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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1154-17" ID-Pensoft-UUID="4086AC35C39554CDB72F84E3FB82AE71" ID-ZooBank="B1C06376F17541F4B772DB50278C5C76" ModsDocID="1313-2970-1154-17" checkinTime="1679118257375" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Zhang, Yan, Chen, Zhaoyang, Li, Daiqin &amp; Xu, Xin" docDate="2023" docId="4972EC6BDFB1568A960765B6A6FA005E" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 1154: 17-31" docOrigin="ZooKeys 1154" docPubDate="2023-03-17" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273" docTitle="Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu 2023, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="EBBC224B-1404-41B6-B08B-EC8D3A5749AB" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="1" id="4086AC35C39554CDB72F84E3FB82AE71" lastPageNumber="17" masterDocId="4086AC35C39554CDB72F84E3FB82AE71" masterDocTitle="Three new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae, Heptathelinae) from Hunan Province, China" masterLastPageNumber="31" masterPageNumber="17" pageNumber="17" updateTime="1679118257375" updateUser="pensoft">
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<mods:title>Three new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae, Heptathelinae) from Hunan Province, China</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Zhang, Yan</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Chen, Zhaoyang</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Li, Daiqin</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, 117543, Singapore</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Xu, Xin</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/EBBC224B-1404-41B6-B08B-EC8D3A5749AB" authority="Zhang &amp; Xu" authorityName="Zhang &amp; Xu" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Heptathelidae" genus="Songthela" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Songthela longhui" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longhui" status="sp. nov.">Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Figs 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A-C vulva dorsal view D-F vulva ventral view A, D XUX- 2021 - 281 B, E XUX- 2021 - 282 C, F XUX- 2021 - 278. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826622" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">, 5</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Holotype</emphasis>
: China · 1 ♂; Hunan Province, Shaoyang City, Longhui County, Jinshiqiao Town, Huangjinjing Village;
<geoCoordinate degrees="27.58" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="27.58">27.58°N</geoCoordinate>
;
<geoCoordinate degrees="110.90" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="110.9">110.90°E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 550 m; 18 September 2021; Z.Y. Chen, X. Xu, Y. Zhan, Y. Zhang leg.; XUX-2021-275 (matured on 25 August 2022).
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Paratypes</emphasis>
: China · 1 ♂, 5 ♀; same data as for the holotype, alt. 552 m; XUX-2021-278, 281, 282, 282A (matured on 25 August 2022), 283, 285A.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Male of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. longhui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. resembles those of
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. dapo" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="dapo">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. dapo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Li, Chen, Liu, Li &amp; Xu, 2022,
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. lingshang" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="lingshang">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. lingshang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Li, Chen, Liu, Li &amp; Xu, 2022,
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. multidentata" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="multidentata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. multidentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Li, Chen, Liu, Li &amp; Xu, 2022,
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. pluma" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="pluma">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. pluma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. xiujian" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="xiujian">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. xiujian</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Li, Chen, Liu, Li &amp; Xu, 2022 by conductor with needle-shaped apical spine (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, B, E, H-J</figureCitation>
), but can be distinguished from those of
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. dapo" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="dapo">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. dapo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. lingshang" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="lingshang">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. lingshang</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by tegulum with smaller dorsal extension of terminal apophysis (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4C, F</figureCitation>
), and conductor with slightly narrower base of apical spine (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, H-J</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. multidentata" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="multidentata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. multidentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by conductor with longer apical spine (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, B, E, H-J</figureCitation>
), and contrategulum with larger apophysis proximally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, B, D</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. pluma" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="pluma">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. pluma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by tegulum with smaller terminal apophysis (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4F</figureCitation>
), and contrategulum with one irregular dentate margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, D</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. xiujian" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="xiujian">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. xiujian</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by contrategulum with larger apophysis proximally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, B, D</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. anhua" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="anhua">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. anhua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. by apical spine of conductor needle-shaped (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, B, H-J</figureCitation>
