Revision and cladistic analysis of the Southeast Asian leaf-dwelling spider genus Calapnita Simon (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Author
Bernhard A. Huber
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.273086
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Calapnita bidayuh
sp. nov.
Figs 16–17
,
55–59
,
65–71
Diagnosis
. Distinguished from most other species of
phyllicola
group (except
C. bankirai
,
C. phyllicola
,
C. semengoh
) by shape of appendix (widely curved with two ventral tines;
Fig. 57
), by male palpal tarsal organ on cylindrical process of tarsus (
Fig. 66
), by serrated edge of embolus, and by drop-shaped pore plates (
Fig. 59
); from closest known relatives (
C. bankirai
,
C. phyllicola
,
C. semengoh
) by distal spine-like process on procursus (
Figs 55
,
67–68
); from
C. bankirai
also by dorsal flap at tip of procursus (
Fig. 55–56
); from
C. phyllicola
also by presence of split hairs dorsally on procursus (
Figs 55
,
67–69
); from
C. semengoh
also by much shorter palpal segments and external female genitalia. Females of
C. bidayuh
and
C. bankirai
may not be distinguishable externally, but the pore plates of
C. bidayuh
are slightly farther apart (
Fig. 59
).
Etymology
.
Bidayuh
is the collective name for several indigenous groups found in southern
Sarawak
and northern
West Kalimantan
; noun in apposition.
Material examined.
Holotype
. MALAYSIA-BORNEO:
♂
,
ZFMK
(
Ar
15991),
Sarawak
, near
Kapit
, forest along river (1.937–
1.944°N
, 112.904–
112.910°E
),
80–120 m
a.s.l.
, underside of leaf,
20.vii.2014
(
B.A. Huber
,
S.B. Huber
).
Other material
. MALAYSIA-BORNEO: 4♂ 4♀, ZFMK (Ar 15992–93), and 1♂ 1♀,
SMK
, same data as holotype;
2♂
2♀
in absolute ethanol
,
ZFMK
(Bor 187), same data
.
FIGURES 55–64
.
Calapnita bidayuh
sp. nov.
(55–59; ZFMK, Ar 15992–93) and
C. bankirai
sp. nov.
(60–64; ZFMK, Ar 15995).
55–56, 60–61
. Left procursi, prolateral and retrolateral views (arrows point at split hairs).
57, 62
. Left bulbal appendices, prolateral views.
58, 63
. Epigyna, ventral views.
59, 64
. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal views (arrows point at membranous sacs). Scale lines 0.3 mm.
Description. Male
(
holotype
).
MEASUREMENTS. Total body length 4.6, carapace width 0.8. Leg 1: 33.2 (7.8 + 0.3 + 8.0 + 15.2 + 1.9), tibia 2: 5.7, tibia 3: 3.4, tibia 4: 5.2; tibia 1 L/d: 107. Distance PME-PME 250 µm, diameter PME 80 µm, distance PME- ALE ~30 µm; no trace of AME.
COLOR. Entire animal mostly pale whitish to yellowish, sternum whitish, patellae and tibia-metatarsus joints with short brown rings.
BODY. Habitus as in
Fig. 16
; ocular area barely elevated, each triad on very low hump (
Fig. 65
); carapace without median furrow; clypeus unmodified; sternum as wide as long (0.50), unmodified.
CHELICERAE. As in
C. phyllicola
(cf. fig.
172 in
Huber 2011
), with pair of simple apophyses near lamellae and pair of indistinct lateral humps proximally; without modified hairs; without stridulatory ridges.
FIGURES 65–71
.
Calapnita bidayuh
sp. nov.
, SEM micrographs (ZFMK, Ar 15992–93).
65
. Male prosoma, frontal view.
66
. Male palpal tarsal organ.
67–68
. Right procursus tip, retrolatero-ventral and retrolateral views (arrows point at distal spine-like process).
69
. Split hair on procursus.
70
. Tips of right appendix and embolus, retrolateral view.
71
. Epigynum, ventral view. a, appendix; e, embolus. Scale lines: 10 µm (66, 69), 100 µm (65, 67, 68, 70, 71).
PALPS. In general very similar to
C. phyllicola
(cf. figs
170–171 in
Huber 2011
); proximal segments apparently indistinguishable; procursus with two split hairs dorsally and with distinctive distal spine-like process (
Figs 55–56
,
67–69
); appendix barely distinguishable from
C. phyllicola
(
Fig. 57
).
LEGS. Without spines and curved hairs; few vertical hairs; retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at 2.5%; prolateral trichobothrium absent on tibia 1, present on other tibiae; tarsus 1 pseudosegments very indistinct, only distally a few visible in dissecting microscope.
Male
(variation). Tibia
1 in
5 other males: 7.7–8.3 (mean 7.9).
Female
. In general similar to male; eye triads at same distance as in male. Tibia
1 in
5 females
: 5.8–6.9 (mean 6.5). Epigynum strongly folded (
Fig. 71
), apparently similar to
C. phyllicola
but without transversal sclerotized folds (
Fig. 58
); with simple short posterior ‘knob’; internal genitalia as in
Fig. 59
, with pair of membranous ‘sacs’.
Natural history
. The species seems to prefer palm leaves, but such leaves were rare at the
type
locality, resulting in apparently low abundances. Egg-sacs contained 6–
11 eggs
and had at least proximally up to three eggs per diameter.
Distribution
. Known from
type
locality in
Sarawak
only (
Fig. 282
).