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<mods:title>Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan Island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="51">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Figures 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A, B, E, F vulva dorsal view C, D, G, H vulva ventral view. A, C XUX- 2017 - 215 B, D XUX- 2017 - 025 E, G XUX- 2017 - 226 F, H XUX- 2017 - 227. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379569" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">, 5</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Holotype</emphasis>
: CHINA · 1 ♂; Hainan Province, Sanya City, Tianya District, Zhaka Village;
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="109.41" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="109.41">109.41°E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 240 m; 22 August 2017; D. Li, F.X. Liu and X. Xu leg.; XUX-2017-219.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Paratypes</emphasis>
: CHINA · 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; XUX-2017-218 · 1 ♀; Hainan Province, Sanya City, Heshangling;
<geoCoordinate degrees="18.35" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="18.35">18.35°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="109.32" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="109.32">109.32°E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 130 m; 1 August 2017; D. Li, F.X. Liu, Z.T. Zhang and X. Xu leg.; XUX-2017-025 · 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Hainan Province, Sanya City, Tianya District, Baoqian Village;
<geoCoordinate degrees="18.39" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="18.39">18.39°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="109.42" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="109.42">109.42°E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 195 m; 22 August 2017; D. Li, F.X. Liu and X. Xu leg.; XUX-2017-205 (♂ matured on 29 October 2017 at HNU), XUX-2017-202, 209 · 1 ♂, 10 ♀♀; Hainan Province, Sanya City, Tianya District, Nandao Farm, Sanmudong;
<geoCoordinate degrees="18.44" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="18.44">18.44°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="109.40" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="109.4">109.40°E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 200 m; 21 August 2019; D. Li, F.X. Liu, X. Xu and L. Yu leg.; XUX-2019-134 (♂ matured on 2 October 2019 at HNU), XUX-2019-136 to 137H · 9 ♀♀; Hainan Province, Sanya City, Tianya District, Nandao Farm, Haiyan Group;
<geoCoordinate degrees="18.45" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="18.45">18.45°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="109.40" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="109.4">109.40°E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 215 m; 22 August 2017; D. Li, F.X. Liu and X. Xu leg.; XUX-2017-214 to 217, XUX-2017-221, 222, XUX-2017-225 to 227 · 1 ♀; Hainan Province, Sanya City, Tianya District, between Hongxing Farm and Zhaka Village;
<geoCoordinate degrees="18.50" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="18.5">18.50°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="109.41" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="109.41">109.41°E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 235 m; 22 August 2017; D. Li, F.X. Liu and X. Xu leg.; XUX-2017-220 · 1 ♀; Hainan Province, Sanya City, Tianya District, Nandao Farm, Haiying Group;
<geoCoordinate degrees="18.43" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="18.43">18.43°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="109.39" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="109.39">109.39°E</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 200 m; 21 August 2019; D. Li, F.X. Liu, X. Xu and L. Yu leg.; XUX-2019-131.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Males of
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sp. nov. can be distinguished from those of
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sp. nov. by the longer tegulum marginal apophysis with a non-translucent apex (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4A, D</figureCitation>
), and by the conductor with a bent apex (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4C, E, F, G</figureCitation>
); from those of the other
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Qiongthela</emphasis>
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species by the conductor base with a triangular apophysis ventrally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4A-E</figureCitation>
). Females of
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sp. nov. can be distinguished from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Q. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Q. yini</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Q. yinggezui</emphasis>
