New and little known pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Laos
Author
Yao, Zhiyuan
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zootaxa
2013
3709
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1
51
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3709.1.1
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1175-5326
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Calapnita longa
sp. nov.
Figs 25–27
,
41
Type
material.
Holotype
:
Male (
IZCAS
), underside of leaves [
15°11.679′N
,
106°06.085′E
, alt.
839 m
], Tad Etu,
Champasak
,
Laos
,
19 November 2012
, leg. Z. Yao (Yao-LA 029–030).
Etymology.
The specific name is from Latin
longus
(long), in reference to the long opisthosoma; adjective.
Diagnosis.
The species resembles
C. saluang
(
Huber 2011: 48, figs 43–44 and 153–169
), but can be distinguished by different shape of distal apophyses of male chelicerae (
Figs 26
A and 27C), presence of small distal apophyses on curving ventral apophysis of pedipalpal trochanter (
Fig. 26
B) and different shape of distal sclerites of procursus (
Figs 25
A–D and 27A–B).
Description. Male (
holotype
):
Total length 5.99 (6.15 with clypeus), prosoma 0.84 long, 0.81 wide, opisthosoma 5.15 long, 0.36 wide. Leg I: 35.81 (8.72 + 0.36 + 7.82 + 16.03 + 2.88), leg II lost, leg III: 16.05 (4.81 + 0.30 + 3.85 + 6.15 + 0.94), leg IV: 27.00 (7.50 + 0.31 + 6.60 + 11.28 + 1.31); tibia I L/d: 112. Habitus as in
Figs 26
C–E. Dorsal shield of prosoma and sternum yellowish, without marks. Legs yellowish, but dark brown on femora (distally), patellae and tibia-metatarsus joints, without darker rings. Opisthosoma yellowish, with spots dorsally and laterally. Distance PME-PME 0.26, diameter PME 0.11, distance PME-ALE 0.03, AME absent.
Ocular area not elevated; each eye triad on top of a relatively shorter eye-stalk directed towards laterally. Thoracic furrow absent. Sternum longer than wide (0.63/0.59). Chelicerae as in
Figs 26
A and 27C, with a pair of black distal apophyses provided with an angular proximal apophysis each, and a pair of unsclerotized lateral apophyses distally. Pedipalpi as in
Figs 25
A–B and 27A–B; trochanter with a curving ventral apophysis provided with small distal apophyses; femur with three distinctive proximal apophyses; procursus long but simple, only distal part more complex; bulb elongated; uncus sclerotized proximally but transparent distally; embolus weakly sclerotized, with some transparent projections distally. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 2%; legs with few vertical hairs, without spines and curved hairs; pseudosegments not visible.
Variation:
Unknown.
Female:
Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 41
).