Taxonomic revision of Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from East and Southeast Asia
Author
Zhao, Huifeng
Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China & College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Author
Li, Shuqiang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5416
lisq@ioz.ac.cn
Author
Zhang, Aibing
College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
zhangab2008@mail.cnu.edu.cn
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Mekonglema xinpingi (Lin & Li, 2008)
comb. nov.
Figure 1C
Seychellia xinpingi
Lin and Li 2008
: 650, figs 1-9 (♂♀).
Type material.
Paratypes: 1♂ and 1♀ (IZCAS), China, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture, Mengla County, Menglun Town, rainforest, leaf litter,
21.9001N
,
101.1833E
, V-VII.2005, G. Zheng leg. Examined.
Other material examined.
3♀ (including one molecular voucher, IZCAS), same data as paratypes.
Diagnosis.
Mekonglema xinpingi
comb. nov. resembles
M. bailang
sp. nov. but can be distinguished by the following characters: eyes are present (vs. absent); carapace with distinct radial striae (vs. no pattern); bulb is droplet-shaped (cf.
Lin and Li 2008
: fig. 2) (vs. nearly ellipsoidal).
Description.
See
Lin and Li (2008)
.
Distribution.
China (Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, site 5 in Fig.
33
), known only from the type locality.
Comments.
This species is transferred to
Mekonglema
gen. nov. because it shares a similar shape of the copulatory organs with
M. bailang
sp. nov., the type species of the genus. This placement is also supported by molecular phylogenetic analyses (Fig.
34
).