Evolution of nuptial-gift-related male prosomal structures: taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Oedothorax (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae)
Author
Lin, Shou-Wang
Author
Lopardo, Lara
Author
Uhl, Gabriele
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022
2021-11-20
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417
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journal article
115951
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab033
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MITRAGER NOORDAMI
VAN HELSDINGEN, 1985
(
FIGS 37
,
38O
,
39O
,
40P; SUPPORTING
INFORMATION,
FIG. S3C
)
Mitrager noordami
van Helsdingen, 1985: 353
, figs 1–14 (Dmf).
Examined material:
Indonesia
:
Central Java
,
Dijeng Plateau
, near
Gunung Prahu
,
2580 m
, sifted from litter among mosses, ferns and
Ericaceae
,
1♂
1♀
8.viii.1977
, leg.
A. Noordam
(
paratype
, Naturalis Museum, Leiden)
.
Diagnosis:
Males:
This species can be recognized by its unique, prominent prosomal modification (
Fig. 38O
).
Females:
Somatic features and coloration similar to other
Mitrager
and some
Callitrichia
species
, but can be distinguished by the much more convergent borders between the dorsal and ventral plates of the epigyne (
Fig. 37F, G
).
Description:
Male (
paratype
, Naturalis Museum):
Total length: 2.27. Prosoma: 1.13 long, 0.77 wide, with extremely high, ballon-shaped post-PME hump, inter-PME region with a protrution with two round lobes, anterior margin of lobes with row of light-coloured setae, interocular region with two dense, light-coloured setal tufts (
Fig. 38O
). Eyes: AME-AME: 0.03, AME width: 0.05, AME-ALE: 0.06, ALE width: 0.07, ALE-PLE: 0.01, PLE width: 0.08, PLE-PME: 0.1, PME width: 0.07, PME-PME: 0.35. Clypeus hirsute. Sternum: 0.6 long, 0.58 wide. Chelicerae: stridulatory striae imbricated, rows widely and evenly spaced (
Fig. 39O
). Legs: dorsal proximal macroseta on tibia IV 1.80 times diameter of tibia; Tm I: 0.82. Pedipalp: patella prolateral proximal vertical macrosetae absent; tibia with one prolateral, two retrolateral trichobothria; TPS absent; TPA large, conical, distal part narrow and flat, tip curved downwards; PC distal setae close to distal clasp, distalsetae-bearing area slightly wide, distal clasp without striae, clasp extended apically; T without papillae; PT median-long, with small papillae; TS median-long, slender, without papillae; MSA present; DSA wide, round at tip, ventral corner slightly more protruded (
Fig. 37A
); EM broad and flat, retrolateral to LER, with parallel folds extended until anterior margin, exceeding ARP; ARP flat, blunt, short; LER large, bent over E; VRP long, thick at base; R without papillae; TP long,round at tip; E median-long, retrolaterally curved, E tip with prolateral anterior flat extension (
Fig. 37A
). Opisthosoma: dorsal pattern see
Fig. 40P
; PMS with mAP, AC absent; PLS with triad, one AC (
Fig. 37H
).
Female (
paratype
, Naturalis Museum):
Total length: 2.48. Prosoma: 1.22 long, 0.84 wide. Eyes: AME-AME: 0.03, AME width: 0.05, AME-ALE: 0.03, ALE width: 0.08, ALE-PLE: 0.01, PLE width: 0.08, PLE-PME: 0.05, PME width: 0.08, PME-PME: 0.12. Clypeus: not hirsute, one sub-AME seta. Sternum: 0.67 long, 0.62 wide. Legs: dorsal proximal macroseta on tibia III 2.39 times diameter of tibia; Tm I: 0.62. Epigyne: Clade 13 characteristic morphology, border between ventral and dorsal plates largely converging toward the middle (
Fig. 37F, G
). Opisthosoma dorsal pattern same as male; PMS one CY, one mAP, AC absent; PLS with triad, two CY, one AC (
Fig. 37I
).
Distribution:
Only known from the
type
locality in
Indonesia
.
Remarks:
The setal tufts at interocular region and inter-PME region are aggregated setae, similar to that found in some
Callitrichia
species.