Twenty-eight new species of the spider genus Merizocera Fage, 1912 (Araneae, Psilodercidae) from South and Southeast Asia
Author
Chang, Wan-Jin
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China & Southeast Asia Biological Diversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Author
Yao, Zhiyuan
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1631-0949
Author
Li, Shuqiang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5416
lisq@ioz.ac.cn
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ZooKeys
2020
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41
118
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.53058
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.53058
1313-2970-961-41
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Merizocera tengchong Li
sp. nov.
Figures 40
, 41
, 53
Type material.
Holotype
: male (IZCAS), Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve (
24°49.74'N
,
98°46.06'E
, elevation 2177 m), Tengchong County, Baoshan,
Yunnan
,
China
, 21-22 June 2013, Z. Zhao and J. Liu leg.
Paratype
: 1 male (IZCAS), same data as holotype.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.
Diagnosis.
Males can be recognised from congeners by the webbed feet-like embolus with a basally attached, stalked apophysis bearing a globose tip (Fig.
40B
).
Figure 40.
Merizocera tengchong
sp. nov., holotype male.
A
Bulb, dorsal view
B
bulb, retrolateral view
C
palp, prolateral view
D
palp, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: CO = conductor, CP = cymbial protrusion, EM = embolus, SA = stalked apophysis.
Description.
Male
(holotype). Total length 1.53; carapace 0.67 long, 0.59 wide; abdomen 0.81 long, 0.49 wide. Carapace circular, brown, with dark brown radiating marks (Fig.
41C
). Fovea shallow. Thoracic region distinctly elevated medially. Clypeus, labium, and sternum dark brown. Abdomen slightly elongated, dark brown. Legs light brown; measurements: I 5.71 (1.50, 0.25, 1.76, 1.45, 0.75), II and III missing, IV 5.00 (1.31, 0.22, 1.53, 1.23, 0.71). Palp (Fig.
40A-D
): femur slender, thrice longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen proximally; cymbium with distal protrusion, 1/3 length of femur, length ratio of dorsal elongation and cymbium 0.47; bulb light brown, elongated pyriform, with embolus and conductor arising distally; embolus webbed feet-like with darken tip, attached with thin stalked apophysis bearing globose end, embolus length similar to bulb length; conductor needle-like and slightly bent, 1/4 as long as embolus.
Figure 41.
Merizocera tengchong
sp. nov., holotype male.
A
Habitus, dorsal view
B
habitus, ventral view.
Female.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality (China; Fig.
53
).