treatments-xml/data/58/2F/76/582F768139295071BA387E52C1CD2C96.xml
2024-06-21 12:37:12 +02:00

259 lines
34 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1173-243" ID-Pensoft-UUID="A6A83DCFCD1D56AABF53E508919088D2" ID-ZooBank="B0A11BACB9DA4DC29BC5F50CE6268CA0" ModsDocID="1313-2970-1173-243" checkinTime="1691213807641" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Mi, Xiaoqi, Wang, Cheng &amp; Gan, Jiahui" docDate="2023" docId="582F768139295071BA387E52C1CD2C96" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 1173: 243-273" docOrigin="ZooKeys 1173" docPubDate="2023-08-04" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315" docTitle="Araneus shii Mi &amp; Wang &amp; Gan 2023, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="2B5FF64C-C28F-40F5-A854-61983F2AFFAB" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="1" id="A6A83DCFCD1D56AABF53E508919088D2" lastPageNumber="243" masterDocId="A6A83DCFCD1D56AABF53E508919088D2" masterDocTitle="Six new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) and a redescription of A. colubrinus Song &amp; Zhu, 1992 from Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China" masterLastPageNumber="273" masterPageNumber="243" pageNumber="243" updateTime="1691213807641" updateUser="pensoft">
<mods:mods id="4F7D6AFE8BE89B0A70B8DC1A5636B6E7" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="FB90427D3C73BCB30031700D7CD78466">
<mods:title id="592AF8E3DCFABCB0B998D5CAFDA1781F">Six new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) and a redescription of A. colubrinus Song &amp; Zhu, 1992 from Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="75F85425795317865AF0FE4F86EA5FCC" type="personal">
<mods:role id="0F849102FF0E098CD628CFC3BE514FD3">
<mods:roleTerm id="88D5314B6669904923702849C51A571A">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="4441DA7F88219BF59F72AA9217EC2F9D">Mi, Xiaoqi</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="4FAE36174080935E3E609BC5D5F2A12D" type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1744-3855</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:affiliation id="10CFB368713684CC4FF2ACAB4086C812">College of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering and Planning, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region, Tongren University, Tongren 554300, Guizhou, China</mods:affiliation>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="062980FB4CDE5EC22BD7223571F73583" type="email">mixiaoqi1018@163.com</mods:nameIdentifier>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="C0E911BA184D5390E12273C5DF14EC18" type="personal">
<mods:role id="F2D6086536FC1B2CEEBC1FDC347C8EBC">
<mods:roleTerm id="CAE2720BE92C1EC41DF52A0E85F1B4C1">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="E233CEA19B9EB9F0D3996F5B93183A0F">Wang, Cheng</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="AA9D84D809F9A58F8F4AC0531A7A8EA5" type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1831-0579</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:affiliation id="A6E404D6BE3750A1DBE87AA4D0A47CCC">College of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering and Planning, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region, Tongren University, Tongren 554300, Guizhou, China</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="B4430B77A8B063ABA7532DFA96B899C8" type="personal">
<mods:role id="54192E2CA5A5EB83D2D3B249F8D798DF">
<mods:roleTerm id="33A215ADC660B08BD0EAF7EFD22704FD">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="2730940F1D3F0FB25065C43F316F7959">Gan, Jiahui</mods:namePart>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="6D4810E99D4C42CE47E27F6F3E844DD1" type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6899-3705</mods:nameIdentifier>
<mods:affiliation id="55879CA45739661A303432F1EDF4CFF8">College of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering and Planning, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region, Tongren University, Tongren 554300, Guizhou, China</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="564E5A21FED4B0F6DF47D9B3C5C08DF5">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="3380D44F2D5A482C407B2DC8D308ECBA" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="17DB43544635C85D1A93318635F73F35">
<mods:title id="69BDBB6E3D0727572EAACC0D5653D872">ZooKeys</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="B355BDB1BD1ED3733ED7F3BEE8841EE9">
<mods:date id="2D8FA9315BA20848F6670B3167F97B59">2023</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="5C4B19608F1C284040D94792912A19F2" type="pubDate">
<mods:number id="B1975491203B8AED5808317FB2B2D8B1">2023-08-04</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="5D108BF1A8D39825B52693DC62466A33" type="volume">
<mods:number id="439CD4737F9A383B1B7E76263F66A85E">1173</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="9B0F6E6E201099E82717123DF3264E9A" unit="page">
<mods:start id="CC9527F0B7970EB724B40FB58969D78F">243</mods:start>
<mods:end id="0FCB640F01AF46FF7BC9B1229564069C">273</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:location id="A7EC97B406CC86C89E6009EF5046B964">
<mods:url id="CB97DA99A2538521460AC5B1065EFA46">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315</mods:url>
