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<taxonomicName LSID="8A912E94-845B-57DA-AC33-5171A53CEAE8" authority="(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)" baseAuthorityName="O. Pickard-Cambridge" baseAuthorityYear="1869" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meotipa spiniventris" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spiniventris">Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Figures 4A-H</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-B male habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen were absolutly absent) (A dorsal B prolateral). C-H pedipalp (C-E in the alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral F-H in gum arabic F prolateral G ventral H retrolateral). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-I). Abbreviations: E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, ST = subtegulum, T = tegulum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636296" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">, 5A-H</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Field photographs A M. picturata female on its web B M. spiniventris female with egg sac C, D M. pulcherrima female with its spiderlings. Photographs by Zhongwei Deng in Yunnan Province." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636300" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">, 9</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Map with sampling localities for Meotipa species from China: 1 M. argyrodiformis 2 M. pulcherrima 3 M. picturata 4 M. spiniventris 5 M. vesiculosa 6 M. pseudopicturata sp. nov. 7 M. striata sp. nov .." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636301" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">, 10</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="O.P.-Cambridge" authorityYear="1869" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Theridion" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Theridion spiniventre" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spiniventre">Theridion spiniventre</taxonomicName>
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O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869: 384, pl. 12, figs 52-56 (description of male); Hammen 1949: 76, figs 1-3 (male and female); Yoshida 1977: 9, figs 1-4 (male and female); Song 1987: 128, fig. 89 (male and female).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Strand" authorityYear="1907" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Theridion" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Theridion buitenzorgi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="buitenzorgi">Theridion buitenzorgi</taxonomicName>
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Strand, 1907: 412 (female).
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Chrysso" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chrysso spiniventre" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spiniventre">Chrysso spiniventre</taxonomicName>
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Yaginuma, 1986: 46, fig. 24-5 (transferred from
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);
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<bibRefCitation author="Zhu, MS" journalOrPublisher="Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, 142 - 147, 356 - 393" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" refId="B23" refString="Zhu, MS, 1998. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp." title="Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp." year="1998">Zhu 1998</bibRefCitation>
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: 66, fig. 38A-D (male and female); Song et al. 1999: 107, fig. 50E-L (male and female);
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: 130, figs 346-350 (male and female).
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="O. Pickard-Cambridge" baseAuthorityYear="1869" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meotipa spiniventris" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spiniventris">Meotipa spiniventris</taxonomicName>
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Yoshida, 2009: 378, figs 214-216 (transferred from
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Yunnan Province</emphasis>
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: 1♀, Mengla County, Menlun Town, Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (
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, 570 m), 22 March 2018, F.X. Liu & Z.C. Li leg. (CBEE);
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Hainan Province</emphasis>
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: 1♂, 5♀, Wuzhishan City, Shuiman Township, Wuzhishan (
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,
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, 140 m), 15 April 2018, F.X. Liu & Z.C. Li leg. (CBEE); 3 ♀, Wuzhishan City (
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,
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, 350 m), 15 April 2018, F.X. Liu & Z.C. Li leg. (CBEE); 2 ♀, Wuzhishan City, Diaoluo Mountain (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="18.78" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="18.78">18.78°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="109.52" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="109.52">109.52°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 136 m), 17 April 2018, F.X. Liu & Z.C. Li leg. (CBEE);
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Sichuan Province</emphasis>
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: 1♀,
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City, Lushan County, Longmen Town (
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="103.02" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="103.02">103.02°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 810 m), 28 September 2018, F.X. Liu, Z.C. Li & Z.W. Deng leg. (CBEE); 1♀, Chengdu City, Qinglong Lake Park (
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, 490 m), 30 September 2018, F.X. Liu, Z.C. Li & Z.W. Deng leg. (CBEE); 1♀, Chengdu City, Tazishan Park (
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,
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, 490 m), 30 September 2018, F.X. Liu, Z.C. Li & Z.C. Deng leg. (CBEE);
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Hubei Province</emphasis>
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: 1♀, Jianshi Country, Chaoyang Temple (
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, 490 m), 7 October 2018, F.X. Liu, Z.C. Li & Z.W. Deng leg. (CBEE).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Meotipa spiniventris</emphasis>
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(see
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: figs 3A-E, 4E, F) in shared characters such as raised eyes, forward slanting clypeus and two separated copulatory openings. Females of
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can be distinguished from
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by the following combination of characters: (1) the carapace has a central black band, opisthosoma with four median yellow and white patches, and four or five lanceolate spines posteriorly in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spiniventris" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" rank="species" species="spiniventris">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">M. spiniventris</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">4A</figureCitation>
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), but carapace without any marking, opisthosoma with a median black patch and 12-15 lanceolate spines posteriorly in
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(see
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: fig. 3A-C); (2) copulatory ducts short, extending to the lateral part of spermathecae (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">4E</figureCitation>
