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<taxonomicName LSID="2D0AA3AC-D208-5B03-B208-E8EC32E31EA3" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Araneus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Araneus digitatus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="digitatus">Araneus digitatus</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Araneus digitatus sp. nov., male (holotype, A, B, E), female (C, D, F) A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E, F leg I and II, prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/352767" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure6">Figs 6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Araneus digitatus sp. nov., male holotype (palp, A-D, H, I; endaparatus E-G) A, E, H prolateral view B, I, G ventral view C, D embolus, prolateral view F lateral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; E = embolus; MA = median apophysis; STA = subterminal apophysis; TA = terminal apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/352768" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure7">7</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Araneus digitatus sp. nov., female (epigyne, A-E) A, B ventral view C-E posterior view. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; LP = lateral plate; MP = median plate; S = scape; SP = spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/352769" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure8">8</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Collection localities for Araneus conexus sp. nov., Araneus digitatus sp. nov., and Araneus wulongensis Song &amp; Zhu, 1992 in China." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/352773" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure12">12</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Type material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">
Holotype, ♂,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">China, Hubei Province</emphasis>
: Badong County, Yanduhe Town, Songziyuan Village, Wagang Creek,
<geoCoordinate degrees="31.35067" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="31.35067">31.35067N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="110.42625" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="110.42625">110.42625E</geoCoordinate>
, 1340 m, 28.04.2016, W. Liu, C. Zeng and T. Tian leg (20160428). Paratypes: 1♀, same data as holotype (20160428); 1♂, same locality, Tiansheng Valley,
<geoCoordinate degrees="31.35279" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="31.35279">31.35279N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="110.39937" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="110.39937">110.39937E</geoCoordinate>
, 1836 m, 27.04.2016, W. Liu et al. leg. (20160427).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">
The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">digitatus</emphasis>
(finger-shaped), referring to the finger-shaped terminal apophysis.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="61" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">
The new species resembles
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. ryukyuanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="ryukyuanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. ryukyuanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Tanikawa, 2001 (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.50.63" author="Tanikawa, A" journalOrPublisher="Acta Arachnologica" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" pagination="63 - 86" refId="B7" refString="Tanikawa, A, 2001. Twelve new species and one newly recorded species of the spider genus Araneus (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 50: 63 - 86" title="Twelve new species and one newly recorded species of the spider genus Araneus (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan." url="https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.50.63" volume="50" year="2001">Tanikawa 2001</bibRefCitation>
: figs 5-8, 19-21), but can be distinguished by: 1) embolus with pointed and straight tip in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. digitatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="digitatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. digitatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. vs with blunt and bended tip in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. ryukyuanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="ryukyuanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. ryukyuanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 2) tip of scape about 2/3 of epigyne width in ventral view in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. digitatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="digitatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. digitatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. vs only 1/3 of the width of epigyne in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. ryukyuanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="ryukyuanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. ryukyuanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 3) epignal lateral plates expanded laterally in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. digitatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="digitatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. digitatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. vs tube-shaped in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. ryukyuanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="ryukyuanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. ryukyuanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 4) abdomen with dark brown folium in both sexes in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. digitatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="digitatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. digitatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. vs female abdomen mid-dorsally with broad, yellowish band and black in male in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. ryukyuanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="ryukyuanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. ryukyuanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The new species also resembles
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. zhaoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="zhaoi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. zhaoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Zhang &amp; Zhang, 2002 (
<bibRefCitation author="Zhang, F" journalOrPublisher="Acta Arachnologica Sinica" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" pagination="22 - 24" refId="B13" refString="Zhang, F, Zhang, C, 2002. Notes on one new species and one newly recorded species of the family Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taihang Mountains, China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 11: 22 - 24" title="Notes on one new species and one newly recorded species of the family Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taihang Mountains, China." volume="11" year="2002">Zhang and Zhang 2002</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 1), but can be distinguished by: 1) embolus hook-shaped, distal part slender in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. digitatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="digitatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. digitatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. vs sickle-shaped, distal part not slender in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. zhaoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="zhaoi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. zhaoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 2) tegular rim almost straight in ventral view in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. digitatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="digitatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. digitatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. vs waved in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. zhaoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="zhaoi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. zhaoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 3) copulatory openings distinct in ventral view in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. digitatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="digitatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. digitatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. vs indistinct in