</mods:location>
<mods:classification id="06E98193ED9487C6C04E840BB41EF095">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="57089555CEF1F51A303E4E94A9C337CA" type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="555E5F35F56506D3F61A3852699D5B2A" type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-1173-243</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="881033B97A347FE4E130C8B4BA2AAF8B" type="ZooBank">B0A11BACB9DA4DC29BC5F50CE6268CA0</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="547E18E93B7748756B5D6E2A12818927" type="Pensoft-UUID">A6A83DCFCD1D56AABF53E508919088D2</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="582F768139295071BA387E52C1CD2C96" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2B5FF64C-C28F-40F5-A854-61983F2AFFAB" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/582F768139295071BA387E52C1CD2C96" lastPageNumber="243" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<subSubSection id="D62C21F097801F11024AE367ACC0EF38" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="3A03F564570D7F4022845C1CBCEAA0A3" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<taxonomicName id="69276BDAD44AD66B2A53AB29AA0A2105" LSID="https://zoobank.org/2B5FF64C-C28F-40F5-A854-61983F2AFFAB" authority="Mi &amp; Wang &amp; Gan, 2023" authorityName="Mi &amp; Wang &amp; Gan" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Araneus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Araneus shii" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shii" status="sp. nov.">Araneus shii</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="43FB61B46EC2D3A2ADBDF15E80DD358C" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4A4304BB4507CA680EF08BB482BF2B6B" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="description">
<paragraph id="E1EB338584A6FDBC26669F6ED9B1612D" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<figureCitation id="0DB7D6FC4AD346F87A3C6C40C9CC33F6" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Araneus shii sp. nov. A-F female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 198 G, H male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., lateral view C ibid., posterior view D vulva, anterior view E habitus, dorsal view F ibid., ventral view G ibid., dorsal view H ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D); 1 mm (E-H). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888325" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Figs 7</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="1CA510917C784A7DA857BB544FB23406" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Araneus shii sp. nov. male holotype A pedipalp, prolateral view B ibid., retrolateral view C ibid., ventral view D ibid., apical view E part of expanded bulb. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: C conductor, E embolus, MA median apophysis, ST subterminal apophysis, TA terminal apophysis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888326" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">, 8</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="F4AF9004372B087AAC3EFF0A735A53A1" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Legs of Araneus spp., male, prolateral view A-D A. chenjingi sp. nov., holotype E-H Araneus colubrinus Song &amp; Zhu, 1992 TRU- Araneidae - 182 I-L A. lihaiboi sp. nov., holotype M-P A. shii sp. nov., holotype 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.1173.106315.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888333" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">, 15M-P</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="27F4BFE122BD2B06C5CED73276D4782A" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Distribution map of the species." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888335" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">, 17</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C1994CBB6FB7B1E4014C7CA8E269622E" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="type material">
<paragraph id="30841936A3AEB80C2F4A69F16C7BBF63" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="328A3002B332A732E7D3C8FE9EED41A6" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="9572CDE315AEE55D1ACB006FF4525409" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Holotype</emphasis>
♂ (TRU-
<taxonomicName id="D3FEBE5A57FB11B18F96C09A0688674D" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-197), China: Guizhou Province, Tongren City, Yinjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Muhuang Township, Jinchang Village,
<normalizedToken id="0C52F798A9766CEC42F9396692EEAA0E" originalValue="Maxiao">Maxi'ao</normalizedToken>
(
<geoCoordinate id="7A80DB67165198A690EB842404A038B1" degrees="28" direction="north" minutes="1.37" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="28.022833">28°1.37'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="FBBA49EB2B147448EC35E60FE873ACD3" degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="45.00" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.75">108°45.00'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 1340 m), 10.V.2020, X.Q. Mi et al. leg.
