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<mods:title>Nesticus kosodensis Yaginuma, 1972 bona species. Molecular and morphological separation from N. latiscapus Yaginuma, 1972 with notes on cave scaffold-web spiders subspecies in Japan (Araneae, Nesticidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Suzuki, Yuya</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Ballarin, Francesco</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="FDB77E5B-DFB1-55B6-BEA6-330300313FF4" authority="Yaginuma, 1972" authorityName="Yaginuma" authorityYear="1972" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus kosodensis" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kosodensis" status="stat. nov.">Nesticus kosodensis Yaginuma, 1972</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="3" pageNumber="82">stat. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of Nesticus kosodensis stat. nov. and N. latiscapus. a, b N. kosodensis stat. nov. adult male c ditto, adult female d N. latiscapus, adult male e ditto, adult female. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439591" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">Figures 1a-c</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male palp of N. kosodensis stat. nov. from Odaki area: a ventral view b dorsal view c ventro-retrolateral view d retrolateral view e ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439592" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Male palp of N. kosodensis stat. nov. (illustrated): a ventral view b dorsal view c ventro-retrolateral view d retrolateral view e ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439593" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">, 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Female genitalia of N. kosodensis stat. nov. from Odaki area. a, c Epigyne, ventral view b, d vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439594" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Type material of the species discussed in this work. Nesticus kosodensis stat. nov.: a palp of the holotype, ventral view b epigyne of the paratype, ventral view; N. latiscapus: c palp of the holotype, ventral view d epigyne of the paratype, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439598" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">, 8a, b</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="82">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Yaginuma" authorityYear="1972" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus latiscapus subsp. kosodensis" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="latiscapus" subSpecies="kosodensis">Nesticus latiscapus kosodensis</taxonomicName>
Yaginuma, 1972: 295, f. 20-23 (♂♀).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="82">
<taxonomicName family="Nesticidae" genus="N." higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. latiscapus subsp. kosodensis" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="82" rank="subSpecies" species="latiscapus" subSpecies="kosodensis">N. latiscapus kosodensis</taxonomicName>
Yaginuma, 1977: 315, pl. 2, f. 4 (♂).
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="82">
<taxonomicName family="Nesticidae" genus="N." higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. latiscapus subsp. kosodensis" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="82" rank="subSpecies" species="latiscapus" subSpecies="kosodensis">N. latiscapus kosodensis</taxonomicName>
Yaginuma, 1979: 265, pl. 7, f. 2, 4 (♂♀).1
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="82" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="82">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="82">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">Holotype</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Japan - Honshu Island • ♂; Yamanshi Prefecture, Kitatsuru-gun, Tabayama-mura, Kosode Limestone Cave (小袖鍾乳洞); [
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,
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]; 3 Feb. 1969, Akama H. leg.; NSMT-Ar 70 (as
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus subsp. kosodensis" pageId="3" pageNumber="82" rank="subSpecies" species="latiscapus" subSpecies="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">N. latiscapus kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="82">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">Paratype</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Japan - Honshu Island • 1♀; same data as the holoype; NSMT-Ar 71 (as
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus subsp. kosodensis" pageId="3" pageNumber="82" rank="subSpecies" species="latiscapus" subSpecies="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">N. latiscapus kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="82">Other material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="82">
Japan - Honshu Island • 4♂♂, 3♀♀; Kitatsuru-gun, Kosuge-mura, Hashitate, Odaki (雄滝);
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,
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; 10 Nov. 2019, Suzuki Y. leg.; under stones; YSPC, FBPC • 4♀♀; Tokyo Prefecture, Nishitama-gun, Okutama-machi, Nippara, Nippara Limestone Cave (日原鍾乳洞);
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,
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; Ballarin F. leg.; FBPC.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="82">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="84" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">
Species closely related to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Yaginuma" authorityYear="1972" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus latiscapus" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">Nesticus latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but both sexes can be distinguished by the morphology of the genitalia. Male
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. kosodensis" pageId="3" pageNumber="82" rank="species" species="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">N. kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stat. nov. can be separated from male
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="3" pageNumber="82" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the following combination of characters: Dp2 and Dp3 close to each other (separated from each other in
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="3" pageNumber="82" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Male palp of N. kosodensis stat. nov. (illustrated): a ventral view b dorsal view c ventro-retrolateral view d retrolateral view e ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439593" pageId="3" pageNumber="82">3b</figureCitation>