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) and fertilization ducts short in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spiniventris" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" rank="species" species="spiniventris">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">M. spiniventris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">4F, H</figureCitation>
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), but the copulatory ducts are long and convoluted around spermathecae and fertilization ducts longer, twisted in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. multuma" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" rank="species" species="multuma">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">M. multuma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(see
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.9" author="Murthappa, PS" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" pagination="589 - 596" refId="B16" refString="Murthappa, PS, Malamel, JJ, Prajapati, DA, Sebastian, PA, Venkateshwarlu, M, 2017. First description of the male of the type species Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895 and description of a new Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from India. Zootaxa 4344 (3): 589 - 596, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.9" title="First description of the male of the type species Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895 and description of a new Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from India." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.9" volume="4344" year="2017">Murthappa et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
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: figs 3D, E, 4E, F); (3) the tip of the conductor is uniquely strongly sclerotized and twisted in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spiniventris" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" rank="species" species="spiniventris">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">M. spiniventris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-B male habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen were absolutly absent) (A dorsal B prolateral). C-H pedipalp (C-E in the alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral F-H in gum arabic F prolateral G ventral H retrolateral). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-I). Abbreviations: E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, ST = subtegulum, T = tegulum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636296" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">5C</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="153">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="O. Pickard-Cambridge" baseAuthorityYear="1869" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meotipa spiniventris" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spiniventris">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Meotipa spiniventris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">A-C</emphasis>
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female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">A</emphasis>
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dorsal
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">B</emphasis>
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Prolateral
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">C</emphasis>
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ventral).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">D-H</emphasis>
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epigynum (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">D</emphasis>
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ventral, on the body
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">E, F</emphasis>
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in the alcohol
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">E</emphasis>
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ventral
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">F</emphasis>
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dorsal
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">G, H</emphasis>
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in gum arabic
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">G</emphasis>
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ventral
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">H</emphasis>
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dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">(A-C)</emphasis>
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; 0.1 mm
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">(D-H)</emphasis>
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. Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636296" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="153">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="O. Pickard-Cambridge" baseAuthorityYear="1869" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Meotipa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meotipa spiniventris" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="153" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spiniventris">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Meotipa spiniventris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">A-B</emphasis>
|
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male habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen were absolutly absent) (
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">A</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">B</emphasis>
|
||
prolateral).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">C-H</emphasis>
|
||
pedipalp (
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||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">C-E</emphasis>
|
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in the alcohol
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">C</emphasis>
|
||
prolateral
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">D</emphasis>
|
||
ventral
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||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">E</emphasis>
|
||
retrolateral
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">F-H</emphasis>
|
||
in gum arabic
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">F</emphasis>
|
||
prolateral
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">G</emphasis>
|
||
ventral
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">H</emphasis>
|
||
retrolateral). Scale bars: 1 mm
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||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">(A-C)</emphasis>
|
||
; 0.1 mm
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">(D-I)</emphasis>
|
||
. Abbreviations: E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, ST = subtegulum, T = tegulum.
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||
</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="153" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="153">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Female.</emphasis>
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Total length 2.23; Prosoma length 1.03, width (at middle) 0.71, height (at middle) 0.51; Opisthosoma length 1.20, width (at middle) 0.81, height (at middle) 1.05; Eye diameters: ALE 0.06, AME 0.07, PLE 0.06, PME 0.07; Eye interdistances: AME-AME 0.06, ALE-ALE 0.11, PLE-ALE contiguous, PLE-PLE 0.17, PME-PME 0.07, PME-PLE 0.05, AME-ALE 0.02; Clypeus height (at middle) 0.15, width (at middle) 0.13; Measurements of legs: Leg I (right) 9.19 [2.95, 0.47, 2.09, 2.93, 0.75], II (right) 4.83 [1.77, 0.36, 1.09, 1.16, 0.45], III (right) 2.98 [1.20, 0.22, 0.50, 0.72, 0.34], IV (right) 6.57 [2.21, 0.37, 1.21, 1.29, 1.49]. Carapace rhomboid with narrow and bar-shaped longitudinal fovea, glabrous; cephalic area relatively long and broad; clypeus slightly elevated. Eye field raised, all eyes in two rows and nearly uniform in size (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">4A</figureCitation>
