Six new species of the genus Opopaea Simon, 1891 from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, southwestern China (Araneae: Oonopidae)
Author
Tong, Yanfeng
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zootaxa
2015
3931
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41
62
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3931.1.3
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1175-5326
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Opopaea flabellata
sp. nov.
(
Figures 4
,
12
C, D, I, J)
Type
material.
Holotype
:
female (
IZCAS
Ar-25060),
China
: Yunnan Province, Mengla County, Menglun Town,
XTBG
, Secondary tropical montane evergreen broad-leaved forest (
21º54.813′N
,
101º12.634′E
, Alt:
876 m
), fogging,
5 August 2007
, leg. G. Zheng.
Paratypes
:
2 females
(
IZCAS
Ar-25060), same data as
holotype
;
1 female
(
IZCAS
Ar-25061), same data as
holotype
, pitfall traps,
16–31 February 2007
;
2 females
(
IZCAS
Ar-25062), same data as
holotype
, fogging,
4 August 2007
;
2 females
(
IZCAS
Ar-25063), same data as
holotype
;
1 female
(
IZCAS
Ar-25064), same data as
holotype
, fogging,
6 August 2007
.
Etymology.
The specific name is Latin, meaning fan-shaped, referring to the short extension in female genital area (
Fig. 12
C, I); adjective.
Diagnosis.
The new species is similar to
O. tuberculata
Baehr, 2013
, but can be distinguished by the scutopedicel region lower than diameter of pedicel (compare
Fig. 4
H and
Baehr
et al.
2013
: Fig. 30E) and by the middle of epigastric furrow with a fan-shaped extension (compare
Fig. 12
C and
Baehr
et al.
2013
: Fig. 30F).
Description.
Female (
holotype
). Yellowish brown species with pale yellow legs. Body length 1.52; carapace 0.58 long, 0.46 wide; abdomen 0.87 long, 0.56 wide. Habitus as in
Fig. 4
A–C. Carapace: oval in dorsal view; sides with longitudinal streaks; dorsal area smooth with some hairs at lateral edges;
pars cephalica
slightly elevated in lateral view (
Fig. 4
E); lateral margin rebordered. Eyes: six, well developed, ALE largest, PLE smallest; posterior eye row straight from above, procurved from front; ALE separated by less than their radius, ALE-PLE separated by less than ALE radius, PME touching throughout most of their length, PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Clypeus margin unmodified; clypeus height about of the same as ALE diameter (
Fig. 4
G). Sternum longer than wide, uniform, fused to carapace; radial furrows present between coxae I-II, II-III, III-IV; surface smooth, without pits (
Fig. 4
F). Endites unmodified. Legs short, thick and spineless. Abdomen: dorsal scutum strongly sclerotized, punctate, covering full length of abdomen. Book lung covers small, ovoid, without setae. Pedicel tube short, ribbed, with small, dorsolateral, triangular extensions, scuto-pedicel region lower than diameter of pedicel, with paired curved scutal ridges (
Fig. 4
H, I), scutum not extending far dorsal of pedicel. Posterior spiracles connected by groove; posteriorly directed apodemes present. Genitalia (
Fig. 12
C, D, I, J): middle of the epigastric furrow with short fan-shaped extension (fse); in dorsal view there is a paddle-like sclerite (pls) with thin straight arms; nail-like process (nlp) well separated; globular appendix (ga) small.
Male. Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality.