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<figureCitation id="5D9E93566584CA1B8D38CC516F9EDBB7" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Araneus chenjingi sp. nov. A-H female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 179 I, J male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., posterior view C ibid., anterior view D ibid., lateral view E vulva, anterior view F habitus, dorsal view G ibid., ventral view H ibid., lateral view I ibid., dorsal view J ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-E); 1 mm (F-J). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888319" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Figs 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="32FF3931014413C004DC991DC336E165" 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">, 15A-D</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="F875A65C09DFF44FF7F961018255D03B" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Holotype</emphasis>
♂ (TRU-
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-178), China: Guizhou Province, Tongren City, Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Wuluo Township, Taohuayuan Village, Yangaoping (
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, ca 1620 m), 2.IV.2022, X.Q. Mi et al. leg.
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: 3♀ (TRU-
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-179-181), same data as holotype.
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<paragraph id="86BB67D5CC9EF86EB9E4CFC3EEAEA754" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The new species resembles
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(L. Koch, 1878) in coloration of abdomen, but differs in: 1) conductor membranous, without pointed tip (Fig.
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) vs heavily sclerotized with a pointed tip (
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: fig. 644); 2) embolus visible in prolateral view (Fig.
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) vs completely hidden (
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: fig. 644); 3) median apophysis about equal width to length in prolateral view (Fig.
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) vs ~ 2
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longer than wide (
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: fig. 644); and 4) scape short, distal end slightly beyond epigastric furrow (Fig.
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) vs long, far exceeding epigastric furrow (
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: fig. 643).
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<paragraph id="C6C00B5F505FACE255D0D7CFEFC330F2" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Description.</paragraph>
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(holotype, Figs
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,
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,
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). Total length 4.10. Carapace 2.15 long, 1.85 wide. Abdomen 2.85 long, 2.45 wide. Clypeus 0.03 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.08, PME 0.10, PLE 0.08, AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.28, PME-PME 0.15, PME-PLE 0.40, MOA length 0.33, anterior width 0.35, posterior width 0.33. Leg measurements: I 7.95 (2.35, 2.85, 2.00, 0.75), II 6.70 (2.00, 2.35, 1.65, 0.70), III 4.35 (1.50, 1.40, 0.95, 0.50), IV 5.90 (1.95, 1.95, 1.45, 0.55). Carapace pear-shaped, yellow to pale green, cervical groove obvious, fovea depressed. Chelicerae yellow, four promarginal teeth and three retromarginal teeth. Endites almost square, with tooth-like process laterally, labium triangular, both yellow to pale green. Sternum cordiform, yellow to pale green, with dark setae. Legs yellow to pale green with dark green annuli, tibia I with 15 macrosetae, tibia II with 13 macrosetae, tibia III with eight macrosetae, tibia IV with 11 macrosetae. Abdomen oval, ~ 1.15
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longer than wide, with a pair of very low humps, dorsum pale green with a whitish green spot surrounding by dark markings anteriorly and a triangular dark patch posteriorly; venter grayish brown. Spinnerets yellowish green.
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<emphasis id="D81B7AFDD243CBDD79A453F9F182CA65" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Figure 1.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="2FBC4E44E679D840D7B31D661C4472FB" authorityName="Mi &amp; Wang &amp; Gan" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Araneus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Araneus chenjingi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chenjingi">
<emphasis id="5985085A85379AF8FDE7961365F30B9F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Araneus chenjingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="A4C9538F792B99B3A595ABCD50813E3E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A-H</emphasis>
female paratype TRU-
<taxonomicName id="5CB0D95A2422167198A2680E49AD06DB" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-179
<emphasis id="58AB4249AE1DBD714262489121ABA238" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">I, J</emphasis>
male holotype
<emphasis id="8996370C5F37BDF24E18C6AFA9A4CF9C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A</emphasis>
epigyne, ventral view
<emphasis id="70834E11436415BCEC149D8C8828407F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">B</emphasis>
ibid., posterior view
<emphasis id="124878D94ABA464C69770ED2D90B89F2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">C</emphasis>
ibid., anterior view
<emphasis id="CC780753E1A8AEFB8E6607D38ED87012" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">D</emphasis>
ibid., lateral view
<emphasis id="66AB1B816941E92A4D3351E4EFB4AB24" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">E</emphasis>
vulva, anterior view
<emphasis id="F0B2614298F3FDBE4077C6C107EA5692" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">F</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view
<emphasis id="837AFF8C5055ED097E56326D0A6DA40F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">G</emphasis>
ibid., ventral view
<emphasis id="457D42C5BD2136B106807A5B88E6A57E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">H</emphasis>
ibid., lateral view
<emphasis id="86ED121A7E738B2B77C217DA46320066" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">I</emphasis>
ibid., dorsal view
<emphasis id="64FEDBF69BE894CEC91DF2102764260F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">J</emphasis>
ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (
<emphasis id="270647F9BC3AD2A979C029F670A73B8C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A-E</emphasis>
); 1 mm (
<emphasis id="734EA713046FD3900A60792A0C953555" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">F-J</emphasis>
). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="0619B5C62D83E6352D8651D73C9DC99D" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888320" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="8CCBCCA46DB4BC0E99C35A8715EACA33" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="B97A261C00AD9675875C4E0EE8BF11CB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="DAAC4EB1E523372BBB6634AAC20746A5" authorityName="Mi &amp; Wang &amp; Gan" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Araneus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Araneus chenjingi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chenjingi">
