Fourteen new species of the spider genus Thaiderces from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Psilodercidae)
Author
Chang, Wan-Jin
Author
Li, Shuqiang
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2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.869.35546
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.869.35546
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Thaiderces ngalauindahensis Li & Chang
sp. nov.
Figs 1B
,
9
,
10
,
27F
,
29
Types.
Holotype
: ♂ (IZCAS), Indonesia, Sumatra, West Sumatra Province, Pavakumbuh, Ngalau Indah Cave,
00°15.296'S
,
100°36.256'E
, 626 m, 14.V.2014, Yao Z.
Etymology.
The species name is an adjective referring to the type locality.
Diagnosis.
Thaiderces ngalauindahensis
sp. nov. is similar to
T. rimbu
, but males can be distinguished by lamina connected to the embolus (
Fig. 10D
) (vs. the absence of lamina connected to the embolus in
T. rimbu
) and the embolic stalk is slanted at a 30° incline (
Fig. 10D
) (vs. embolic stalk rather round and curved in
T. rimbu
).
Description.
Male
(holotype). Total length 1.16; carapace 0.54 long, 0.55 wide; abdomen 0.62 long, 0.31 wide. Carapace round and brown, with three longitudinal dark brown bands, median band with distinct patch centrally, lateral bands four times wider than the middle band (
Fig. 9A
). Chelicerae brown (
Fig. 27F
). Clypeus dark brown medially and light brown laterally. Endites light brown. Labium dark brown. Sternum with dark brown pattern. Abdomen elongated, dorsum with dark brown complicated veined pattern (
Fig. 9A
), ventrum dark brown with indistinct pattern (
Fig. 9B
). Legs uniformly brown; measurements: I missing, II 3.35 (0.90, 0.20, 0.93, 0.78, 0.54), III missing, IV missing. Palp (
Fig. 10
C-D
): femur four times longer than patella; patella not swollen, tibia almost equal in length to femur; cymbium with concentrated purplish spots, 1/2 the length of femur; bulb light brown, with 30° inclined embolic stalk, embolic stalk half the width of the bulb, lamina attached to embolus; embolus short and dark, arising distally (
Fig. 10
).
Figure 9.
Thaiderces ngalauindahensis
sp. nov., male holotype
A
habitus, dorsal view
B
habitus, ventral view.
Female.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality (
Fig. 29
).
Figure 10.
Thaiderces ngalauindahensis
sp. nov., male holotype
A
palp, ventral view
B
palpal bulb, ventral view
C
palp, prolateral view
D
palp, retrolateral view. Abbreviations: EM, embolus, LA, lamina apophysis.