The symphytognathoid spiders of the Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Araneoidea): Systematics and diversity of micro-orbweavers
Author
Miller, Jeremy
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Author
Griswold, Charles
California Academy of Sciences ,, United States of America
Author
Yin, Chang
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University ,, China
text
ZooKeys
2009
2009-05-31
11
11
9
195
journal article
10.3897/zookeys.11.160
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1313–2970
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C631A347-306E-4773-84A4-E4712329186B
Maymena
kehen
Miller, Griswold & Yin
,
sp. n.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
B5DA3B80-A85A-46A3-8091-1BDB156EF6B8
Figs 50
G-H,
99
Material
Examined.
Holotype
:
CHINA
:
Yunnan
:
Fugong Co.
,
Lishadi
,
3.9 km
E of Yamu River Fork
,
27.12818°N
,
98.86014°E
,
1500 m
,
10 August 2005
, cave,
P. Paquin
, PP-3105 (CASENT 9022587,
HNU
),
1 ♀
.
Paratypes
: [same data as holotype] (CASENT 9022586,
HNU
),
2 ♀
;
[same data as holotype] (CASENT 9022585,
CAS
),
2 ♀
;
[same data as holotype] (CASENT 9022588,
CAS
),
1 ♀
, 10 juvs
.
Etymology
.
Formed from the Chinese word for notch (kè hén), referring to the notch on either side of the epigynal scape that distinguishes this species from its close relative,
M. paquini
.
Diagnosis
.
See.
M. paquini
.
Description
.
Carapace pale orange. Sternum orange. Legs orange. Femoral spots on legs I and II. Abdomen light gray with pair of dorsolateral dark gray patches.
Vulva: Epigynum
a scape extending nearly to tracheal spiracle, lateral margin with notch (
Fig. 50H
). Spermathecae round, ducts arise from anteromesal part, run posteriorly; fertilization ducts diverge from copulatory ducts, run anteromesally; copulatory ducts loop, then terminate in paired atria near base of scape (
Fig. 50
G-H).
Female (CASENT 9022586): Total length 2.45 carapace 1.11 long, 1.10 wide, clypeus 0.24, sternum 0.63 long, 0.64 wide, coxa IV separated by 0.71 times their width. Leg I: femur d1, p1, r1, patella d2, tibia d1, p2, r1, metatarsus with all prolateral setae strong; Leg II: femur d1, p1, r1, patella d2, tibia d1, p2, r1, metatarsus with all prolateral setae strong; Leg III: femur d1, p1, r1, patella d2, tibia d1, p1, r1, metatarsus p1; Leg IV: femur d1, p1, r1, patella d2, tibia d1, p1, r1. Metatarsal trichobothria: TmI: 0.25; TmII: 0.24; TmIII: 0.35. Leg measurements: see Appendix A.
Male unknown.