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<mods:title>On four new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) from southern China</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/4F58C4BE-5F33-44A6-BD75-3233B75D7E48" authority="Mi &amp; Wang" authorityName="Mi &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Araneus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Araneus fenzhi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="169" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fenzhi" status="sp. nov.">Araneus fenzhi Mi &amp; Wang</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Araneus fenzhi sp. nov. A-H female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 137 I, J male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., anterior view C ibid., posterior view D vulva, posterior view E habitus, dorsal view F ibid., ventral view G abdomen, lateral view H ibid., dorsal view I habitus, dorsal view J ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D); 1 mm (E-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1160.101594.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/847788" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Araneus fenzhi sp. nov. A, E male paratype TRU- Araneidae - 138 B-D male holotype A pedipalp, prolateral view B ibid., retrolateral view C ibid., ventral view D ibid., apical view E embolus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1160.101594.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/847789" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Legs of Araneus spp., male holotypes, prolateral view A-D A. fenzhi sp. nov. E-H A. mayanghe sp. nov. I-L A. shiwandashan sp. nov. M-P A. zhoui sp. nov. A, E, I, M legs I; B, F, J, N legs II; C, G, K, O legs III; D, H, L, P legs IV. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1160.101594.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/847796" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">, 9A-D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Distribution map of the species." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1160.101594.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/847797" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">, 10</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Holotype</emphasis>
♂ (TRU-
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-136), China: Hunan Province, Shaoyang City, Suining County, Zhaishi Township, Huangsang National Nature Reserve (
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="110" direction="east" minutes="9.56" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="110.15933">110°9.56'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 1620 m), 11.VII.2022, X.Q. Mi &amp; C. Wang leg.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Paratypes</emphasis>
: 1♂2♀ (TRU-
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-137-139), same data as for holotype; 2♂4♀ (TRU-
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-140-145), Guizhou Province, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Leishan County, Danjiang Township, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve (
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,
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, ca 1990 m), 20.VII.2017, C. Wang et al. leg.; 1♂ (TRU-
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-146), Jiangxi Province,
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City, Anfu County, Taishan Township, Wugongshan (
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,
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, ca 1270 m), 23.VI.2022, Z.G. Huang et al. leg.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The specific name is derived from the Chinese pinyin
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, meaning branched, referring to the threadlike branch of the embolus.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The new species resembles
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Zhu, Zhang, Zhang &amp; Chen, 2005 in having pale green coloration in life and a similar shape of the median apophysis and conductor, but it can be distinguished as follows: 1) epigyne scape not twisted into an S-shape vs S-shaped (
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: fig. 3B); 2) copulatory openings wedge-shaped in ventral view vs round (
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: fig. 3B); 3) embolus of male pedipalp U-shaped in prolateral view vs straight (
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: fig. 3D); 4) the branch on the embolus is threadlike vs lamellar (
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: fig. 3D); and 5) carapace unicolor vs with a pair of lateral longitudinal patches (
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: fig. 3A).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Male</emphasis>
(holotype, Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Araneus fenzhi sp. nov. A, E male paratype TRU- Araneidae - 138 B-D male holotype A pedipalp, prolateral view B ibid., retrolateral view C ibid., ventral view D ibid., apical view E embolus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1160.101594.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/847789" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">2B-D</figureCitation>
,
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; paratype TRU-
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-138, Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Araneus fenzhi sp. nov. A, E male paratype TRU- Araneidae - 138 B-D male holotype A pedipalp, prolateral view B ibid., retrolateral view C ibid., ventral view D ibid., apical view E embolus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1160.101594.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/847789" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">2A, E</figureCitation>
). Total length 3.35. Carapace 1.75 long, 1.20 wide. Abdomen 2.10 long, 1.65 wide. Clypeus 0.10 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.06, PME 0.11, PLE 0.06, AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.15, PME-PME 0.13, PME-PLE 0.20, MOA length 0.33, anterior width 0.35, posterior width 0.33. Leg measurements: I 6.90 (2.05, 2.40, 1.70, 0.75), II 6.45 (1.95, 2.20, 1.60, 0.70), III 3.60 (1.20, 1.10, 0.80, 0.50), IV 5.25 (1.70, 1.70, 1.30, 0.55). Carapace pear-shaped, yellow; base of eyes brown. Cervical groove inconspicuous; fovea longitudinal. Chelicerae yellow; four promarginal and three retromarginal teeth. Endites almost square, yellow with very narrow, dark anterior edge, with tooth-like process laterally. Labium triangular, yellow. Sternum cordiform, yellow with dark setae. Legs yellow to brown, without annuli; femur I with eight macrosetae; tibia I with 10 macrosetae; tibia II with 12 macrosetae; tibia III with nine macrosetae; tibia IV with seven macrosetae. Abdomen oval, ~1.3
