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<taxonomicName LSID="6894BCD4-C49C-51B2-9244-E44AD841C8C3" authority="Tong &amp; Li" class="Arachnida" family="Oonopidae" genus="Opopaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Opopaea ngangao" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ngangao">Opopaea ngangao Tong &amp; Li</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Opopaea ngangao sp. nov., male. A, C, E habitus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views B, D, F, G prosoma, dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior views H abdomen, anterior view. Abbreviations: boc = booklung covers; dte = dorsolateral, triangular extensions; sr = scutal ridge. Scale bars: 0.4 mm (A, C, E); 0.2 mm (B, D, F-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350635" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure10">Figs 10</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Opopaea ngangao sp. nov., male left palp, SEM. A, B prolateral and retrolateral views C, D, G cymbiobulbus, prolateral, retrolateral and dorsal views E, F, H distal part of cymbiobulbus, prolateral, retrolateral and dorsal views." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350636" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure11">11</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Opopaea ngangao sp. nov., female. A, C, E habitus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views B, D, F, G prosoma, dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior views H abdomen, ventral view. Abbreviation: boc = booklung covers. Scale bars: 0.4 mm (A, C, E); 0.2 mm (B, D, F-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350637" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure12">12</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male left palp. A-C Opopaea kulczynskii D-F Opopaea ngangao sp. nov. G-I Opopaea wundanyi sp. nov. A, D, G prolateral view B, E, H retrolateral view C, F, I dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-C); 0.2 mm (D-I)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350648" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure22">
22
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Female copulatory organ. A, B Opopaea makadara sp. nov. C, D Opopaea ngangao sp. nov. E, F Opopaea wundanyi sp. nov. A, C, E ventral view B, D, F dorsal view. Abbreviations: apo = apodeme; asr = anterior scutal ridge; ga = globular appendix; lpr = linguiform projection; nlp = nail-like process; pd = postgynal depression; pls = paddle-like sclerite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350650" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure24">24C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Habitus of males (A-G) and females (H-M). A, H Opopaea berlandi B, I Opopaea kulczynskii C, J Opopaea makadara sp. nov. D Opopaea ngulia sp. nov. E, K Opopaea ngangao sp. nov. F, L Opopaea sheldrick sp. nov. G, M Opopaea wundanyi sp. nov. Scale bars: 0.8 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350651" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure25">25E, K</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Holotype</emphasis>
♂ (NMK Ar-25116), Kenya, Taita-Taveta County, Wundanyi Town, Taita Hills Blocks: Ngangao Forest-wet side,
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,
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, 1821 m, 23.VII.2016, Kioko G.M., Yao Z. &amp; Zhao Q.
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Paratypes</emphasis>
: 1 ♀ (NMK Ar-25117), same data as holotype; 1 ♂ (NMK Ar-25118), Taita-Taveta County, Wundanyi Town, Taita Hills Blocks: Ngangao Forest-dry side,
<geoCoordinate degrees="03" direction="south" minutes="21.248" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-3.3541334">03°21.248'S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="east" minutes="20.288" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="38.338135">38°20.288'E</geoCoordinate>
, 1832 m, 24.VII.2016, Kioko G.M., Yao Z. &amp; Zhao Q.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The new species is very similar to
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(Berland, 1914), but can be distinguished by the large, curved protuberance on the tip of the male palp (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Opopaea ngangao sp. nov., male left palp, SEM. A, B prolateral and retrolateral views C, D, G cymbiobulbus, prolateral, retrolateral and dorsal views E, F, H distal part of cymbiobulbus, prolateral, retrolateral and dorsal views." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350636" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure11">Figs 11E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male left palp. A-C Opopaea kulczynskii D-F Opopaea ngangao sp. nov. G-I Opopaea wundanyi sp. nov. A, D, G prolateral view B, E, H retrolateral view C, F, I dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-C); 0.2 mm (D-I)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350648" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure22">22D</figureCitation>
), and the very narrow postgynal depression of female epigastric region (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Female copulatory organ. A, B Opopaea makadara sp. nov. C, D Opopaea ngangao sp. nov. E, F Opopaea wundanyi sp. nov. A, C, E ventral view B, D, F dorsal view. Abbreviations: apo = apodeme; asr = anterior scutal ridge; ga = globular appendix; lpr = linguiform projection; nlp = nail-like process; pd = postgynal depression; pls = paddle-like sclerite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350650" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure24">Fig. 24C</figureCitation>
).
