New cave-dwelling spiders of the family Dictynidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Guangxi and Guizhou, China
Author
Li, Shuqiang
Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar; E-mail: lisq @ ioz. ac. cn & Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China & University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Author
Wang, Xiaoxiao
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
text
Zoological Systematics
2017
42
2
125
228
journal article
10.11865/zs.201711
2095-6827
5366040
AB92E114-07FF-41A5-AF24-DF04F8232CA5
Brommella tongyanfengi
Li
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 45–49
,
97
)
Type material.
Holotype
.
Male
,
China
,
Guangxi
,
Laibin City
,
Xiangzhou County
,
Xiangzhou Town
, cave without name,
23°57.278´N
,
109°39.696´E
, elev.
114 m
,
10 October 2010
,
X. Wang
&
L. Lin
leg., deposited in
IZCAS
.
Paratypes
.
24 females
, same data as holotype, deposited in
IZCAS
.
Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of Prof. Yanfeng Tong from Shenyang Normal University in Shenyang; noun in apposition. Prof. Tong is a leading taxonomist in
Oonopidae
in
China
.
Diagnosis. This new species is similar to
B. punctosparsa
(Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 363, figs 213K–N), but can be distinguished by the oar-shaped dictynid
TA
dorsal apophysis, ending with row of denticles (acuminate and hooked in
B. punctosparsa
), medial apophysis short finger-shaped (obtuse triangle-shaped in
B. punctosparsa
).
Description. Male (
holotype
). Total body length 2.25 (
Fig. 49E
). Prosoma length 1.00, width 0.75. Cephalic region width 0.45. Cephalic part relatively flat, off-white, covered with several setae, fovea reduced, Prosoma margin dark. Six eyes, AME absent, all eyes white, encircled with black. Eye diameters: ALE 0.08, PLE 0.09, PME 0.05. Eye interdistances: ALE-PLE 0.01, PLE-PME 0.03, PME-PME 0.08, ALE-ALE 0.08. Eye region length 0.17, width 0.30. Clypeus height 0.11. Chelicerae length 0.50, width 0.20. Chelicerae with distinct lateral condyles, 3 promarginal and 5 retromarginal teeth. Labium and gnathocoxae brown, sternum light brown. Labium length 0.08, width 0.18. Gnathocoxae length 0.28, width 0.20. Sternum length 0.60, width 0.58. Leg formula I-IV-II-III. Leg measurements: I 3.95 (1.10, 0.35, 1.05, 0.85, 0.60); II 3.35 (0.95, 0.35, 0.80, 0.75, 0.50); III 2.85 (0.85, 0.30, 0.60, 0.65, 0.45); IV 3.70 (1.05, 0.35, 0.90, 0.90, 0.50). Ratio Cl/Met IV = 0.43, with 7 setae. Opisthosoma length 1.25, width 1.10. Opisthosoma beige, without distinct pattern. Cribellum narrow, undivided.
Figure 43.
Brommella spirula
Li
,
sp. nov.
, holotype, male. A. Palp bulb, ventral view. B. Left pedipalpus, ventral view. C. Left pedipalpus, prolateral view. D. Left pedipalpus, retrolateral view. Scale bars =0.1 mm.
Figure 44.
Brommella spirula
Li
,
sp. nov.
A–D. Paratype, female. E. Holotype, male, habitus, dorsal view. A. Epigynum, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. C. Habitus, dorsal view. D. Habitus, ventral view. Scale bars:A–B = 0.1 mm; C–E = 0.5 mm.
Pedipalpus (
Figs 45–46
,
48
). Cymbium 0.46 long. Embolus long, filiform, originating from approximately 6-o’clock position.
TA
prolaterally short and simple. Prolateral part of
TA
with a short finger-shaped apophysis, constricted medially. RTA very large, curved, with a single fold. Base of tibia with a big bifurcated spur.
Figure 45.
Brommella tongyanfengi
Li
,
sp. nov.
, holotype, male. A. Left pedipalpus, prolateral view. B. Left pedipalpus, retrolateral view. Scale bar =0.1 mm.
Figure 46.
Brommella tongyanfengi
Li
,
sp. nov.
, holotype, male. A. Left pedipalpus, ventral view. B. Palp bulb, ventral view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.
Female (one of the
paratypes
). Total body length 2.50 (
Figs 49C–D
). Prosoma length 0.93, width 0.70. Cephalic region width 0.43. Eye diameters: ALE 0.07, PLE 0.08, PME 0.06. Eye interdistances: ALE-PLE 0.02, PLE-PME 0.04, PME-PME 0.05, ALE-ALE 0.06. Eye region length 0.15, width 0.30. Clypeus height 0.08. Chelicerae length 0.38, width 0.20. Chelicerae with distinct lateral condyles, 3 promarginal and 6 retromarginal teeth. Labium length 0.11, width 0.19. Gnathocoxae length 0.29, width 0.18. Sternum length 0.58, width 0.55. Leg formula IV-I-II-III. Leg measurements: I 3.18 (0.94, 0.31, 0.81, 0.69, 0.43); II 2.75 (0.83, 0.30, 0.64, 0.58, 0.40); III 2.42 (0.73, 0.25, 0.50, 0.56, 0.38); IV 3.23 (0.95, 0.40, 0.80, 0.75, 0.43). Ratio Cl/Met IV = 0.37, with 8 setae. Opisthosoma length 1.50, width 1.10.
Epigynum (
Figs 47
,
49A–B
). Width 0.23. BO small and close. Bursae reduced. Copulatory ducts slender, twisted tightly (
Figs 47A
,
49B
). Spermathecae part slightly swollen, tadpole shaped.
Variation. Total body length: females 1.8–2.5 (
n
= 24).
Distribution. Known only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 97
).