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longer than wide, yellowish green with pale yellow spots; venter whitish green. Spinnerets yellowish brown.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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female paratype TRU-
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-137
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male holotype
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epigyne, ventral view
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ibid., anterior view
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ibid., posterior view
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vulva, posterior view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">E</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view
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ibid., ventral view
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abdomen, lateral view
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ibid., dorsal view
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habitus, dorsal view
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ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (
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); 1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">E-J</emphasis>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Pedipalp</emphasis>
(Fig.
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) with a basal femoral protrusion; patella with two bristles; median apophysis almost triangular, with a single long, slender, curved spur and a shorter broad spur; embolus twisted into a U-shape, with a threadlike branch at base, without cap (see arrows in Fig.
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); conductor membranous, with a spur at base; terminal apophysis blunt, with dense denticles.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Araneus fenzhi</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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male paratype TRU-
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-138
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male holotype
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pedipalp, prolateral view
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ibid., retrolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">C</emphasis>
ibid., ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">D</emphasis>
ibid., apical view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">E</emphasis>
embolus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Female</emphasis>
(paratype TRU-
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-137, Fig.
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). Total length 4.40. Carapace 2.35 long, 1.85 wide. Abdomen 2.80 long, 2.55 wide. Clypeus 0.10 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.08, PME 0.13, PLE 0.08, AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.25, PME-PME 0.15, PME-PLE 0.33, MOA length 0.40, anterior width 0.40, posterior width 0.38. Leg measurements: I 8.30 (2.45, 2.95, 2.05, 0.85), II 7.70 (2.25, 2.70, 1.95, 0.80), III 4.75 (1.55, 1.50, 1.05, 0.65), IV 6.85 (2.25, 2.30, 1.60, 0.70). Habitus similar to that of male, but abdomen ~1.1
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wider than long.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Araneus mayanghe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">A, C-H</emphasis>
female paratype TRU-
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-149
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">B</emphasis>
female paratype TRU-
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-150
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">I, J</emphasis>
male holotype
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">A</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">B</emphasis>
ibid., ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">C</emphasis>
ibid., posterior view dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">D</emphasis>
ibid., lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">E</emphasis>
vulva, posterior view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">F</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">G</emphasis>
ibid., ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">H</emphasis>
ibid., lateral view habitus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">I</emphasis>
ibid., dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">J</emphasis>
ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">A-E</emphasis>
); 1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">F-J</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Epigyne</emphasis>
(Fig.
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) ~1.65
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wider than long; scape with nearly parallel sides, spoon shaped distally; copulatory openings wedge shaped in ventral view, near posterior margin; copulatory ducts coiled ~360°, ~2
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longer than a spermatheca diameter; spermathecae spherical, ~1/4 spermatheca diameter apart.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="169" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
Total length: ♂♂ 2.95-3.40 (
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= 5); ♀♀ 4.15-5.65 (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">n</emphasis>
= 6). Preserved specimens grayish white. The embolic branch is generally broken off.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="169" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="169" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">Comment.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="169">
The oval abdomen is similar to that of members of the
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="169">A. ejusmodi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, but the long, distally spoon-shaped scape differs greatly than in those species, and thus the group to which the new species belongs is unclear.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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