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 colubrina
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 9
)
Type
material.
Holotype
male,
China
: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tianlin County (
24°19'N
,
106°14'E
), Langping Town,
1 June 2001
, Chao Zhang leg.;
paratypes
: 7Ƥ, 23, same data as
holotype
.
Etymology.
The specific name is derived from the Latin word “
colubrina
”, meaning snake-shaped, and refers to the shape of the bulbal hooked apophysis.
Diagnosis.
The new species is most similar to
B. lamellaris
Tong & Li, 2008
, but can be distinguished by the shapes of the procursus and embolus, by the palpal femur with ventral humps (
Figs 9
C–E), and also by the female internal genitalia.
FIGURE 8.
Belisana lata
sp. nov.
A. male, dorsal view; B. male chelicerae, frontal view; C. male left procursus, prolateral view; D. male left palp, prolateral view; E. same, retrolateral view; F. epigynum, ventral view; G. vulva, dorsal view. Scale lines: A = 0.2 mm; B–G = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 9.
Belisana colubrina
sp. nov.
A. male, dorsal view; B. male chelicerae, frontal view; C. male left procursus, prolateral view; D. male left palp, prolateral view; E. same, retrolateral view; F. epigynum, ventral view; G. vulva, dorsal view. Scale lines: A = 0.2 mm; B–G = 0.1 mm.
Description.
Male (
holotype
). Total length 1.56 (1.64 with clypeus), carapace length 0.56, width 0.49. Leg I: 10.05 (2.80 + 0.18 + 3.12 + 3.44 + 0.55), tibia II: 2.13, tibia III: 1.20, tibia IV: 1.55; tibia I L/d: 60. Habitus as in
Fig. 9
A, carapace pale ochre-yellow, with brown margins laterally; abdomen ochre-grey, with three pairs large spots dorsally. Ocular area not elevated, thoracic furrow absent. Clypeus brown, unmodified. Sternum nearly as long as wide (0.47). Chelicerae as in
Fig. 9
B, with pair of proximal small rounded projections laterally, and distally a pair of long and curved apophyses. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 15%; 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 9
C–E, trochanter with short and rounded retrolateral apophysis and long ventral apophysis; femur with proximo-dorsal and ventral humps; procursus complicated distally, with ventral membranous flap and hooked dorsal spine; bulb with snake-shaped apophysis and complicated embolus.
Female: In general similar to male. Tibia I in
7 females
: 3.39–3.34 (mean 3.37). Epigynum simple externally (
Fig. 9
F), anteriorly with dark internal semicircular shade. Dorsal view as in
Fig. 9
G, with wavy sclerotized arch anteriorly, and a pair of hooked and narrow plates.
Variation
. Body length in the other two males: 1.85, 1.88. Tibia I in the other two males: 4.50, 4.41.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.