Four new species of the genus Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from the Tibetan Plateau, China
Author
Li, Bing
Author
Zhao, Zhe
Author
Chen, Haifeng
Author
Wu, Zhiyan
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-29
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journal article
25534
10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.7
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Draconarius yigongensis
Z. Zhao & S. Li
,
sp. n.
Figs 5–6
,
8
Type material.
Holotype
♂
(IZCAS-Ar39622):
Yigong Village
(
N30.12525º
,
E95.03213º
,
2072 m
),
Bomi County
,
Nyingchi City
,
Tibet
,
China
,
12. VIII. 2014
,
Y.C. Li
leg.
Paratypes
:
1♀
(IZCAS-Ar39623): same data as holotype
;
1♀
(IZCAS-Ar39624):
Yigong Village
(
N30.26715º
,
E94.77855º
,
2183 m
),
Bomi County
,
Nyingchi City
,
Tibet
,
China
,
13. VIII. 2014
,
Y.C. Li
leg.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the
type
locality, Yigong Village; adjective.
Diagnosis.
Draconarius yigongensis
sp. n.
is most similar to
D
.
subdissitus
Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2017
. Males of these species can be separated by the length of the patellar apophysis (short, 1/2 width and equal to length of
RTA
in
D
.
yigongensis
sp. n.
in
Fig. 5C
and
3
times longer than
RTA
in
D. subdissitus
in fig. 243E in
Zhu
et al.
2017
), the cymbial furrow (about 2/3 cymbial length in
D
.
yigongensis
sp. n.
in
Fig. 5C
and
1
/2 cymbial length in
D. subdissitus
in fig. 243E in
Zhu
et al.
2017
) and the end of the conductor (extending forward in
D
.
yigongensis
sp. n.
in
Fig. 5C
but not in
D. subdissitus
; see fig. 243E in
Zhu
et al.
2017
). Females of similar species can be separated by the position of the epigyne teeth (originating from the center of the epigyne in
D. yigongensis
sp. n.
in
Fig. 6A
and nearly the lateral margin of the atrium in
D. subdissitus
in fig. 243A in
Zhu
et al.
2017
), the shape of the posterior margin of the atrium (nearly rectangular in
D. yigongensis
sp. n.
in
Fig. 6A
and uplifted centrally in
D. subdissitus
in fig. 243A in
Zhu
et al.
2017
); and the size of the spermathecal heads (short in
D
.
yigongensis
sp. n.
in
Fig. 6B
and long in
D. subdissitus
in fig. 243B in
Zhu
et al.
2017
).
Description. Male (
IZCAS
-Ar39622).
Carapace, clypeus, endites, labium, sternum and spinnerets brown, legs and abdomen light-brown. Abdomen with five chevron-shaped patterns. Total length 5.81. Carapace 2.84 long, 1.87 wide. Abdomen 2.97 long, 1.91 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.15, PME 0.12, PLE 0.14; AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.11, AME–PME 0.10, ALE–PLE 0, PME–PME 0.10, PME–PLE 0.06. Leg measurements: I 8.28 (2.34, 2.81, 1.88, 1.25); II 7.11 (2.19, 2.19, 1.56, 1.17); III 6.72 (2.03, 1.88, 1.72, 1.09); IV 8.98 (2.65, 2.66, 2.34, 1.33). Palp: Femur 4.2 times longer than wide. Patellar apophysis almost entirely reduced,
RTA
small,
VTA
spine-like, long, about 3 times longer than
RTA
. Patella with anterodorsal long macrosetae, almost 1.5 times longer than patella, and tibia and base of cymbium with long dorsal and prolateral macrosetae. Cymbium 1.6 times longer than bulb, cymbial furrow long, about 2/3 cymbial length; conductor short, deeply grooved, with large basal lamella and triangular dorsal apophysis; embolus originates at about the 6 o'clock position (
Fig. 5
A–C).
Female (
IZCAS
-Ar39623).
The colour and the abdominal pattern as the same as the males. Total length 6.33. Carapace 3.12 long, 2.03 wide. Abdomen 3.21 long, 2.19 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.14, PME 0.12, PLE 0.15; AME–AME 0.09, AME–ALE 0.13, AME–PME 0.12, ALE–PLE 0, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.10. Leg measurements: leg I 7.81 (2.34, 2.51, 1.72, 1.24); II 6.53 (2.10, 2.13, 1.21, 1.09); III 6.41 (2.03, 1.88, 1.48, 1.02); IV 8.15 (2.51, 2.51, 1.88, 1.25). Epigyne: subequal to 2 times wider than long with 2 weak teeth, pointed at end, medially situated and widely separated, atrium small and close to the posterior margin of the epigyne, posterior margin of atrium 4 times wider than long; spermathecae 2 times longer than wide, spermathecal heads originating medially from the spermathecae; fertilization ducts 2 times longer than wide (
Fig. 6
A–B).
Variation.
Total length of females 5.87, 6.33 (n=2).
Distribution.
Known only from
Tibet
,
China
(
Fig. 8
).