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). Sternum white, subtly heart-shaped. Labium contiguous with the sternum, white with brown, approximately triangular in shape. Chelicera slanting, white with black fang. Yellow legs long and slender with several black lanceolate spines and the top of tarsus, metatarsus and tibia have black ring in leg I. Leg formula 1423. Yellow pedipalp with short hairs (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">4A-C</figureCitation>
|
||
). Opisthosoma oval higher than long. Abdomen with four black and medially broad setae, dorsum provided with yellow and white (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">4B, C</figureCitation>
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||
). Venter transparent, without any marking (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">4C</figureCitation>
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||
). Two copulatory openings not juxtaposed (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">4D</figureCitation>
|
||
); copulatory ducts short, inward curving almost 180° and extending to lateral sides of spermathecae (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">4F</figureCitation>
|
||
); spermathecae oval-shaped; fertilization ducts located on the base of spermathecae (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-C female habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen and legs were broken off during taking photographs) (A dorsal B Prolateral C ventral). D-H epigynum (D ventral, on the body E, F in the alcohol E ventral F dorsal G, H in gum arabic G ventral H dorsal). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-H). Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening, CD = copulatory duct, FD = fertilization duct, S = spermathecae." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636295" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">4H</figureCitation>
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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="153">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Male.</emphasis>
|
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Total length 1.82; Prosoma length 0.80, width (at middle) 0.70, height (at middle) 0.54; Opisthosoma length 1.02, width (at middle) 0.93, height (at middle) 0.83; Eye diameters: ALE 0.06, AME 0.08, PLE 0.07, PME 0.07; Eye interdistances: AME-AME 0.08, ALE-ALE 0.15, PLE-ALE contiguous, PLE-PLE 0.19, PME-PME 0.07, PME-PLE 0.06, AME-ALE 0.04; Clypeus height (at middle) 0.19, width (at middle) 0.15; Measurements of legs: Leg I (right) 11.08 [3.36, 0.44, 2.83, 3.52, 0.93], II (right) 6.1 [1.62, 0.36, 1.54, 1.87, 0.71], III (right) 3.55 [1.24, 0.21, 0.74, 0.97, 0.39], IV (right) 7.87 [2.92, 0.38, 2.08, 1.88, 0.61]. Like the female, except by the following. Dwarf in size compared to female (4/5 size of female), without characteristic lanceolate spines. Prosoma with distinct black streaks medially, and a wide red streak in the front of the black streaks; clypeus slightly bulged; eye field wide, elevated, with two long hairs in the middle of AME, white appearance except bulged out black anterior medians (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-B male habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen were absolutly absent) (A dorsal B prolateral). C-H pedipalp (C-E in the alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral F-H in gum arabic F prolateral G ventral H retrolateral). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-I). Abbreviations: E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, ST = subtegulum, T = tegulum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636296" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">5A</figureCitation>
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). Sternum heart shaped; maxillae, labium with dense tuft of hairs; Leg formula 1423 (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-B male habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen were absolutly absent) (A dorsal B prolateral). C-H pedipalp (C-E in the alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral F-H in gum arabic F prolateral G ventral H retrolateral). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-I). Abbreviations: E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, ST = subtegulum, T = tegulum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636296" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">5B</figureCitation>
|
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). Opisthosoma with alternate deep green and white patches, slightly high, without humps (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-B male habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen were absolutly absent) (A dorsal B prolateral). C-H pedipalp (C-E in the alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral F-H in gum arabic F prolateral G ventral H retrolateral). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-I). Abbreviations: E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, ST = subtegulum, T = tegulum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636296" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">5A</figureCitation>
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). Tegulum spherical, with median apophyses (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-B male habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen were absolutly absent) (A dorsal B prolateral). C-H pedipalp (C-E in the alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral F-H in gum arabic F prolateral G ventral H retrolateral). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-I). Abbreviations: E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, ST = subtegulum, T = tegulum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636296" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">5D</figureCitation>
|
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); conductor transparent, spirals upward beyond cymbium, with distal end strongly sclerotized (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-B male habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen were absolutly absent) (A dorsal B prolateral). C-H pedipalp (C-E in the alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral F-H in gum arabic F prolateral G ventral H retrolateral). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-I). Abbreviations: E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, ST = subtegulum, T = tegulum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636296" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">5F</figureCitation>
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); embolus long, narrow, with a sharp tip, almost completely covered by conductor (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) A-B male habitus (flattened black spines on the abdomen were absolutly absent) (A dorsal B prolateral). C-H pedipalp (C-E in the alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral F-H in gum arabic F prolateral G ventral H retrolateral). Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D-I). Abbreviations: E = embolus, MA = median apophysis, ST = subtegulum, T = tegulum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/636296" pageId="0" pageNumber="153">5H</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="153" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="153">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="153">China (Jiangxi; Hainan, newly recorded; Hubei, newly recorded; Sichuan, newly recorded; Yunnan, newly recorded; Taiwan), Japan, Netherlands, Sri Lanka.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |