Eleven new species of the genus Belisana Thorell (Araneae: Pholcidae) from South China
Author
Zhang, Feng
Author
Peng, Yan-Qiu
text
Zootaxa
2011
2989
51
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.201302
70e0455f-0dfc-453c-a486-1522e1c99e3e
1175-5326
201302
Belisana parallelica
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 6
)
Type
material.
Holotype
male,
China
: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tianlin County (
24°19'N
,
106°14'E
), Langping Town,
9 June 2001
, Chao Zhang leg.;
paratypes
: 13, same data as
holotype
.
Etymology.
The specific name is derived from the Latin word “
parallelica
”, referring to the embolus paralleling the hooked apophysis.
Diagnosis.
The new species strongly resembles
B. zhangi
Tong & Li, 2007
, but can be distinguished by the shapes of the procursus and the embolus (
Figs 6
C–E), and also by the shape of the hooked bulbal apophysis (
Fig. 6
D).
Description.
Male (
holotype
). Total length 1.87 (2.00 with clypeus), carapace length 0.71, width 0.73. Leg I: 17.93 (4.28 + 0.27 + 4.46 + 7.28 + 1.46), tibia II 3.14, tibia III: 1.93, tibia IV: 2.69; tibia I L/d: 51. Habitus as in
Fig. 6
A, carapace pale ochre-yellow with brown margins laterally; abdomen ochre-grey, without spots dorsally. Ocular area not elevated, thoracic furrow absent. Clypeus brown, with wide and short apophysis frontally. Sternum nearly as long as wide (0.52). Chelicerae as in
Fig. 6
B, with pair of proximal rounded projections laterally and pair of long and curved apophyses. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 18%; legs yellowish without spines and curved hairs, with vertical hairs proximally on all metatarsi; tarsus I with 18 pseudosegments, quite distinct distally. Palps as in
Figs 6
C–E, trochanter with short rounded retrolateral apophysis; femur with hump proximo-dorsally; procursus complicated distally, with ventral membranous flap and dorsal spine; bulb with simple embolus and hooked apophysis.
Variation
. Tibia I in the other male: 4.65. Body length in the other male: 1.92.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.