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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE5FFF8FF3B14C7FEA3F6A6" bold="true" box="[197,338,1418,1444]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name is derived from the
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This new species resembles
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in the epigynal morphology, as both have spherical spermathecae and ligulate scapes, but the former,
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, can be distinguished from the latter by: (1) female abdominal humps extending laterally, while extending anteriorly in
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; (2) the width of epigynum is 2.3 times greater than the length, while 1.9 times less than the length in
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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE5FFF8FB88176DFAF1F53B" box="[1142,1280,1568,1593]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">P. brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (3) embolus tip tapering to a single point, while broadly bifurcated in
<taxonomicName id="4C6386CEFFE5FFF8FCAA1708FC15F55C" authorityName="Schenkel" authorityYear="1936" box="[852,996,1605,1631]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Pronoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="4" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneus">
<emphasis id="B917215FFFE5FFF8FCAA1708FC92F55C" box="[852,867,1605,1630]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B917215FFFE5FFF8FC8A1708FC15F55C" box="[884,996,1605,1630]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; (4) male femora I with 1314 long prolateral macrosetae, while with 67 long prolateral macrosetae in
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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE5FFF8FC4A1726FBCFF586" box="[948,1086,1643,1668]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">P. brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDCFD4DFFE5FFF9FF3B17C2FA83F3D5" blockId="4.[151,1436,1231,2004]" lastBlockId="5.[151,1435,152,215]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="B917215FFFE5FFF8FF3B17C2FE91F5AB" bold="true" box="[197,352,1679,1705]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Description.</emphasis>
Female (
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). Total length 4.23: cephalothorax 1.68 long, 1.38 wide; abdomen 3.16 long, 3.11 wide. Carapace (
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) yellow brown, pear-shaped in dorsal view. Cervical groove dark brown, radial grooves inconspicuous. Cephalic region raised, with white thin setae. Clypeal height 0.13. Both eye rows recurved, posterior eye row wider than anterior one; PMEs slightly projecting. Eye diameters: AME 0.08, ALE 0.05, PME 0.13, PLE 0.05; eye interdistances: AMEAME 0.13, AMEALE 0.25, PMEPME 0.25, PMEPLE 0.30. MOA trapezoidal, wider than long (0.45: 0.28), narrower in front than in back (0.28: 0.45). Chelicerae yellow brown, with three promarginal teeth (middle the largest) and three retromarginal teeth. Labium dark brown, distal part yellow, wider than long (0.35: 0.25). Endites brown, inner margins yellowish, with some thin setae. Sternum yellow brown, longer than wide. Legs strong; femora IIV yellow brown, other segments yellow. Leg measurements: I 4.89 (1.53 + 1.83 + 1.02 + 0.51), II 4.59 (1.53 + 1.63 + 0.92 + 0.51), III 2.51 (0.77 + 0.87 + 0.51 + 0.36), IV 3.48 (1.12 + 1.28 + 0.77 + 0.31). Leg formula: 1243.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE4FFF9FF691636FE95F491" bold="true" box="[151,356,1915,1939]" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">FIGURES 1016.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE4FFF9FE921631FDA2F491" box="[364,595,1916,1939]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">Pronoides sutaiensis</emphasis>
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, 1012, female. 10. Body, dorsal; 11. Epigynum, ventral; 12. Vulva, dorsal; 1316, male. 13. Left male palp, prolateral; 14. Same, expanded; 15. Same, retrolateral; 16. Femur I, prolateral. C = conductor; E = embolus; M = median apophysis; TA = terminal apophysis. Scale bars: 10, 1.0mm; 1115, 0.2mm; 16, 0.5mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BDCFD4DFFE7FFFAFF3B11D5FD0AF3FE" blockId="6.[151,1436,152,850]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">
Abdomen (
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) relatively broad, with a pair of anterior humps extending laterally. Dorsum with milky-white patches centrally and laterally, posterior part with a blackish-brown rectanglular pattern. Venter yellow brown, with 3 pairs of brown spots centrally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDCFD4DFFE7FFFAFF3B1045FDA2F26E" blockId="6.[151,1436,152,850]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">
Epigynum with a heart-shaped depression on each lateral side. Scape ligulate; epigynal plate oval; copulatory openings situated along prolateral margin of the depressions; copulatory ducts short and thick; spermathecae spherical (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDCFD4DFFE7FFFAFF3B1035FF1CF1E0" blockId="6.[151,1436,152,850]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">
Male (based on one of the
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from Liupanshan National Natural Reserve,
<collectingRegion id="49A733AFFFE7FFFAFB041035FA6DF290" box="[1274,1436,376,402]" country="China" name="Ningxia" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Ningxia Hui</collectingRegion>
Autonomous Region). Total length 3.42: cephalothorax 1.78 long, 1.48 wide; abdomen 2.04 long, 1.58 wide. Carapace yellow. Fovea longitudinal. Clypeal height 0.13. Eye diameters: AME 0.08, ALE 0.05, PME 0.13, PLE 0.05; eye interdistances: AMEAME 0.13, AMEALE 0.23, PMEPME 0.20, PMEPLE 0.25. MOA trapezoidal, wider than long (0.38: 0.28), narrower in front than in back (0.28: 0.38). Chelicerae yellow, with four promarginal teeth (third the largest) and three retromarginal teeth. Legs yellow. Coxa I with a small hook and femur II with opposing groove; femur I (
<figureCitation id="1358E1C8FFE7FFFAFD571315FD0EF170" box="[681,767,600,626]" captionStart="FIGURES 1016" captionStartId="5.[151,272,1915,1939]" captionTargetBox="[158,1435,285,1880]" captionTargetId="figure-118@5.[151,1436,269,1895]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 1016. Pronoides sutaiensis n. sp., 1012, female. 10. Body, dorsal; 11. Epigynum, ventral; 12. Vulva, dorsal; 1316, male. 13. Left male palp, prolateral; 14. Same, expanded; 15. Same, retrolateral; 16. Femur I, prolateral. C = conductor; E = embolus; M = median apophysis; TA = terminal apophysis. Scale bars: 10, 1.0mm; 1115, 0.2mm; 16, 0.5mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5304593" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5304593/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