), by tegulum with slightly smaller terminal apophysis and wider dorsal extension of terminal apophysis (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4C, F</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. zhongpo" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="zhongpo">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. zhongpo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. by apical spine of conductor with slightly narrower base (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, H-J</figureCitation>
); from those of other species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="De.-Q.Li, Chen, Liu, Da.-Q.Li &amp; Xu" authorityYear="2022" class="Arachnida" family="Heptathelidae" genus="Songthela" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Songthela multidentata" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="multidentata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Songthela multidentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group by needle-shaped apical spine of conductor (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, E, H-J</figureCitation>
); from those of other
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ono" authorityYear="2000" class="Arachnida" family="Heptathelidae" genus="Songthela" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Songthela" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Songthela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species by middle part of the conductor with several small spines (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, B, E, H-J</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Male genital anatomy of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Zhang &amp; Xu" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Heptathelidae" genus="Songthela" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Songthela longhui" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longhui">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Songthela longhui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">A, D</emphasis>
palp prolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">B, E</emphasis>
palp ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">C, F</emphasis>
palp retrolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">G</emphasis>
palp distal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">H-J</emphasis>
conductor ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">A-C, H</emphasis>
XUX-2021-275 (holotype)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">D-G, J</emphasis>
XUX-2021-282A
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">I</emphasis>
XUX-2021-287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">A-G</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">H-J</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
Females of
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. longhui" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="longhui">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. longhui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. anhua" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="anhua">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. anhua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. by Y-shaped median genital stalks, lateral receptacular clusters with distinct short genital stalks, and deeper depressions in dorsal view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A-C vulva dorsal view D-F vulva ventral view A, D XUX- 2021 - 281 B, E XUX- 2021 - 282 C, F XUX- 2021 - 278. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826622" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5A-C</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. pluma" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="pluma">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. pluma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by lateral receptacular clusters with slightly longer genital stalks, and two larger and deeper depressions in dorsal view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A-C vulva dorsal view D-F vulva ventral view A, D XUX- 2021 - 281 B, E XUX- 2021 - 282 C, F XUX- 2021 - 278. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826622" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5A-C</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. zhongpo" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="zhongpo">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">S. zhongpo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. by median receptacular clusters with longer genital stalks (Fig.
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); from those of other species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="De.-Q.Li, Chen, Liu, Da.-Q.Li &amp; Xu" authorityYear="2022" class="Arachnida" family="Heptathelidae" genus="Songthela" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Songthela multidentata" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="multidentata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Songthela multidentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group by median receptacular clusters with longer genital stalks, and Y-shaped median genital stalks, lateral ones with distinct genital stalks (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A-C vulva dorsal view D-F vulva ventral view A, D XUX- 2021 - 281 B, E XUX- 2021 - 282 C, F XUX- 2021 - 278. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826622" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5A-C</figureCitation>
); from those of other
<taxonomicName authorityName="Ono" authorityYear="2000" class="Arachnida" family="Heptathelidae" genus="Songthela" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Songthela" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="17" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Songthela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species by four receptacular clusters located at dorsal side of bursa copulatrix and median genital stalks fused together basally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A-C vulva dorsal view D-F vulva ventral view A, D XUX- 2021 - 281 B, E XUX- 2021 - 282 C, F XUX- 2021 - 278. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826622" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5A-C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Female genital anatomy of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Songthela longhui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">A-C</emphasis>
vulva dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">D-F</emphasis>
