A survey of Agroeca Westring, 1861 from China (Araneae: Liocranidae)
Author
Mu, Yannan
The Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
Author
Jin, Chi
College of Landscape and Ecological Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, Heibei 056006, P. R. China
Author
Zhang, Feng
The Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China & The Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-12
4615
1
91
112
journal article
21180
10.11646/zootaxa.4615.1.4
e10913e0-44a0-4eab-9d19-cc655e790372
1175-5326
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Agroeca batangensis
sp. n.
Figs 1–2
Type material.
Holotype
♂
,
CHINA
:
Bishan County
,
Chongqing
City
,
Batang Town
,
Wulong Village
(
29°49′00″N
,
106°19′13″E
),
327 m
a.s.l.
,
10 Apr 2011
, leg.
Luyu Wang.
Paratype
:
1♂
,
Zhejiang Province
,
Lin’an City
,
Tian’mu Mountain
,
Chanyuan Temple
(
30°19′19″N
,
119°26′31″E
),
380 m
a.s.l.
,
9 Apr 2012
, leg.
Luyu Wang.
Etymology.
The species name is derived from the
type
locality; adjective.
Diagnosis.
The new species resembles
A. kamurai
, but can be distinguished by: 1) the presence of a distinct hook-shaped apophysis at the proximal border of the tegulum (
vs
indistinct); 2) the thick and short RTA (
vs
thin and long); 3) the gently curved embolus (
vs
arch-shaped); and 4) the unique broad, sickle-shaped median apophysis. Female unknown.
Description.
Male.
Holotype
(
Figs 1
A–D) total length 2.29. Carapace 1.14 long, 1.00 wide; abdomen 1.15 long, 0.78 wide. Carapace light brown, margin dark, radial groove and cervical groove indistinct. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.06, PLE 0.06, PME 0.07, AME 0.05, AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.03, PME–PME 0.07, PME–PLE 0.05. MOA 0.13 long, 0.19 posterior wide, 0.10 anterior wide. Sternum brown, margin fuscous, longer than wide. Legs fuscous; tibia I with two pairs of ventral spines, tibia II with two thin prolateral or retrolateral ventral spines. Metatarsi I and II with two pairs of ventral spines. Measurements of legs: leg I 2.96 (0.91+0.38+0.65+0.57+0.45), leg II 2.66 (0.78+0.38+0.57+0.49+0.44), leg III 2.71 (0.70+0.37+0.51+0.65+0.48), leg IV missing.
Palp (
Figs 1
E–G, 2) as illustrated. RTA blade-shaped, thick and short; embolus tip thin, with broad base, gently curved; conductor membranous, behind embolus; median apophysis sickle-shaped, the base of median apophysis membranous. Tegulum wide, with obvious hook-shaped lobe prolaterally on proximal border; sperm duct faint; subtegulum small and narrow.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 17
).