vs. 6b); Di narrower, lacking a serrated edge (Di wider and bearing a serrated edge
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<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="4" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Male palp of N. kosodensis stat. nov. (illustrated): a ventral view b dorsal view c ventro-retrolateral view d retrolateral view e ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439593" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">3d</figureCitation>
vs. 6d); Ma weakly protruding (Ma strongly protruding in
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="4" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Male palp of N. kosodensis stat. nov. (illustrated): a ventral view b dorsal view c ventro-retrolateral view d retrolateral view e ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439593" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">3e</figureCitation>
vs. 6e); Be present (Be absent in
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="4" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
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, see Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Male palp of N. kosodensis stat. nov. (illustrated): a ventral view b dorsal view c ventro-retrolateral view d retrolateral view e ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439593" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">3a, b</figureCitation>
vs. 6a, b); Ta weakly developed but present (lacking in
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="4" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Male palp of N. kosodensis stat. nov. (illustrated): a ventral view b dorsal view c ventro-retrolateral view d retrolateral view e ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439593" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">3a, e</figureCitation>
vs. 6a, e). Females
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. kosodensis" pageId="4" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">N. kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stat. nov. are distinguished from females
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="4" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the different shape of scapus, narrower towards the tip and with convergent edges in
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. kosodensis" pageId="4" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">N. kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stat. nov., almost of the same width or slightly wider towards the tip, with slightly divergent edges and lobate corners in
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="4" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="83">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
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vs. Fig.
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). The
<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="84" start="start">shape</pageBreakToken>
of copulatory openings is also different between the two species: the edge of the opening is curved and slanted compared to the edge of the scapus in
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. kosodensis" pageId="5" pageNumber="84" rank="species" species="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="84">N. kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stat. nov., but straight and parallel to the edge of the scapus in
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="5" pageNumber="84" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="84">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
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vs. Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Female genitalia of N. latiscapus from Saiko Bat Cave. a, c Epigyne, ventral view b, d vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439597" pageId="5" pageNumber="84">7</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="84">Redescription.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="84">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="84">Male.</emphasis>
Total length: 4.00-4.29, carapace: 1.77-2.01 long, 1.04-1.75 wide (based on three males).
</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="85" pageId="5" pageNumber="84">
Habitus as in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of Nesticus kosodensis stat. nov. and N. latiscapus. a, b N. kosodensis stat. nov. adult male c ditto, adult female d N. latiscapus, adult male e ditto, adult female. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439591" pageId="5" pageNumber="84">1a, b</figureCitation>
. Carapace light yellowish brown, midline and lateral edges darker. Chelicera, labium and sternum light yellowish-brown without any markings. Legs yellowish-brown with dark bands. Leg measurements as follows (based on one male): I 15.60 (4.34, 0.83, 4.62, 4.21, 1.61), II 12.10 (3.48, 0.77, 3.32, 3.18, 1.34),
<pageBreakToken pageId="6" pageNumber="85" start="start">III</pageBreakToken>
8.55 (2.60, 0.58, 2.25, 2.14, 0.98), IV 11.70 (3.68, 0.70, 3.09, 2.97, 1.25). Dorsum of abdomen whitish-yellow with narrowly spaced pairs of black markings posteriorly.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="85">
Palp as in Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male palp of N. kosodensis stat. nov. from Odaki area: a ventral view b dorsal view c ventro-retrolateral view d retrolateral view e ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439592" pageId="6" pageNumber="85">2</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Male palp of N. kosodensis stat. nov. (illustrated): a ventral view b dorsal view c ventro-retrolateral view d retrolateral view e ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439593" pageId="6" pageNumber="85">3</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Type material of the species discussed in this work. Nesticus kosodensis stat. nov.: a palp of the holotype, ventral view b epigyne of the paratype, ventral view; N. latiscapus: c palp of the holotype, ventral view d epigyne of the paratype, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439598" pageId="6" pageNumber="85">8a</figureCitation>
. Paracymbium with five processes: ventral process recurved, dorsal process 1 sharp and weakly curved when the palp is observed ventrally and laterally, dorsal process 2 short and straight, dorsal process 3 very small and close to the basal part of dorsal process 2, hidden behind ventral process when the palp is observed ventrally. All dorsal processes strongly sclerotized. Distal process of paracymbium sharp with a smooth edge. Embolus with a well-developed bulge, median apophysis weakly protruded, tegular apophysis small and triangular.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="85">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="85">Female.</emphasis>