vulva ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">A, D</emphasis>
XUX-2021-281
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">B, E</emphasis>
XUX-2021-282
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">C, F</emphasis>
XUX-2021-278. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Male</emphasis>
(holotype). Carapace brown; opisthosoma yellow brown, with 12 brown tergites attached a pair of hard and thick bristles, the second to fifth larger than others and the fourth largest; sternum narrow, much longer than wide; a few pointed hairs running over ocular area; chelicerae robust with promargin of cheliceral groove with 11 denticles of variable size; legs with sturdy hairs and spines; 6 spinnerets. Measurements: BL 11.94, CL 5.36, CW 4.63, OL 5.91, OW 4.72; ALE&gt; PLE&gt; PME&gt; AME; leg I 16.52 (4.72 + 2.10 + 3.32 + 4.05 + 2.33), leg II 16.34 (4.37+ 2.09 + 3.13 + 4.23 + 2.52), leg III 19.10 (5.17 + 2.07 + 3.37 + 5.47 + 3.02), leg IV 23.98 (5.80 + 2.44 + 4.65 + 7.31 + 3.78).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Palp</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Paracymbium unpigmented and unsclerotised prolaterally, numerous setae and spines on the tip (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A-C</figureCitation>
). Contrategulum with an arched apophysis proximally and irregular dentate edge (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, B, D</figureCitation>
). Tegulum with a semi-circular marginal apophysis and dentate dorsal extension of the terminal apophysis, and with a small terminal apophysis retrolaterally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4C, F, G</figureCitation>
). Conductor having a long apical spine pointed to the one-third of opening of embolus proximally, the middle part covered with several small teeth, and the smooth base fused with embolus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, B, E, H-J</figureCitation>
). Embolus largely sclerotized, with a wide and flat opening, several longitudinal ribs in middle and distal portion (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4A, B, D, E, G</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Female</emphasis>
(XUX-2021-281; Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Microhabitat (A-D) and general somatic morphology (E-J) of three new Songthela species E-G female H-J male E, H Songthela zhongpo Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. F, I Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. G, J Songthela anhua Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. Scale bar: 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826618" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">1F</figureCitation>
). Carapace dark reddish brown and opisthosoma light brown, with 12 dark brown tergites attached a pair of thick bristles, the second to fifth larger than others and the fourth largest; sternum narrow, much longer than wide; a few pointed hairs running over ocular area; chelicerae robust with promargin of cheliceral groove with 12 denticles of variable size; legs with sturdy hairs and spines; 7 spinnerets. Measurements: BL 11.52, CL 5.20, CW 4.33, OL 5.73, OW 4.51; ALE&gt; PLE&gt; PME&gt; AME; palp 9.41 (3.36 + 1.56 + 1.90 + 2.59), leg I 10.69 (3.41 + 1.72 + 2.12 + 2.03 + 1.41), leg II 10.56 (3.29 + 1.76 + 1.82 + 2.14 + 1.55), leg III 11.23 (3.22 + 1.80 + 1.97 + 2.58 + 1.66), leg IV 15.96 (4.56 + 2.07 + 2.82 + 4.22 + 2.29).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Female genitalia</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Two pairs of receptacular clusters with distinctly genital stalks, situated on the dorsal wall of the bursa copulatrix; the median ones similar to or slightly larger than the lateral ones, the Y-shaped middle genital stalks; the posterior margin of the bursa copulatrix sclerotized, the posterior margin of the genital area wide, two deeper depressions in dorsal view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A-C vulva dorsal view D-F vulva ventral view A, D XUX- 2021 - 281 B, E XUX- 2021 - 282 C, F XUX- 2021 - 278. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826622" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5A-F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">
Males and females vary in body size, cheliceral teeth and spinnerets. Range of measurements in males (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">N</emphasis>
= 2): BL 10.98-11.94, CL 4.95-5.36, CW 4.52-4.63, OL 5.60-5.91, OW 4.22-4.72. There are 6 or 7 spinnerets (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">N</emphasis>
= 2). Females (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">N</emphasis>
= 5): BL 5.56-11.86, CL 4.27-5.48, CW 3.61-4.58, OL 4.29-5.79, OW 3.27-4.60. The number of cheliceral teeth varies from 12 to 13 (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">N</emphasis>
= 5). In addition, male palp and female genitalia also show intraspecific variations: in males, the middle part of conductor with more teeth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4H, I</figureCitation>
) or less teeth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4J</figureCitation>
); tegulum with a relatively larger terminal apophysis (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4C</figureCitation>
) or slightly smaller (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A, D palp prolateral view B, E palp ventral view C, F palp retrolateral view G palp distal view H-J conductor ventral view A-C, H XUX- 2021 - 275 (holotype) D-G, J XUX- 2021 - 282 A I XUX- 2021 - 287. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-G); 0.1 mm (H-J)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826621" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">4E</figureCitation>
). In females, the middle Y-shaped genital stalk fused totally with only two receptacular clusters separated from each other (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A-C vulva dorsal view D-F vulva ventral view A, D XUX- 2021 - 281 B, E XUX- 2021 - 282 C, F XUX- 2021 - 278. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826622" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5A, D</figureCitation>
) or fused basally and separated in the middle (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Songthela longhui Zhang &amp; Xu, sp. nov. A-C vulva dorsal view D-F vulva ventral view A, D XUX- 2021 - 281 B, E XUX- 2021 - 282 C, F XUX- 2021 - 278. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/826622" pageId="0" pageNumber="17">5B, C, E, F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">The species epithet, a noun in apposition, refers to the type locality.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="17" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="17">Hunan (Longhui), China</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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