Description on Solitudes dushengi gen. et sp. nov. from Xinjiang, China (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
Author
Lin, Yejie
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zoological Systematics
2020
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4
312
315
journal article
4564
10.11865/zs.202036
948f1b6b-8598-4084-84c3-dee8c828027e
2095-6827
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Solitudes dushengi
sp. nov.
(
Figs 1–2
)
Type material.
Holotype
female (IZCAS-Ar41820)
China
,
Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region
,
Aksu Prefecture
,
Awat County
,
Bositan
pastureland, near G580
Road
,
Sandy
wilderness,
80.9567°N
,
39.8647°E
,
03 March 2020
,
Sheng Du
leg.
Etymology. The species is named after Mr. Sheng Du, the collector of the
holotype
; noun (name) in genitive case.
Diagnosis. Same as for the subfamily.
Description. Female (
Figs 1–2
). Total length (without chelicerae) 9.64. Colour in alcohol: carapace pale; chelicerae, endites, labium and sternum brown; Legs pale, tarsi covered with spatulate hair, claw obvious long; Abdomen pale. Carapace 5.19 long, 3.85 wide; Fovea about 0.15 of carapace length. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.23, ALE 0.10, PME 0.19, PLE 0.13, AME-AME 0.28, PME-PME 0.09, AME-PME 0.27, AME-ALE 0.08, PME-PLE 0.27, ALE-PLE 0.15. AER recurved, PER procurved. Chelicerae with 2 promarginal teeth and 1 retromarginal tooth. Sternum oval. Endites darker in middle. Leg covered with white long hair, on leg IV tarsus with two spines. Leg measurements: I: 12.34 (3.80 + 1.75 + 3.00 + 1.60 + 2.19), II: 12.46 (3.50 + 1.88 + 2.76 + 1.85 + 2.47), III: 12.75 (3.40 + 1.65 + 2.60 + 2.28 + 2.22), IV: 13.67 (3.72 + 1.40 + 3.24 + 2.81 + 2.50). Spination of leg I: femur 3p, 3d, patella 2p, tibia 3p, 2d, 3r, 4v, metatarsus 1p, 1r, 2v; leg II: femur 3p, 3d, 1-2r, patella 2p, tibia 3p, 2d, 3r, 6v, metatarsus 2p, 1r, 2v; leg III: femur 2p, 3d, 2r, patella 2p, 2r, tibia 4p, 3d, 3r, 6v, metatarsus 4p, 2d, 4r, 6v; leg IV: femur 2p, 3d, 2r, patella 2p, 2r, tibia 4p, 2d, 4r, 6v, metatarsus 5p, 5d, 2r, 4r, 6v, tarsus 2d. Abdomen oval, covered with dense white setae. Spinnerets white. ALS 0.60,
PMS
0.18, PLS 0.29.
Epigyne (
Figs 2A–B
). Plate triangular, with a ratio of length to width of 1:1, atrium heart-shaped, with a ratio of length to width of 1:2, with an M-shaped hood terminally. Copulatory opening covered by median plate, with a ratio of length to width of 5:4; copulatory ducts short. Two pairs of receptacles, primary receptacle longer than wide, secondary receptacle oval. Fusion bubbles present on posterior aspect. Fertilization ducts close to each other.
Distribution. Known only from the
type
locality.
Funding
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of
China
(31530067).
Acknowledgements
The manuscript benefitted greatly from comments by Yuri Marusik (
Magadan
,
Russia
), Peter Jäger (Frankfurt a M.,
Germany
), Theo Blick (Hummeltal,
Germany
). Danniella Sherwood (London,
UK
) checked the English.