Fifteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia
Author
Dong, Tingting
Author
Zheng, Guo
Author
Yao, Zhiyuan
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zootaxa
2016
4136
2
201
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.1
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Pholcus cenranaensis
Yao & Li
sp. nov.
Figs 7–8
Type
material.
Holotype
:
male, Cave without a name (
04°56.322′S
,
119°50.364′E
, elevation
356 m
), Benteng Orchard, Cenrana Village, Maros,
South Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
,
23 August 2014
, H. Zhao and Z. Yao leg.
Paratypes
:
2 females
, same data as
holotype
.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the
type
locality; adjective.
Diagnosis.
This species resembles
P. camba
Huber, 2011
(see
Huber 2011
: 287, figs 1367,
1369–1370
,
1400– 1401
,
1435–1439
) in having similar male chelicerae (
Fig. 8
D), appendix (
Fig. 8
C), and vulva (
Fig. 8
B) but can be distinguished by the absence of pointed proximal apophyses on the uncus (
Fig. 8
C), by the dorsally straight procursus (
Figs 7
C–D), and by the absence of knobs on the female external genitalia (
Fig. 7
A).
Description. Male (
holotype
):
Total length 8.32 (8.65 with clypeus), carapace 1.91 long, 2.09 wide, opisthosoma 6.41 long, 1.44 wide. Leg I: – (19.23 + 1.01 + 19.68 + – + –), leg II: – (12.95 + 0.96 + 12.82 +20.64 + –), leg III: 32.02 (9.42 + 0.81 + 8.01 + 12.18 + 1.60), leg IV: 44.56 (12.82 + 0.91 + 11.03 + 17.56 + 2.24); tibia I L/ d: 94. Distance PME-PME 0.63; diameter PME 0.18; distance PME-ALE 0.06; distance AME-AME 0.09; diameter AME 0.09. Sternum wider than long (1.35/0.1.15). Habitus as in
Figs 8
E–F. Carapace yellowish, with broad brown marks extending to ocular area; ocular area brown; clypeus yellowish, with brownish marks; sternum brown. Legs brown, distal parts of femora and tibiae whitish, darker rings absent. Opisthosoma pale grey, with broad brown bands medially. Ocular area elevated; each eye triad on top of a long, laterally directed eye-stalk (as in
P. tharnlodensis
sp. nov.
, cf.
Fig. 31
A). Thoracic furrow absent. Chelicerae as in
Fig. 8
D, with a pair of proximolateral apophyses. Pedipalps as in
Figs 7
A–B; trochanter with a short ventral apophysis; procursus large and simple, with a spine-like process distally; uncus small; appendix hooked; embolus weakly sclerotized. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 4.4%; legs with short vertical setae on tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi; without spines and curved setae.
Female:
Similar to male, habitus as in
Figs 8
G–H. Total length 7.53 (7.92 with clypeus), carapace 1.82 long, 2.09 wide, opisthosoma 5.71 long, 1.62 wide; tibia I: 15.45; tibia I L/d: 74. Distance PME-PME 0.39; diameter PME 0.18; distance PME-ALE 0.05; distance AME-AME 0.06; diameter AME 0.08. Sternum wider than long (1.26/1.13). Ocular area without eye-stalks. External genitalia (
Fig. 8
A) without knob. Vulva (
Fig. 8
B) with a sclerotized anterior arch and two elliptic pore plates.
Distribution.
Indonesia
(South Sulawesi,
type
locality;
Fig. 32
).
Natural history.
The species was found in the entrance zone of the cave.