Total length: 3.73-3.90, carapace: 1.61-1.73 long, 1.46-1.47 wide (based on two females).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="86">
<pageBreakToken pageId="7" pageNumber="86" start="start">Habitus</pageBreakToken>
as in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Habitus of Nesticus kosodensis stat. nov. and N. latiscapus. a, b N. kosodensis stat. nov. adult male c ditto, adult female d N. latiscapus, adult male e ditto, adult female. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439591" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">1c</figureCitation>
. Color and markings as in the male. Legs measurements as following (based on one female): I 12.80 (3.76, 0.71, 3.53, 3.30, 1.48), II 9.57 (2.77, 0.69, 2.55, 2.40, 1.16), III 6.34 (1.96, 0.58, 1.62, 1.38, 0.80), IV 9.51 (3.03, 0.67, 2.48, 2.27, 1.06).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="86">
Epigyne and vulva as in Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Female genitalia of N. kosodensis stat. nov. from Odaki area. a, c Epigyne, ventral view b, d vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439594" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">4</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Type material of the species discussed in this work. Nesticus kosodensis stat. nov.: a palp of the holotype, ventral view b epigyne of the paratype, ventral view; N. latiscapus: c palp of the holotype, ventral view d epigyne of the paratype, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439598" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">8b</figureCitation>
. Scapus prolonged posteriorly, narrower towards the tip, with slightly convergent edges and bearing a U-shaped groove. Edge of copulatory openings rounded and slanted compared to the edge of the scapus. Insemination and fertilization ducts reaching spermathecae with a short and convoluted trait. Spermathecae oval. Vulval pockets strongly wrinkled, located above spermathecae.
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<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="86" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="86">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="86">
Endemic to central Honshu, Japan (Yamanashi and Tokyo Prefectures). See Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Distribution of Nesticus kosodensis stat. nov. (green dots) and N. latiscapus (red dots) in Japan. Stars show the type localities of the species." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439600" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">10</figureCitation>
.
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<caption doi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439591" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="86">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Habitus of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Yaginuma" authorityYear="1972" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus kosodensis" order="Araneae" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">Nesticus kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stat. nov. and
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">a, b</emphasis>
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. kosodensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" rank="species" species="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">N. kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stat. nov. adult male
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">c</emphasis>
ditto, adult female
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">d</emphasis>
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. latiscapus" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" rank="species" species="latiscapus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">N. latiscapus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, adult male
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">e</emphasis>
ditto, adult female. Scale bars: 1 mm.
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</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439592" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="86">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Male palp of
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. kosodensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" rank="species" species="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">N. kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stat. nov. from Odaki area:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">a</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">b</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">c</emphasis>
ventro-retrolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">d</emphasis>
retrolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">e</emphasis>
ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439593" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="86">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Male palp of
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. kosodensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" rank="species" species="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">N. kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stat. nov. (illustrated):
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">a</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">b</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">c</emphasis>
ventro-retrolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">d</emphasis>
retrolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">e</emphasis>
ventro-prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/subtbiol.35.53933.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/439594" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="86">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Female genitalia of
<taxonomicName genus="N." lsidName="N. kosodensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="86" rank="species" species="kosodensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">N. kosodensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stat. nov. from Odaki area.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">a, c</emphasis>
Epigyne, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="86">b, d</emphasis>
vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
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</subSubSection>
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