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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/D15231DB-9F9B-4A5D-A517-40A941EA92B6" authority="Liu &amp; Agnarsson &amp; Liu &amp; Zhu, 2022" authorityName="Liu &amp; Agnarsson &amp; Liu &amp; Zhu" authorityYear="2022" class="Arachnida" family="Theridiidae" genus="Episinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Episinus ornithorrhynchus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ornithorrhynchus" status="sp. nov.">Episinus ornithorrhynchus</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B female habitus A dorsal B ventral C, D epigynum in alcohol C ventral D dorsal. Abbreviations: Atr-atrium, CD-copulatory duct, FD-fertilization duct, MS-medium septum, S-spermathecae. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759544" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Figs 1A-D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B male habitus A dorsal B ventral C-E palp in alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, CY-cymbium, E-embolus, MA-Median apophysis, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759545" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">, 2A-E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B male palp (previously soaked with KOH) in alcohol. A prolateral B ventral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, E-embolus, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759546" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">, 3A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Locality records for two species of Episinus: 1 = Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov., 2 = Episinus papilionaceous sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759548" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">, 5</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Holotype</emphasis>
: ♂, China,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Yunnan Province</emphasis>
: Mengsong Town, Mengsong Township Central Primary School, (
<geoCoordinate degrees="22" direction="north" minutes="4" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="12" value="22.070002">22°4'12&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="100" direction="east" minutes="33" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="36" value="100.560005">100°33'36&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 1340 m alt.), 1 August 2020, Z.C. Li, R. Zhong, W.Z. Deng, W. Zhang, and Y.T. Zhang leg.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Paratypes</emphasis>
: 1♂2♀, same data as holotype;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Yunnan Province</emphasis>
: 2♀, Menglun Town, Baka Xiaozhai, (
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,
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, 810 m alt.), 24 July 2020, Z.C. Li, R. Zhong, W.Z. Deng, W. Zhang, and Y.T. Zhang leg.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Males are similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">E. baoshanensis</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2019.01.012" author="Liu, F" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" pagination="394 - 399" refId="B11" refString="Liu, F, Irfan, M, Peng, XJ, 2019. Two new species of Theridiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Yunnan province, China. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 12 (3): 394 - 399, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2019.01.012" title="Two new species of Theridiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Yunnan province, China." url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2019.01.012" volume="12" year="2019">Liu et al. (2019)</bibRefCitation>
but can be distinguished from them by the palpal structure: 1) embolus extends along the left lower lateral aspect of the genital bulb to the posterior margins, but the embolus mainly encircles the left upper lateral and anterior margins of the bulb in
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. baoshanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" rank="species" species="baoshanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">E. baoshanensis</emphasis>
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(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B male habitus A dorsal B ventral C-E palp in alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, CY-cymbium, E-embolus, MA-Median apophysis, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759545" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">2C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B male palp (previously soaked with KOH) in alcohol. A prolateral B ventral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, E-embolus, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759546" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">3A, B</figureCitation>
); 2) conductor with a sharp tip in ventral view and not bifurcated, but conductor sclerotized and tip bifurcated in
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(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B male habitus A dorsal B ventral C-E palp in alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, CY-cymbium, E-embolus, MA-Median apophysis, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759545" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">2C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B male palp (previously soaked with KOH) in alcohol. A prolateral B ventral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, E-embolus, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759546" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">3A</figureCitation>
). Females are similar to
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but can be distinguished from them by the direction of the copulatory duct: fertilization ducts are slightly shorter in the new species, but long and C-shaped in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">E. nubilus</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Episinus ornithorrhynchus</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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female habitus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">A</emphasis>
dorsal
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">B</emphasis>
ventral
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">C, D</emphasis>
epigynum in alcohol
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">C</emphasis>
ventral
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">D</emphasis>