<emphasis id="576B054F65C267329ED8C9E591079190" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Paratypes</emphasis>
: 4♀ (TRU-
<taxonomicName id="892A21791AF661946F8BCC3ED9B776D1" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-198-201), same data as for holotype; 3♂6♀ (TRU-
<taxonomicName id="81C29241987983622A46CC1207A4A786" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-202-210), same locality, 26.IV.2020, X.Q. Mi &amp; C. Wang leg.; 1♀ (TRU-
<taxonomicName id="F0C906660322559AEF808F1A6289ECFC" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-211), Ziwei Township, Dayuanzhi Village, Huguosi (
<geoCoordinate id="C064A7BE978EAA657EF5FA29320FB1BB" degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="54.54" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.909">27°54.54'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="9845AE960BC80CA6F07BBC68875B85B0" degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="46.57" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.77617">108°46.57'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 1660 m), 9.V.2020, X.Q. Mi et al. leg.; 1♀ (TRU-
<taxonomicName id="2172496D57DA7869CC20ADB1EA63DB87" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-212),
<normalizedToken id="CB65EF33EEFADE2E9CAA4A3132F135D1" originalValue="Mianxüling">Mianxueling</normalizedToken>
(
<geoCoordinate id="DF176EA2DD29EAAB9F9FD39293493C85" degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="54.89" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.914833">27°54.89'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="17A449D5DDD841DB4029AC6CA394BD5E" degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="40.17" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.6695">108°40.17'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 1790 m), 23.VII.2021, X.Q. Mi et al. leg.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E9919BF05B47E9976660D1228A3D48D4" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="FF0344C547DF0DC776D67443422E2839" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2001F56D4E2FD9B6361521D1E764C64F" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
Females of the new species resembles
<taxonomicName id="5579569AF87C24197F510B54895C3C0A" lsidName="A. flagelliformis" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" rank="species" species="flagelliformis">
<emphasis id="284D6DD914FBF1077FE202956E5548C0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A. flagelliformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Zhu &amp; Yin, 1998 in appearance, but can be distinguished as follows: 1) scape with nearly parallel sides in ventral view (Fig.
<figureCitation id="8867A9455BFD0D039EDE4BAE1F27B8D9" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Araneus shii sp. nov. A-F female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 198 G, H male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., lateral view C ibid., posterior view D vulva, anterior view E habitus, dorsal view F ibid., ventral view G ibid., dorsal view H ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D); 1 mm (E-H). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888325" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">7A</figureCitation>
) vs twisted in an S-shape (
<bibRefCitation id="3C6F3B35B4E3231F9A58B3C002A66ED4" author="Yin, C" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" refId="B24" refString="Yin, C, Wang, J, Zhu, M, Xie, L, Peng, X, Bao, Y, 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing" title="Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae." year="1997">Yin et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 84c); 2) scape slightly beyond epigastric furrow in ventral view (Fig.
<figureCitation id="05E2EC5FAA44FCA51927E62D70BD6470" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Araneus shii sp. nov. A-F female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 198 G, H male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., lateral view C ibid., posterior view D vulva, anterior view E habitus, dorsal view F ibid., ventral view G ibid., dorsal view H ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D); 1 mm (E-H). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888325" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">7A</figureCitation>
) vs far exceeding epigastric furrow (
<bibRefCitation id="0671CF81DB1DE915DEFFE1ADEE7A1E7E" author="Yin, C" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" refId="B24" refString="Yin, C, Wang, J, Zhu, M, Xie, L, Peng, X, Bao, Y, 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing" title="Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae." year="1997">Yin et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 84c); 3) anterolateral humps on dorsal abdomen very low (Fig.
<figureCitation id="D3EE829DE0F4FFA14F245512930A76D7" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Araneus shii sp. nov. A-F female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 198 G, H male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., lateral view C ibid., posterior view D vulva, anterior view E habitus, dorsal view F ibid., ventral view G ibid., dorsal view H ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D); 1 mm (E-H). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888325" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">7E</figureCitation>
) vs humps obvious (
<bibRefCitation id="0E2FC4534FDDCAF0B8DE6113215E6EEB" author="Yin, C" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" refId="B24" refString="Yin, C, Wang, J, Zhu, M, Xie, L, Peng, X, Bao, Y, 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing" title="Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae." year="1997">Yin et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 84a); and 4) total length less than 6 vs total length longer than 16. Males of the new species can be distinguished from congeneric species by the following combination of characters: 1) terminal apophysis weakly sclerotized with a fine tip (Fig.
