Two new species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China
Author
Zhao, Xiaochu
Author
Yao, Zhiyuan
Author
Song, Yang
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-10
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journal article
26856
10.11646/zootaxa.4603.3.8
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Belisana xishuangbanna
Yao & Li
sp. nov.
Figs 3–4
Type material.
Holotype
:
Male (IZCAS Ar39636),
Xishuangbanna
(
21°36.590’N
,
101°35.023’E
, elevation 684 ±
9 m
),
Bubeng Village
,
Mengla County
,
Yunnan
,
China
,
23 June 2013
,
Q. Zhao
and
Z. Chen
leg.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the
type
locality, and is a noun in apposition.
Diagnosis.
This species resembles
B. parallelica
Zhang & Peng, 2011
(see
Zhang & Peng 2011
: 58, figs 6A–E) with similar male chelicerae (
Fig. 4B
) but can be distinguished by carapace without marks (
Figs 4
C–D), by procursus with dorsal membranous lamella subdistally (arrow in
Fig. 3C
) and without dorsal spines distally (
Fig. 3C
) and by relatively long and wave-shaped bulbal apophysis (
Fig. 4A
).
Description. Male (
holotype
):
Total length 1.80 (1.96 with clypeus), carapace 0.75 long, 0.68 wide, opisthosoma 1.15 long, 0.64wide. Distance PME-PME 0.18, diameter PME 0.07, distance PME-ALE 0.03, AME absent. Leg I: missing, leg II: 14.48 (3.64 + 0.27 + 3.60 + 5.64 + 1.33), leg III: 8.11 (2.30 + 0.27 + 1.96 + 2.84 + 0.73), leg IV: 11.36 (3.36 + 0.28 + 2.88 + 4.00 + 0.84). Habitus as in
Figs 4
C–D. Carapace and sternum whitish, without marks. Legs yellowish, without darker rings. Opisthosoma whitish, without spots. Ocular area not elevated. Thoracic furrow absent. Clypeus with small frontal apophysis. Sternum about as wide as long (0.50). Chelicerae (
Fig. 4B
) with pair of proximo-lateral apophyses and pair of long, curved distal apophyses provided with a modified seta each on tips (distance between tips: 0.44). Pedipalps as in
Figs 3
A–B; trochanter with short retrolateral apophysis; femur with small dorsal apophysis proximally (arrow in
Fig. 3B
); procursus (
Figs 3
A–D) simple proximally but complex distally; bulb (
Fig. 4A
) with long hooked apophysis and wide embolus. Legs with short vertical setae on metatarsi, without spines and curved setae.
Female:
Unknown.
Natural History.
The species was collected on underside of leaves from the seasonal rain forest.
Distribution.
China
(
Yunnan
,
type
locality;
Fig. 5
).