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. zhaoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" rank="species" species="zhaoi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A. zhaoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="61" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Male</emphasis>
(holotype) (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Araneus digitatus sp. nov., male (holotype, A, B, E), female (C, D, F) A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E, F leg I and II, prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/352767" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure6">Fig. 6A, B, E</figureCitation>
): total length 4.92. Carapace 2.28 long, 1.91 wide, light yellowish with broad, brown lateral margins. Fovea, cervical, and radial grooves distinct. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME, 0.08; ALE, 0.08; PME, 0.10; PLE, 0.10;
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, 0.15;
<normalizedToken originalValue="AMEALE">AME-ALE</normalizedToken>
, 0.23;
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, 0.07;
<normalizedToken originalValue="PMEPLE">PME-PLE</normalizedToken>
, 0.26; MOL, 0.31; MOA 0.30; MOP, 0.32. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae pale yellow. Endites brown with distal end yellow. Labium dark brown, distal part pale yellow. Legs I and II with yellow coxae and trochanters, other segments yellowish brown. Legs III and IV yellow, with brown annuli. Tibia I and II with several strong spines, tibia I: 3d, 7p, 1r; tibia II: 3d, 3v, 6p, 1r. Leg lengths: I, 8.54 (2.48, 3.17, 2.03, 0.86); II, 7.87 (2.39, 2.82, 1.87, 0.79); III, 4.37 (1.45, 1.57, 0.86, 0.49); IV, 6.35 (2.09, 2.25, 1.46, 0.55). Abdomen 2.89 long, 1.97 wide, oval, grayish, dark-brown folium covers almost whole dorsum, 4 pairs of sigillae, posterior 2 pairs indistinct. Ventral median band dark brown, lateral sides grayish. Spinnerets dark brown.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Figure 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Araneus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Araneus digitatus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="digitatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Araneus digitatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., male (holotype,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A, B, E</emphasis>
), female (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">C, D, F</emphasis>
)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A, C</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">B, D</emphasis>
habitus, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">E, F</emphasis>
leg I and II, prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">
Palp (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Araneus digitatus sp. nov., male holotype (palp, A-D, H, I; endaparatus E-G) A, E, H prolateral view B, I, G ventral view C, D embolus, prolateral view F lateral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; E = embolus; MA = median apophysis; STA = subterminal apophysis; TA = terminal apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/352768" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure7">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). Patella with 2 macrosetae. Tibia wider than long, ventral side bulging in prolateral view. Tegulum slightly bulging ventrally. Median apophysis V-shaped, dorsal ramus finger-shaped with pointed tip, ventral ramus with many teeth. Conductor membranous, with swollen tip and a spur on the base. Subterminal apophysis 1 broad, slightly curved; subterminal apophysis 2 strongly curved, invisible on unexpanded palp. Terminal apophysis membranous, finger-shaped curved, slightly overlapping the conductor. Embolus curved clockwise, distally thin and straight, with a cap on the top, slightly overlapping the conductor.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Figure 7.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Araneus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Araneus digitatus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="digitatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Araneus digitatus</emphasis>
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sp. nov., male holotype (palp,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">
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, H, I
</emphasis>
; endaparatus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">
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</emphasis>
)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A, E, H</emphasis>
prolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">B, I, G</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">C, D</emphasis>
embolus, prolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">F</emphasis>
lateral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; E = embolus; MA = median apophysis; STA = subterminal apophysis; TA = terminal apophysis. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Female</emphasis>
(allotype) (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Araneus digitatus sp. nov., male (holotype, A, B, E), female (C, D, F) A, C habitus, dorsal view B, D habitus, ventral view E, F leg I and II, prolateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/352767" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure6">Fig. 6C, D, F</figureCitation>
): total length 5.20. Carapace 2.63 long, 2.14 wide, light yellowish, cervical and radial grooves distinct. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME, 0.07; ALE, 0.08; PME, 0.11; PLE, 0.11;
<normalizedToken originalValue="AMEAME">AME-AME</normalizedToken>
, 0.17;
<normalizedToken originalValue="AMEALE">AME-ALE</normalizedToken>
, 0.33;
<normalizedToken originalValue="PMEPME">PME-PME</normalizedToken>
, 0.13;
<normalizedToken originalValue="PMEPLE">PME-PLE</normalizedToken>
, 0.35; MOL, 0.33, MOA, 0.34; MOP, 0.36. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae pale yellow. Endites brown, distal end pale yellow. Labium dark brown, distal part pale yellow. Legs yellow, with dark brown annuli. Spination: tibia I: 2d, 5p, 2r; tibia II: 2d, 2p, 2r. Leg lengths: I, 7.95 (2.39, 2.98, 1.80, 0.78); II, 7.21 (2.28, 2.64, 1.62, 0.67); III, 4.75 (1.65, 1.65, 0.95, 0.50); IV, 6.78 (2.17, 2.37, 1.59, 0.65). Abdomen 3.27 long, 2.61 wide, color and pattern same as in male.
</paragraph>
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Epigyne (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Araneus digitatus sp. nov., female (epigyne, A-E) A, B ventral view C-E posterior view. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; LP = lateral plate; MP = median plate; S = scape; SP = spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/352769" pageId="0" pageNumber="61" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.886.31163.figure8">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
). Epigyne almost as wide as long in ventral view; scape S-shaped, with one helical turn, wrinkled, tip cordiform and widened distinctly; median plate longer than wide, tongue-shaped; lateral plates slightly longer than wide, expanded laterally; basal lamellae absent. Copulatory openings located ventro-laterally. Copulatory ducts twisted. Spermathecae small and oval, almost touching each other.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Araneus digitatus</emphasis>
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sp. nov., female (epigyne,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="AE">A-E</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">A, B</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="61">
<normalizedToken originalValue="CE">C-E</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
posterior view. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; LP = lateral plate; MP = median plate; S = scape; SP = spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.1mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="61" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="61">Known only from the type locality.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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