<figureCitation id="8C671F77D7FD0D7BE1A99F942DC80CC2" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Araneus shii sp. nov. male holotype A pedipalp, prolateral view B ibid., retrolateral view C ibid., ventral view D ibid., apical view E part of expanded bulb. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: C conductor, E embolus, MA median apophysis, ST subterminal apophysis, TA terminal apophysis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888326" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">8A, C, E</figureCitation>
); 2) subterminal apophysis heavily sclerotized, arched (Fig.
<figureCitation id="842A34E76FDF2E47E7CB54603078DB39" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Araneus shii sp. nov. male holotype A pedipalp, prolateral view B ibid., retrolateral view C ibid., ventral view D ibid., apical view E part of expanded bulb. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: C conductor, E embolus, MA median apophysis, ST subterminal apophysis, TA terminal apophysis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888326" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">8A-E</figureCitation>
); 3) median apophysis large, bifurcated, dorsal ramus long, curved, pointed at tip, ventral ramus very short with serrated tip (Fig.
<figureCitation id="6789859D5BFB61D0677C69A1E6EF2E98" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Araneus shii sp. nov. male holotype A pedipalp, prolateral view B ibid., retrolateral view C ibid., ventral view D ibid., apical view E part of expanded bulb. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: C conductor, E embolus, MA median apophysis, ST subterminal apophysis, TA terminal apophysis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888326" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">8A-D</figureCitation>
); 4) rather long embolus with a wide base (Fig.
<figureCitation id="BAEB01823D4B6F7443C62089CFBD9EC9" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Araneus shii sp. nov. male holotype A pedipalp, prolateral view B ibid., retrolateral view C ibid., ventral view D ibid., apical view E part of expanded bulb. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: C conductor, E embolus, MA median apophysis, ST subterminal apophysis, TA terminal apophysis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888326" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">8A, C, E</figureCitation>
); and 5) tibia I slightly curved (Fig.
<figureCitation id="CE87098F0DBF07BF93CB2D00DD2E40C6" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Legs of Araneus spp., male, prolateral view A-D A. chenjingi sp. nov., holotype E-H Araneus colubrinus Song &amp; Zhu, 1992 TRU- Araneidae - 182 I-L A. lihaiboi sp. nov., holotype M-P A. shii sp. nov., holotype 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.1173.106315.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888333" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">15M</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="F98B2C9B7C6E4E592B5C2D07F237694E" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888325" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph id="1AB8061D16EEFC55FC23494EB4B50912" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="9B3091F0E882F4A247F838B3EF8EAB36" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Figure 7.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="27E020EA410CB8B93CB5028BF78C5861" authorityName="Mi &amp; Wang &amp; Gan" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Araneus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Araneus shii" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shii">
<emphasis id="5E3A313F47396F0CDD65160381DDC3A5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Araneus shii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="90824335655485031945969F4F9729BB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A-F</emphasis>
female paratype TRU-
<taxonomicName id="080485876C44CF88C9640880A92F380A" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-198
<emphasis id="FCDB26142FD72AD96A367B95071518E5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">G, H</emphasis>
male holotype
<emphasis id="F296B10CE06B4800ACFE0A4306D5D060" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view
<emphasis id="468A2FBF236D16654E513332EAC2358E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">B</emphasis>
ibid., lateral view
<emphasis id="AC2BD03598DF95FF4FC5338AFD3282BD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">C</emphasis>
ibid., posterior view
<emphasis id="B66BA3E918BC6625AD06A8E53B98176C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">D</emphasis>
vulva, anterior view
<emphasis id="9C0969361F83B2C913AEFFD3459826C2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">E</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view
<emphasis id="4B4C2910429C9074DDE57C7E2073CE1F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">F</emphasis>
ibid., ventral view
<emphasis id="7B9E28435A033FE33AC1ECA999FC69F9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">G</emphasis>
ibid., dorsal view
<emphasis id="0EADAD7C81F13E8306BDF89B9F5CEF37" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">H</emphasis>
ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (
<emphasis id="DDF927D9F485BD3F15CE76A84D4CC7B3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A-D</emphasis>
); 1 mm (
<emphasis id="04FC53D200A6134697DB1B5FD89730AF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">E-H</emphasis>
). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="D5B8EA8BC7C451EC8B73744A5A00D72D" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888326" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" start="Figure 8" startId="F8">
<paragraph id="D35A16A0108E06CDCFA55EAAAF046243" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="CF34E0B6BD7C9E14ADF7C48EBD9AE47D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Figure 8.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="55A67D5CC79DC8CB9CF8C8A784B7047E" authorityName="Mi &amp; Wang &amp; Gan" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Araneus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Araneus shii" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shii">
