental species,
P
.
simplex
and
P
.
uncata
,
new species
, besides having differences in the genitalic structure, differ from their Afrotropical congener,
P
.
minutissima
, by the normal, not enlarged eyes.
Etymology.
The specific name is a Latin adjective, meaning “bent”, referring to the shape of the radix in the new species.
Description.
I describe the
paratype
here to avoid causing damage to the
holotype
. Somemeasurements of the
holotype
are given in brackets. Carapace and abdomen shapes, body and leg colouration of
holotype
are same as in
paratype
.
Male
paratype
. Total length: 1.30 (
1.28 in
holotype
). Carapace unmodified (as in
Fig. 1
), 0.63 long, 0.48 wide (0.63 and
0.46 in
holotype
, respectively), pale greyish brown. Eyes normal, not enlarged, sulci absent. Chelicerae 0.30 long, mastidion absent. Legs pale brown. Leg I 1.53 long (0.43 + 0.20 + 0.35 + 0.30 + 0.25), IV 1.56 long (0.43 + 0.20 + 0.35 + 0.35 + 0.23). Chaetotaxy: 2.2.2.1. Length of spines 1–1.5 diameters of corresponding leg segment. TmI 0.48 (
0.50 in
holotype
). Metatarsus IV without trichobothrium. Palp (
Figs. 7–11
): Tibia slightly elongated, with a small rounded process antero-retrolaterally. Paracymbium very small, L-shaped. Tegulum with a sharp outgrowth distally. Distal suprategular apophysis short, more or less transparent, with a small tooth at base. Median membrane reduced. Convector absent. Radix long, narrow, abruptly bent in the middle. Embolus very short, slightly curved. Abdomen (
Fig. 1
) 0.65 long, 0.45 wide (0.63 and
0.48 in
holotype
, respectively), dark grey.
Female unknown.
Distribution.
So far known only from Sabah,
Indonesia
.