) with 13 long prolateral macrosetae. Leg measurements: I 6.38 (2.19 + 2.30 + 1.28 + 0.61), II 5.61 (1.79 + 1.99 + 1.22 + 0.61), III 3.36 (1.12 + 1.17 + 0.61 + 0.46), IV 4.54 (1.53 + 1.63 + 0.97 + 0.41). Leg formula:1243. Abdomen blackish-brown, lacking a pair of anterior humps.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDCFD4DFFE7FFFAFF3B13A0FCA8F050" blockId="6.[151,1436,152,850]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">
Palp with two long patellar macrosetae. Terminal apophysis with an abruptly thinning finger-shaped end; conductor membranous; embolus curved and L-shaped in prolateral view, embolus tip tapering; median apophysis proximally wide, with a distal hook (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE7FFFAFF691685FED7F4E2" bold="true" box="[151,294,1992,2016]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
Distribution records of
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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE7FFFAFDD81684FD62F4E2" box="[550,659,1993,2016]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Pronoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C6386CEFFE7FFFAFD3D1684FBB6F4E2" authority="Schenkel, 1936" authorityName="Schenkel" authorityYear="1936" box="[707,1095,1993,2016]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Pronoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="6" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneus">
<emphasis id="B917215FFFE7FFFAFD3D1684FC68F4E2" box="[707,921,1993,2016]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Pronoides brunneus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF280BCFFE7FFFAFC5E1684FBB6F4E2" author="Schenkel, E." box="[928,1095,1993,2016]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65" pagination="1 - 314" refId="ref4966" refString="Schenkel, E. (1936) Schwedisch-chinesische wissenschaftliche Expedition nach den nordwestlichen Provinzen Chinas, unter Leitung von Dr Sven Hedin und Prof. Su Ping-chang. Araneae gesammelt vom schwedischen Artz der Exped. Arkiv For Zoology, 29 (A 1), 1 - 314." type="journal article" year="1936">Schenkel, 1936</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE7FFFAFB8B1684FAA0F4E2" box="[1141,1361,1993,2016]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Pronoides sutaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2249C24FFE7FFFAFAA61685FA65F4E2" box="[1368,1428,1992,2016]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BDCFD4DFFE6FFFBFF3B11DAFCF8F3D5" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,439]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="B917215FFFE6FFFBFF3B11DAFEB5F3B3" bold="true" box="[197,324,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Variation.</emphasis>
Body lengths range from
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females (N=6) and from
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males (N=6). Femora I with 14 prolateral macrosetae in
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C379AEC6FFE6FFFBFF3B11AFFCF6F3FE" box="[197,775,226,252]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BDCFD4DFFE6FFFBFF3B11AFFCF6F3FE" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,439]" box="[197,775,226,252]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="B917215FFFE6FFFBFF3B11AFFE94F3FE" bold="true" box="[197,357,226,252]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F374BDDDFFE6FFFBFE9211AFFE43F3FE" box="[364,434,226,252]" name="China" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">China</collectingCountry>
(
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,
<collectingRegion id="49A733AFFFE6FFFBFDCF11AFFD74F3FE" box="[561,645,226,252]" country="China" name="Shanxi" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Shanxi</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49A733AFFFE6FFFBFD6F11AFFD0AF3FE" box="[657,763,226,252]" country="China" name="Guizhou" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Guizhou</collectingRegion>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C379AEC6FFE6FFFBFF3B104AFDC3F2B5" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BDCFD4DFFE6FFFBFF3B104AFDC3F2B5" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,439]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis id="B917215FFFE6FFFBFF3B104AFEA1F223" bold="true" box="[197,336,263,289]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Discussion.</emphasis>
The genus
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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE6FFFBFE291045FDBFF223" box="[471,590,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Pronoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a close relationship with the genus
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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE6FFFBFBE31045FB3AF223" box="[1053,1227,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Gasteracantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, according to
<bibRefCitation id="EFF280BCFFE6FFFBFA8C1045FEC0F245" author="Yin, C. M. &amp; Wang, J. F. &amp; Zhu, M. S. &amp; Xie, L. P. &amp; Peng, X. J. &amp; Bao, Y. H." pageId="7" pageNumber="66" refId="ref5343" refString="Yin, C. M., Wang, J. F., Zhu, M. S., Xie, L. P., Peng, X. J. &amp; Bao, Y. H. (1997) Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing, 460 pp." type="book" year="1997">
Yin
<emphasis id="B917215FFFE6FFFBFF691060FF24F244" box="[151,213,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">et al.</emphasis>
(1997)
</bibRefCitation>
, and they placed both genera in the subfamily
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. However, the phylogenetic position of
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<emphasis id="B917215FFFE6FFFBFEE5101FFE63F269" box="[283,402,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Pronoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
currently remains unclear (
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). We agree with Tanikawas opinion and here provide accurate illustrations and detailed character descriptions of two
<taxonomicName id="4C6386CEFFE6FFFBFBF61035FB12F290" box="[1032,1251,376,402]" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Pronoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B917215FFFE6FFFBFBF61035FB72F293" box="[1032,1155,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Pronoides</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
to advance the phylogenetic studies of this family.
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