<emphasis id="10936F523D924CD49D49683147BF7103" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Araneus shii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. male holotype
<emphasis id="DDB7D4FB961AAA68D1AC09ECD9D8ABC7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A</emphasis>
pedipalp, prolateral view
<emphasis id="531C5BD2B5A8D720D6EF6E13BD67B021" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">B</emphasis>
ibid., retrolateral view
<emphasis id="BFB7B5CA7C15CFD59F09B9FB52DDD385" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">C</emphasis>
ibid., ventral view
<emphasis id="4B3E505FAA6848D69D28F024420FFEFF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">D</emphasis>
ibid., apical view
<emphasis id="50286E72BC1FA096E8F1EC7058409B9D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">E</emphasis>
part of expanded bulb. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: C conductor, E embolus, MA median apophysis, ST subterminal apophysis, TA terminal apophysis.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6F50A70B6A338A7E5CBB533E64ACF084" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="description">
<paragraph id="47C3010DFBB7DBB96284498AB89A0CB2" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E3A01B947817977165247DD364787EFF" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="5E2764BC9427D42B427F7FBE24E41F34" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Male</emphasis>
(holotype, Figs
<figureCitation id="E27AFB1D608FD8342AD062D3B3B6F338" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Araneus shii sp. nov. A-F female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 198 G, H male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., lateral view C ibid., posterior view D vulva, anterior view E habitus, dorsal view F ibid., ventral view G ibid., dorsal view H ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D); 1 mm (E-H). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888325" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">7G, H</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E5A0783B5531D751104A2EAEDA74CBC3" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Araneus shii sp. nov. male holotype A pedipalp, prolateral view B ibid., retrolateral view C ibid., ventral view D ibid., apical view E part of expanded bulb. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: C conductor, E embolus, MA median apophysis, ST subterminal apophysis, TA terminal apophysis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888326" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">8</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="69C68C9952A2102C29A1AD9334B48C0C" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Legs of Araneus spp., male, prolateral view A-D A. chenjingi sp. nov., holotype E-H Araneus colubrinus Song &amp; Zhu, 1992 TRU- Araneidae - 182 I-L A. lihaiboi sp. nov., holotype M-P A. shii sp. nov., holotype 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.1173.106315.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888333" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">15M-P</figureCitation>
). Total length 3.60. Carapace 2.10 long, 1.70 wide. Abdomen 2.20 long, 1.75 wide. Clypeus 0.08 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.08, PME 0.13, PLE 0.08, AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.15, PME-PME 0.13, PME-PLE 0.33, MOA length 0.35, anterior width 0.38, posterior width 0.38. Leg measurements: I 6.70 (2.05, 2.55, 1.45, 0.65), II 5.80 (1.85, 2.20, 1.30, 0.45), III 3.70 (1.30, 1.25, 0.75, 0.40), IV 5.05 (1.65, 1.75, 1.15, 0.50). Carapace pear-shaped, yellow with inconspicuous grayish brown radial patches in thoracic region, with pale setae. Chelicerae yellow, four promarginal and three retromarginal teeth. Endites somewhat square, yellow with pale tip, with tooth-like process laterally, labium triangular, grayish yellow with paler tip. Sternum cordiform, yellow with pale and grayish brown setae. Legs yellow with yellowish brown annuli, tibia I slightly curved, with nine macrosetae, tibia II with 12 macrosetae, tibia III with seven macrosetae, and tibia IV with nine macrosetae. Abdomen wide oval, ~ 1.25
<normalizedToken id="F5D3AA716F4DDF06E5D66B9D5EDDA9FC" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than wide, dorsum yellow to grayish brown, with dense, long, pale setae anteriorly and short, dark setae posteriorly; venter grayish brown with a pair of longitudinal white patches laterally. Spinnerets yellowish brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2BE4085E97D7A41E113FC0410A563051" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="D824A5947790685FBA307C5D0AAC8F54" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Pedipalp</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="3E714C65D617E02FEEB71AA29B759D0E" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Araneus shii sp. nov. male holotype A pedipalp, prolateral view B ibid., retrolateral view C ibid., ventral view D ibid., apical view E part of expanded bulb. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: C conductor, E embolus, MA median apophysis, ST subterminal apophysis, TA terminal apophysis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888326" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">8</figureCitation>
): with basal femoral protrusion; patella with two bristles; median apophysis large, bifurcated, dorsal ramus long, pointed at tip, ventral ramus very short with serrated tip; embolus prominent, slightly curved at tip in prolateral view; conductor somewhat square, widest at base in ventral view; terminal apophysis weakly sclerotized, with a pointed tip; subterminal apophysis heavily sclerotized, arched and covering most part of the embolus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="23E47281FD6B948550AB880B20EACBEB" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="6ACE88C9CE4AAD20CCB9EBCB9F055DC9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Female</emphasis>
(paratype TRU-
<taxonomicName id="2A27B16FCEA678F44DA94174ACAC9E5D" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-198, Fig.
