A survey of linyphiid spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Linyphiidae)
Author
Zhao, Qingyuan
Author
Li, Shuqiang
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.460.7799
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.460.7799
1313-2970-460-1
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Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Linyphiidae
Curtimeticus nebulosus
sp. n.
Figs 26, 27, 28, 29
Types.
Holotype ♂: CHINA, Yunnan: Menglun Town: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden,
21°55.035'N
,
101°16.500'E
, elevation ca 558 m, 22.07.2007, primary tropical seasonal rain forest, fogging. Paratypes 1♀, same data as holotype; 1♀,
21°55.035'N
,
101°16.500'E
, elevation ca 558 m, 5.-12.01.2007, primary tropical seasonal rain forest, hand-collecting; 1♀,
21°55.035'N
,
101°16.500'E
, elevation ca 558 m, 19.-25.02.2007, primary tropical seasonal rain forest, hand-collecting; 1♀,
21°55.035'N
,
101°16.500'E
, elevation ca 558 m, 4.-11.04.2007, primary tropical seasonal rain forest, hand-collecting; 1♂,
21°54.646'N
,
101°16.257'E
, elevation ca 572 m, 4.-11.05.2007, rubber-tea plantation, hand-collecting; 1♂,
21°55.035'N
,
101°16.500'E
, elevation ca 558 m, 10.-20.07.2007, primary tropical seasonal rain forest, fogging.
Etymology.
The name for this species comes from the Latin word
'nebulosus'
, which means 'cloudy,
foggy'
, in reference to the tegular sac covering the tip of the ventral radical process; adjective.
Diagnosis
.
See diagnosis of the genus.
Description.
Male (holotype). Total length: 1.70. Carapace 0.76 long, 0.53 wide, dark red. Sternum 0.40 long, 0.40 wide. Clypeus 0.13 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.06, PME 0.06, PLE 0.05, AME-AME/AME 0.33, PME-PME/PME 0.66, AME-ALE/ALE 0.50, PME-PLE/PLE 1.00, coxae IV separated by 0.75 time their width. Length of legs: I 2.73 (0.76, 0.20, 0.75, 0.63, 0.39), II 2.51 (0.72, 0.20, 0.65, 0.57, 0.37), III 2.07 (0.56, 0.20, 0.48, 0.48, 0.35), IV 2.69 (0.74, 0.20, 0.70, 0.69, 0.36). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Abdomen greenish grey. Palp: see description of the genus.
Female (one of paratypes). Total length: 1.69. Carapace 0.73 long, 0.55 wide, dark red. Sternum 0.70 long, 0.55 wide. Clypeus 0.09 high. Eyes sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.05, PME 0.05, PLE 0.06, AME-AME/AME 0.29, PME-PME/PME 1.00, AME-ALE/ALE 0.20, PME-PLE/PLE 0.50, coxae IV separated by 0.93 time their width. Length of legs: I 2.65 (0.76, 0.20, 0.70, 0.60, 0.39), II 2.51 (0.72, 0.20, 0.65, 0.57, 0.37), III 2.07 (0.56, 0.20, 0.48, 0.48, 0.35), IV 2.69 (0.74, 0.20, 0.70, 0.69, 0.36). Leg formula: IV-I-II-III. Abdomen greenish grey, with a pale patch in the middle of dorsum. Epigyne: see description of the genus.
Distribution.
Known only from type localities.