Taxonomic studies on the sac spider genus Clubiona (Araneae, Clubionidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, China
Author
Zhang, Jianshuang
School of Life Sciences
Author
Yu, Hao
Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
insect1986@126.com
Author
Li, Shuqiang
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5416
School of Biological Sciences, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
lisq@ioz.ac.cn
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1034.59413
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Clubiona subdidentata Yu & Li
sp. nov.
Figs 15
, 74F
, 82F
, 90F
Holotype.
♀ (IZCAS-Ar 34749), China: Yunnan Province: Xishuangbanna: Mengla County: Xiaolongha Village:
22°5.017'N
,
100°22.084'E
, ca. 1118 m, 24.VII.2012, Q.Y. Zhao and Z.G. Chen leg.
Other material examined.
1♀ (YHCLU0073), same data as holotype
Etymology.
The specific name is taken from its similarity to
C. didentata
; adjective.
Diagnosis.
The female of
C. subdidentata
sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other members of the
C. corticalis
group with the exception of
C. didentata
(
Yu and Li 2019b
: 207, figs 6A-D; Figs
74E
,
82E
,
90E
) by having an atrial membrane (atrial membrane is absent in almost all species of the
Clubiona corticalis
group) and similar vulva but can be recognised by the nearly equilateral triangular atrial membrane (Figs
15A-C
,
74F
,
82F
) (vs. tongue- shaped in
C. didentata
; Figs
74E
,
82E
) and by the distinct copulatory ducts (Figs
15D, E
,
90F
) (copulatory ducts absent in
C. didentata
; Fig.
90E
).
Description.
Female.
Holotype (Fig.
15F, G
): Total length 3.63; carapace 1.45 long, 1.14 wide; opisthosoma 2.18 long, 1.32 wide. Carapace uniformly greyish white, without any pattern or markings; ocular region distinctly narrowed, cervical groove and radial grooves indistinct; tegument smooth, all setae detached in ethanol. Eyes: AER slightly recurved, PER wider than AER and almost straight in dorsal view. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.09, PME 0.09, PLE 0.07, AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.07, PME-PME 0.19, PME-PLE 0.10, MOQL 0.21, MOQA 0.23, MOQP 0.38. Chelicerae light orange, with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth. Sternum pale brown, 0.80 long, 0.65 wide. Labium and endites coloured as chelicerae. Legs greyish white, uniformly coloured. Leg measurements: I 2.73 (0.81, 1.15, 0.55, 0.23), II 3.15 (0.93, 1.25, 0.74, 0.22), III 2.85 (0.93, 0.95, 0.70, 0.29), IV 3.39 (1.19, 1.32, 1.05, 0.39). Abdomen oval, nearly pure white, with inconspicuous anterior setal tufts, dorsum with two pairs of inconspicuous muscle depressions; venter without pattern.
Epigyne (Figs
15A-E
,
74F
,
82F
,
90F
). Epigynal plate ca. 1.5
x
wider than long, margin not delimited; spermathecae and bursae prominently visible through epigynal plate. Atrium small, anteriorly covered by an atrial membrane. Atrial membrane shaped nearly like an equilateral triangle, with a blunt apex. Copulatory openings small, located at basolateral atrial borders. Copulatory ducts distinct, extend transversally, connecting to posteriorly located bursae. Spermathecae small, consisting of a bean-shaped proximal part and an acicular distal part, with short fertilisation ducts terminally. Bursae reniform, close together, ca. 1.3
x
longer than wide, bursal surface hyaline and smooth, inside pigmented and sclerotised.
Male.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China.