<emphasis id="60A52BD5C75934F9666A4FE02EC7DA1E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Araneus chenjingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. male holotype
<emphasis id="FD889DA5B0C2126C167E28BFE55B76E5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A</emphasis>
pedipalp, prolateral view
<emphasis id="7858D7B4AE91B708B30FC40CF22FE038" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">B</emphasis>
ibid., retrolateral view
<emphasis id="092F5B3D85BEAA0703454258A168AEB9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">C</emphasis>
ibid., ventral view
<emphasis id="D878A0910B6E23A1B2295D277F4E5A40" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">D</emphasis>
ibid., apical view
<emphasis id="0677C7037AE2C43335C5A1AF4508490B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">E</emphasis>
part of expanded bulb. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: C conductor, E embolus, EL embolic lamella, MA median apophysis, ST subterminal apophysis, TA terminal apophysis.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F5608629B0FA324C84679CC4F19D07D9" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="0B32CA5F2D1D7173281FBC606D1C99BC" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Pedipalp</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="C894B23708821D189B780A3EB4346B18" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Araneus chenjingi 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, EL embolic lamella, MA median apophysis, ST subterminal apophysis, TA terminal apophysis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888320" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">2</figureCitation>
): with a basal femoral protrusion; patella with two bristles; median apophysis about equal length to width, with two-pointed tip on opposite sides; embolus slender, almost transversal in prolateral view, curved sharply distally; conductor membranous, widest at base in ventral view; terminal apophysis wide at base, pointed distally, curved into a C-shape in apical view; subterminal apophysis blunt at tip.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C88B33B5370279B40C610577A33D7FF7" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="A26C8354F71570A06955D9822C87D160" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Female</emphasis>
(paratype TRU-
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-179, Fig.
<figureCitation id="AC400A46FA69B7007A467C9B8AC29898" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Araneus chenjingi sp. nov. A-H female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 179 I, J male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., posterior view C ibid., anterior view D ibid., lateral view E vulva, anterior view F habitus, dorsal view G ibid., ventral view H ibid., lateral view I ibid., dorsal view J ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-E); 1 mm (F-J). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888319" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">1A-H</figureCitation>
). Total length 5.15. Carapace 2.25 long, 1.90 wide. Abdomen 3.45 long, 3.25 wide. Clypeus 0.05 high. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.09, PME 0.11, PLE 0.09, AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.38, PME-PME 0.15, PME-PLE 0.50, MOA length 0.35, anterior width 0.38, posterior width 0.38. Leg measurements: I 7.60 (2.45, 2.70, 1.70, 0.75), II 6.70 (2.15, 2.35, 1.50, 0.70), III 4.00 (1.30, 1.30, 0.85, 0.55), IV 5.95 (1.95, 2.05, 1.35, 0.60). Habitus similar to that of male but the humps on dorsal abdomen a bit higher, and carapace yellow with dark thoracic bilateral sub-margin, endites, labium, sternum, and spinnerets much darker.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AF301D495A816B715FA724B916E15561" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="892BE83FBB65BE4E385432B363640AC9" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Epigyne</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="77EB5238748E4CE615C006BA6AC3DC6A" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Araneus chenjingi sp. nov. A-H female paratype TRU- Araneidae - 179 I, J male holotype A epigyne, ventral view B ibid., posterior view C ibid., anterior view D ibid., lateral view E vulva, anterior view F habitus, dorsal view G ibid., ventral view H ibid., lateral view I ibid., dorsal view J ibid., lateral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A-E); 1 mm (F-J). Abbreviations: CD copulatory duct, CO copulatory opening, FD fertilization duct, Sc scape, Sp spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/888319" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">1A-E</figureCitation>
): base of epigyne heavily sclerotized, scape with nearly parallel sides, distal end spoon shaped; copulatory openings arcuated, on the posterior surface; copulatory ducts longer than the spermatheca, twisted into a C-shape; spermathecae oval, about half the spermatheca width apart.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="3BBD4948AFBDE4E9A4BD210B6C12D40E" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="variation">
<paragraph id="E14443C9F1A7E44F7D9094A64F889C8B" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="264245FDA050735FA8F3F80E1FE94678" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
Total length: ♀♀ 4.15-5.20 (
<emphasis id="F66FF974F3DF9809D1E3C5B2F7D3AED4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">n</emphasis>
= 3).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F5E85B9ABB5E4C56FD75C70BB110389F" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="CEA0A1FAAC4830E616C7A61A9EFB24A9" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46D114EFCDD931D889938DE2BAA8932F" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Known only from type locality.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="39885396F65B10E32D3658F6209E5B08" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="comments">
<paragraph id="C5C32E281DF0AB87712BEB5C2135CA80" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6BC2061F7F8D0087134EFB3A6E0C1632" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">
The wide oval female abdomen with a pair of anterior lateral humps, and the long, ridged scape indicate that the new species belongs to the
<taxonomicName id="EA3B930A49064EBFDEBD86D76AFF1416" lsidName="A. diadenmatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" rank="species" species="diadenmatus">
<emphasis id="5B756DC41E1B6C21A763BA1C200DB273" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">A. diadenmatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8490B90090FCE798F698045C648360EF" pageId="0" pageNumber="243" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="163D7B336C6A6BA5D008AEBBE61D65FC" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BD13D5179730191C1A3513D81B7B13F0" pageId="0" pageNumber="243">The species is named after Mr. Jing Chen (Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau), who offered help with specimen collection for this research; noun in genitive case.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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