<figureCitation id="8C6C5F11242F1A8306D2A91948D04B37" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Araneus shii sp. nov. A-F female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 198 G, H male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., lateral view C ibid., posterior view D vulva, anterior view E habitus, dorsal view F ibid., ventral view G ibid., dorsal view H ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D); 1 mm (E-H). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888325" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">7A-F</figureCitation>
). Total length 5.25. Carapace 2.20 long, 1.90 wide. Abdomen 3.60 long, 3.45 wide. Clypeus 0.08 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.08, PME 0.13, PLE 0.08, AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.35, PME-PME 0.13, PME-PLE 0.43, MOA length 0.35, anterior width 0.38, posterior width 0.38. Leg measurements: I 5.70 (1.85, 2.00, 1.25, 0.60), II 5.20 (1.60, 1.90, 1.10, 0.60), III 3.30 (1.10, 1.10, 0.65, 0.45), IV 4.85 (1.60, 1.70, 1.05, 0.50). Habitus similar to that of male but abdomen a little paler.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC9F584E85C77ACB2667C9EC5EE062B6" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="37F8CE175F99E283C32689E1073044D3" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Epigyne</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="19EEBFE0C5FE493F53685095B92CADBC" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Araneus shii sp. nov. A-F female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 198 G, H male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., lateral view C ibid., posterior view D vulva, anterior view E habitus, dorsal view F ibid., ventral view G ibid., dorsal view H ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-D); 1 mm (E-H). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888325" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">7A-D</figureCitation>
): with a long base; scape long, extending forward first, then reflected to posterior, with nearly parallel sides and spoon shaped distal tip; copulatory openings wide and deeply concaved, at posterior surface; copulatory ducts curved about 90°; spermathecae elliptical, less than 1/4 of the spermatheca width apart.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AD07AE4CE7C5A11AB3A6C5F68962C7B6" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="variation">
<paragraph id="EEBB1230AF4D3CB5ACC843FD304D4B2F" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8E3BEAB8D8005664141D89AAA366B2BE" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
Total length: ♂♂ 3.45-3.80 (
<emphasis id="FE7088CC6DB6DFD1CBCA331924325462" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">n</emphasis>
= 4), ♀♀ 4.45-5.25 (
<emphasis id="AB7179E3726D055E9C95D8077C0B2735" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">n</emphasis>
= 12).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="EB1773F81A20CB2754576A82BAD9D784" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="A788084D4EA02729EC931397104211CD" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F5F534DAB2B73837A40D01EFF03DAD8A" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Known only from type locality.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="26E746914910BDB2C5575CA43514E8C0" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="comments">
<paragraph id="60C7E0C53890C0334BB7D2DA5A3E35C1" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8095687CE5286F9DB6D20ECB3C99349C" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
The wide oval abdomen, long and ridged scape, and the male pedipalp with a bifurcated median apophysis indicate that the new species belongs to the
<taxonomicName id="1ABEDC8E89DEAD2E3B5719400AC82E5A" lsidName="A. sturmi" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" rank="species" species="sturmi">
<emphasis id="CFEB845FB95A97472505A95205ED521B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A. sturmi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F591F41A786B5D9FEF50D7B6B33F1396" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="3842BA3408A321150F96A9B917DBD2C9" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="06F19D2D95A394EE32367DB7D0CBA781" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">The specific name is a patronym of Mr. Lei Shi (Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau), who helped us greatly with specimen collection on this research; noun in genitive case.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>