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has a small protuberance on the tip of the male palp and a very large postgynal depression of female (
<bibRefCitation author="Saaristo, MI" journalOrPublisher="Arthropoda Selecta" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" pagination="17 - 53" refId="B4" refString="Saaristo, MI, Marusik, YM, 2008. A survey of African Opopaea Simon, 1891 (Arachnida, Aranei, Oonopidae). Arthropoda Selecta 17: 17 - 53" title="A survey of African Opopaea Simon, 1891 (Arachnida, Aranei, Oonopidae)." volume="17" year="2008">Saaristo and Marusik 2008</bibRefCitation>
: figs 34, 37B).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Male</emphasis>
(holotype). Reddish brown. Habitus as in
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Opopaea ngangao sp. nov., male. A, C, E habitus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views B, D, F, G prosoma, dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior views H abdomen, anterior view. Abbreviations: boc = booklung covers; dte = dorsolateral, triangular extensions; sr = scutal ridge. Scale bars: 0.4 mm (A, C, E); 0.2 mm (B, D, F-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350635" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure10">Fig. 10A, C, E</figureCitation>
. Body length 2.08. Carapace (
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): wide oval in dorsal view; sides with longitudinal streaks; dorsal area smooth, with some setae at lateral edges. Eyes: ALE largest, PLE smallest; posterior eye row recurved viewed from above, procurved from front; ALE separated by less than their radius, ALE-PLE separated by less than ALE radius, PME touching throughout most of their length, PLE-PME separated by less than PME radius. Clypeus height about 0.9 times ALE diameter (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Opopaea ngangao sp. nov., male. A, C, E habitus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views B, D, F, G prosoma, dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior views H abdomen, anterior view. Abbreviations: boc = booklung covers; dte = dorsolateral, triangular extensions; sr = scutal ridge. Scale bars: 0.4 mm (A, C, E); 0.2 mm (B, D, F-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350635" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure10">Fig. 10G</figureCitation>
). Sternum (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Opopaea ngangao sp. nov., male. A, C, E habitus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views B, D, F, G prosoma, dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior views H abdomen, anterior view. Abbreviations: boc = booklung covers; dte = dorsolateral, triangular extensions; sr = scutal ridge. Scale bars: 0.4 mm (A, C, E); 0.2 mm (B, D, F-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350635" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure10">Fig. 10F</figureCitation>
) longer than wide, fused to carapace; surface smooth; radial furrows present. Anterior end of endites with a small, sharply pointed projection. Legs light yellow. Abdomen: booklung covers very small, ovoid, without setae. Pedicel tube short, ribbed, with large, dorsolateral, triangular extensions, scuto-pedicel region lower than diameter of pedicel, with arched scutal ridges and straight anterior scutal ridge (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Opopaea ngangao sp. nov., male. A, C, E habitus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views B, D, F, G prosoma, dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior views H abdomen, anterior view. Abbreviations: boc = booklung covers; dte = dorsolateral, triangular extensions; sr = scutal ridge. Scale bars: 0.4 mm (A, C, E); 0.2 mm (B, D, F-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350635" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure10">Fig. 10H</figureCitation>
). Palp (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Opopaea ngangao sp. nov., male left palp, SEM. A, B prolateral and retrolateral views C, D, G cymbiobulbus, prolateral, retrolateral and dorsal views E, F, H distal part of cymbiobulbus, prolateral, retrolateral and dorsal views." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350636" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure11">Figs 11</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male left palp. A-C Opopaea kulczynskii D-F Opopaea ngangao sp. nov. G-I Opopaea wundanyi sp. nov. A, D, G prolateral view B, E, H retrolateral view C, F, I dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-C); 0.2 mm (D-I)." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350648" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure22">
22
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): reddish brown; palpal femur about two thirds the length of patella and inserted at the patella submedially; patella large; cymbiobulbus as long as the patella; palpal fenestra large and located at nearly the tip of the palp. Tip of the palp with one large, curved protuberance.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Figure 10.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., male.
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habitus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views
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prosoma, dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior views
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">H</emphasis>
abdomen, anterior view. Abbreviations: boc = booklung covers; dte = dorsolateral, triangular extensions; sr = scutal ridge. Scale bars: 0.4 mm (
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); 0.2 mm (
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B, D,
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Figure 11.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., male left palp, SEM.
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prolateral and retrolateral views
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">C, D, G</emphasis>
cymbiobulbus, prolateral, retrolateral and dorsal views
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">E, F, H</emphasis>
distal part of cymbiobulbus, prolateral, retrolateral and dorsal views.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Female.</emphasis>
As in male except as noted. Habitus as in
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. Body length 2.19. Endites without projections. Copulatory organ (
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="F24" captionText="Figure 24. Female copulatory organ. A, B Opopaea makadara sp. nov. C, D Opopaea ngangao sp. nov. E, F Opopaea wundanyi sp. nov. A, C, E ventral view B, D, F dorsal view. Abbreviations: apo = apodeme; asr = anterior scutal ridge; ga = globular appendix; lpr = linguiform projection; nlp = nail-like process; pd = postgynal depression; pls = paddle-like sclerite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350650" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" tableDoi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure24">24C, D</figureCitation>
): postgynal depression narrow, about one second the length between epigastric furrow and the shallow groove connecting tracheal spiracles; there is a paddle-like sclerite (pls) dorsally, with thin, fork-shaped arms; nail-like process (nlp) well separated.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.39146.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/350637" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" start="Figure 12" startId="F12">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Figure 12.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Oonopidae" genus="Opopaea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Opopaea ngangao" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="255" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ngangao">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Opopaea ngangao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., female.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">A, C, E</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal, lateral and ventral views
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">B, D, F, G</emphasis>
prosoma, dorsal, lateral, ventral and anterior views
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">H</emphasis>
abdomen, ventral view. Abbreviation: boc = booklung covers. Scale bars: 0.4 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">A, C, E</emphasis>
); 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">
B, D,
<normalizedToken originalValue="FH">F-H</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="255" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Measurements.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Male</emphasis>
(holotype). TL: 2.08; CL: 0.83; CW: 0.68; AL: 1.34; AW: 0.87; ALE: 0.11; PME: 0.09; PLE: 0.08; EGW: 0.26; ALE-ALE: 0.03; ALE-PLE: 0.01; PME-PME: 0; PLE-PME: 0; CBL: 0.29; CBW: 0.11; PTL: 0.29; FI: 0.11; FML: 0.18.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Female.</emphasis>
TL: 2.19; CL: 0.93; CW: 0.73; AL: 1.36; AW: 1.04; ALE: 0.10; PME: 0.09; PLE: 0.08; EGW: 0.27; ALE-ALE: 0.04; ALE-PLE: 0.01; PME-PME: 0; PLE-PME: 0.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="255" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="255">Known only from the type locality.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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