dorsal. Abbreviations: Atr-atrium, CD-copulatory duct, FD-fertilization duct, MS-medium septum, S-spermathecae. Scale bars: 1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">A, B</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">C, D</emphasis>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">ornithorrhynchus</emphasis>
, meaning
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beak, referring to the shape of the conductor; adjective.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Male</emphasis>
(paratype): total length 3.79; prosoma length 1.60, width 1.39; opisthosoma length 2.19, width 1.67; eye diameters: ALE 0.10, AME 0.10, PLE 0.10, PME 0.10; eye interdistances: AME-AME 0.10, AME-ALE 0.05, PME-PME 0.10, PME-PLE 0.05; clypeus height 0.24; leg measurements: I 6.84 (1.83, 0.41, 2.11, 1.78, 0.71), II 5.04 (1.46, 0.39, 1.14, 1.35, 0.70), III 3.72 (1.11, 0.35, 0.73, 0.96, 0.57), IV 7.76 (2.28, 0.52, 1.70, 2.40, 0.86). Leg formula: IV, I, II, III. Overall, the color was slightly lighter and as in females (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B male habitus A dorsal B ventral C-E palp in alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, CY-cymbium, E-embolus, MA-Median apophysis, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759545" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">2A, B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Episinus ornithorrhynchus</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">A, B</emphasis>
male habitus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">A</emphasis>
dorsal
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">B</emphasis>
ventral
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">C-E</emphasis>
palp in alcohol
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">C</emphasis>
prolateral
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">D</emphasis>
ventral
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">E</emphasis>
retrolateral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, CY-cymbium, E-embolus, MA-Median apophysis, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">A, B</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">C-E</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
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Palp (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B male habitus A dorsal B ventral C-E palp in alcohol C prolateral D ventral E retrolateral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, CY-cymbium, E-embolus, MA-Median apophysis, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C-E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759545" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">2C-E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B male palp (previously soaked with KOH) in alcohol. A prolateral B ventral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, E-embolus, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759546" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">3A, B</figureCitation>
). Subtegulum mostly covered by tegulum. Embolus originates at center of palp, a slightly triangular basement that curves upward clockwise. Conductor sclerotized, with a sharp tip extending over apex of cymbium.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Episinus ornithorrhynchus</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">A, B</emphasis>
male palp (previously soaked with KOH) in alcohol.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">A</emphasis>
prolateral
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">B</emphasis>
ventral. Abbreviations: C-conductor, E-embolus, Teg-tegulum. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
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Female (holotype): total length 4.25; prosoma length 1.70, width 1.49; opisthosoma length 2.55, width 2.05; eye diameters: ALE 0.10, AME 0.10, PLE 0.10, PME 0.10; eyes interdistances: AME-AME 0.10, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PME 0.08, PME-PLE 0.08; clypeus height 0.25; leg measurements: I 7.44 (2.05, 0.61, 1.79, 2.23, 0.76), II 5.06 (1.52, 0.50, 1.06, 1.30, 0.68), III 3.91 (1.28, 0.33, 0.68, 0.93, 0.69), IV 8.25 (2.36, 0.80, 1.65, 2.46, 0.98). Leg formula: IV, I, II, III. Carapace yellowish to reddish brown, with a deep transverse depression. Sternum gray-black, slightly longer than wide. Femur and tibia to tarsus yellowish white, and distal patella reddish brown (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B female habitus A dorsal B ventral C, D epigynum in alcohol C ventral D dorsal. Abbreviations: Atr-atrium, CD-copulatory duct, FD-fertilization duct, MS-medium septum, S-spermathecae. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759544" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">1A, B</figureCitation>
). Opisthosoma yellowish to orange-brown, with longitudinal white stripes in ventral view, extending posteriorly and short humps on each side. Opisthosoma dorsally grayish black, with a rectangular dark spot (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B female habitus A dorsal B ventral C, D epigynum in alcohol C ventral D dorsal. Abbreviations: Atr-atrium, CD-copulatory duct, FD-fertilization duct, MS-medium septum, S-spermathecae. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759544" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">1B</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
Epigyna (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Episinus ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. A, B female habitus A dorsal B ventral C, D epigynum in alcohol C ventral D dorsal. Abbreviations: Atr-atrium, CD-copulatory duct, FD-fertilization duct, MS-medium septum, S-spermathecae. Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C, D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/759544" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">1C-D</figureCitation>
). Atria separated by median septum. Spermathecae slightly oval with two parallel stripes on middle part; fertilization ducts shorter.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="33" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
Total length male 3.75-3.79 (
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= 2), female 4.10-4.25 (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">n</emphasis>
= 4).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="33" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
China (Yunnan Province) (Fig.
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).
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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