Long-legged cave spiders (Araneae, Telemidae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwestern China
Author
Lin, Yucheng
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zootaxa
2010
2445
1
34
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.195036
23f6e98e-f89c-47eb-933c-09215183f423
1175-5326
195036
Telema conglobare
sp. nov.
Figs 4–5
,
20
Type
material:
Holotype
: male (
IZCAS
) from
CHINA
: Guangxi:
Xi’an Cave (Alt.:
574 m
; T.: 17˚C; H.: 95%), Songren Village, Fengcheng Town, Fengshan County [24º33.941΄N, 107º02.465΄E],
12 March 2007
, J. Liu and Y.C. Lin leg.
Paratypes
:
10 males
and
46 females
(
IZCAS
), same data as
holotype
.
Etymology.
The specific name is derived from Latin “
conglobo
= to form into a ball”, and means to the globular spermatheca distally.
FIGURE 4.
Telema conglobare
sp. nov.
Holotype: Male. A. Sternum, labium, endites and chelicerae, ventral view; B–C. Chelicerae, anterior (B), posterior (C) view; D–E. Pedipalp, retrolateral (D), prolateral (E) view. Scales: 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 5.
Telema conglobare
sp. nov.
Paratype: Female. A. Genital area, ventral view; B–E. Spermatheca, ventral (B), dorsal (C), lateral (D), and posterior (E) view. Scales: 0.1 mm.
Diagnosis.
The new species is similar to
T. breviseta
Tong & Li, 2008
, but can be distinguished by the absence of eyes, the distinct shape of pedipalpal bulb, the absence of a row of short setae at femur I in male, the sharp corner at sternum posteriorly, the globose spermatheca distally (ovoid distally in
T. breviseta
), and the larger body size.
Description.
Holotype
male. Total length 1.42. Prosoma 0.65 long, 0.62 wide. Sternum 0.42 long, 0.34 wide. Opisthosoma 0.68 long, 0.60 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellow, flat, circular, with few setae on cephalic pars. Eye absent. Chelicerae yellow, longer than endites, fang furrow with 11 plumose setae, 2 teeth and 3 tiny granulous denticles at promargin, 4 small triangular denticles at retromargin. Endites longer than wide, serrula absent. Labium wider than long, fused to sternum. Sternum planar, nearly pear-shaped, lateral margins flexural, longer slightly than wide, black setae on surface, posterior corner sharp. One dorsal spine at each patella distally, and the same near middle of each tibia. Leg measurements: I 5.92 (1.75, 0.24, 1.88, 1.28, 0.77); II 5.10 (1.54, 0.22, 1.56, 1.08, 0.70); III 3.64 (1.16, 0.20, 1.04, 0.72, 0.52); IV 4.40 (1.42, 0.22, 1.24, 0.94, 0.58). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Opisthosoma pale, covered with sparse long setae.
Pedipalp large. Femur equal to 3 times of patella in length, tibia subequal to 2 time of patella in length, a dorsally tibial trichobothrium on distal end of middle third, tarsus longer than femur, subequal to 2 times of tibia in length, prolaterally cymbial apophysis small. Pedipalpal bulb long oval, its apex extended to form a broad embolus that sclerotized anteromarginally and membranous postomarginally.
Female. Total length 1.80. Prosoma 0.64 long, 0.58 wide. Sternum 0.40 long, 0.34 wide. Opisthosoma 1.14 long, 1.04 wide. Same coloration of body and legs as in male. Leg measurements: I 5.48 (1.66, 0.24, 1.72, 1.14, 0.72); II 4.73 (1.44, 0.22, 1.41, 1.00, 0.66); III 3.39 (1.08, 0.19, 0.98, 0.66, 0.48); IV 4.15 (1.36, 0.20, 1.17, 0.88, 0.54). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Median spinnerets with 4, posteriors 5 short spines.
Genital area bears a row of long spines on posterior margin anteriorly, with a row of short setae on epigastric furrow posteriorly. Faintly sclerotized on postomargin bilaterally, slightly recurved at midpostomargin. Spermatheca club-shaped, suddenly reflexed mesially, sharply swollen into a globose distally.
Distribution.
China
(Guangxi) (
Fig. 20
).