Linyphiid spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Pakistan and India Author Tanasevitch, Andrei V. text Revue suisse de Zoologie 2011 2011-09-30 118 3 561 598 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/62276a14-c10f-35bd-b9bb-3ab283d3f6c0/ journal article 10.5962/bhl.part.117817 0035-418X 6312018 Gongylidiellum nepalense Wunderlich, 1983 TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED : Gongylidiellum nepalense , SMF 31701, 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀ paratypes , NEPAL , Thaksang above Tukche , coniferous forest, 3150-3400 m a.s.l. ; 5.-10.VII.1970 ; leg. J. Martens. OTHER MATERIAL : 8 ♀ , INDIA , West Bengal , Darjeeling District , Tonglu , 3100 m a.s.l. , near top, sifting in dwarf forest under brushes on pasture; 16.X.1978 ; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [16b]. – 1 Ƌ, 6 ♀ , Tonglu , 3100 m a.s.l. , near top, under stones; 16.X.1978 ; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [16a]. – 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀ ( ZMMU ), same, 3100 m a.s.l. , near top, sifting in dwarf forest under brushes on pasture; 16.X.1978 ; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [16b]. – 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀ ( ZMMU ), same, 2700 m a.s.l. , forest, sifting near litter; 16.X.1978 ; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [17]. REMARKS: The species was originally described from Nepal ( Wunderlich, 1983) and is here recorded from India for the first time. RANGE: Himalayan. Gongylidioides keralaensis sp. n. Figs 32-38, 114 HOLOTYPE : Ƌ, INDIA , Kerala , Cardamom Hills , near Munnar , Muttapatti , 1700 m a.s.l, forest, sifting litter under tree ferns; 24.XI.1972 ; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [48]. PARATYPES : 2 ♀ , from same locality, collected together with the holotype . ETYMOLOGY: The species name, an adjective, refers to the Indian State where the new species was found. FIGS 32-37 Gongylidioides keralaensis sp. n. , Ƌ holotype . (32-33) Right palp, retrolateral and prolateral views, respectively. (34) Palpal tibia, dorsal view. (35) Distal suprategular apophysis. (36-37) Embolic division, different aspects. DIAGNOSIS: The new species is characterized by the peculiar shape of the male palpal tibia, as well as by the shape of the ventral epigynal plate. DESCRIPTION: Male. Total length 2.35. Carapace 1.13 long, 0.85 wide, pale brown, unmodified, with blurred grey median stripe and dark margin. Chelicerae 0.50 long, unmodified, stridulatory area distinct. Legs pale brown. Leg I 4.18 long (1.13+0.30+1.10+1.00+0.65), IV 4.71 long (1.00+1.28+0.93+0.95+0.55). Chaetotaxy 2.2.1.1, spines long and stout. TmI 0.74. All metatarsi with a trichobothrium. Palp (Figs 32-37): Tibia with a large prolateral process basally bent at a right angle. Cymbium without posterodorsal outgrowth. Tegulum small, ending with rounded protegulum. Distal suprategular apophysis long and wide well protruding forward, membranous FIGS 38-41 Gongylidioides keralaensis sp. n. , ♀ paratype (38) and G. pectinatus sp. n. , Ƌ holotype (39-41). (38) Epigyne, ventral view. (39-41) Carapace, lateral, frontal and dorsal views, respectively. Not to scale. distally. Radix very small, surrounded by membranous tissue. Embolus long, curved gradually. Convector (after Tanasevitch, 1998: 423 ) complicated in shape, it longest lobe long, narrow and accompanying the embolus for its protection. Abdomen 1.30 long, 0.88 wide, laterally pale, dorsally grey, with a pale median stripe and several transversal bands. Female. Total length 2.65. Carapace 1.00 long, 0.80 wide, unmodified. Chelicerae 0.50 long, unmodified. Leg I 3.90 long (1.05+0.30+1.00+0.95+0.60), IV 4.01 long (1.13+0.30+1.00+1.03+0.55). TmI 0.80. Abdomen 1.68 long, 1.13 wide. Epigyne and vulva as shown in Figs 38, 114. Body and leg coloration, as well as chaetotaxy, as in male. TAXONOMIC REMARKS: The new species seems to be most similar to G. diellipticus Song & Li, 2008 known from a female from Taiwan ( Song & Li, 2008 ), but differs clearly by the shape of the ventral epigynal plate. DISTRIBUTION: Known from the type locality only.