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sp. nov. by the inner receptacular clusters smaller than the lateral ones (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A, B, E, F vulva dorsal view C, D, G, H vulva ventral view. A, C XUX- 2017 - 215 B, D XUX- 2017 - 025 E, G XUX- 2017 - 226 F, H XUX- 2017 - 227. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379569" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">5A-H</figureCitation>
); from those of the other
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Qiongthela</emphasis>
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species by the inner receptacular clusters along the anterior margin of the bursa copulatrix, the laterals located slightly on the dorsal wall of the bursa copulatrix, and by the trapezoidal bursa copulatrix (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A, B, E, F vulva dorsal view C, D, G, H vulva ventral view. A, C XUX- 2017 - 215 B, D XUX- 2017 - 025 E, G XUX- 2017 - 226 F, H XUX- 2017 - 227. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379569" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">5A-H</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Male genital anatomy of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Qiongthela sanya</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">A</emphasis>
palp prolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">B</emphasis>
palp ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">C</emphasis>
palp retrolateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">D-G</emphasis>
palp distal view.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">A-C, G</emphasis>
XUX-2017-219 (holotype)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">D-F</emphasis>
XUX-2019-134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Male</emphasis>
(holotype). In alcohol carapace reddish dark; opisthosoma brown, with 12 reddish dark tergites, close to each other, the first 2-7 larger than others, and the fourth largest; sternum narrow, nearly twice as long as wide; a few fine pointed hairs running over the ocular area; chelicerae with promargin of cheliceral groove containing 9 denticles of variable size; legs with firm hairs and spines; 7 spinnerets. Measurements: BL 13.40, CL 6.47, CW 5.87, OL 6.80, OW 5.20; ALE&gt; PLE&gt; PME&gt; AME; leg I 22.06 (6.30 + 1.62 + 5.26 + 5.97 + 2.90), leg II 20.17 (5.16 + 1.50 + 4.81 + 5.77 + 2.94), leg III 22.02 (5.65 + 1.62 + 4.41 + 6.83 + 3.52), leg IV 28.13 (7.15 + 1.87 + 6.00 + 8.93 + 4.17).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Palp.</emphasis>
Cymbium with a short projection dorsally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4G</figureCitation>
); prolateral side of paracymbium unpigmented and unsclerotised, with numerous setae at the tip (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4A-C</figureCitation>
). Contrategulum with two distal edges: the inner one strongly dentate, and the outer one smooth, sharp, semi-translucent (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4A, D, F</figureCitation>
). Tegulum with a long, pointed, distally directed marginal apophysis, the proximally directed terminal apophysis with a dentate margin and continuously narrowing to a rounded, hooked apex (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4A-E</figureCitation>
). Conductor situated ventro-proximally on embolus, fused with embolus at the basal portion, distal free narrowing to a bent apex (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4B, C, E-G</figureCitation>
); conductor base with a triangular apophysis ventrally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4A-E</figureCitation>
). Embolus largely sclerotised, with a wide, flat sperm duct opening distally, retrolaterally with numerous longitudinal ribs (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A palp prolateral view B palp ventral view C palp retrolateral view D-G palp distal view. A-C, G XUX- 2017 - 219 (holotype) D-F XUX- 2019 - 134. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379567" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">4B, C, E</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Female</emphasis>
(XUX-2017-215). In alcohol carapace reddish dark; opisthosoma dark brown, with 12 reddish dark tergites, close to each other, the first 2-7 larger than others, and the fourth largest; sternum narrow, much longer than wide; a few fine pointed hairs running over the ocular area; chelicerae with promargin of cheliceral groove containing 10 strong denticles of variable size; legs with firm hairs and spines; 7 spinnerets. Measurements: BL 25.50, CL 11.95, CW 10.97, OL 13.00, OW 10.75; ALE&gt; PLE&gt; PME&gt; AME; palp 18.86 (6.35 + 2.20 + 4.73 + 5.58), leg I 23.55 (8.14 + 3.11 + 5.51 + 4.44 + 2.35), leg II 21.33 (7.25 + 2.68 + 4.87 + 4.25 + 2.28), leg III 22.43 (7.19 + 2.50 + 4.99 + 4.98 + 2.78), leg IV 34.17 (10.27 + 3.17 + 7.11 + 9.07 + 4.55).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Female genitalia.</emphasis>
The inner receptacular clusters along the anterior margin of the bursa copulatrix, the lateral ones located slightly on the dorsal wall of the bursa copulatrix; the inner ones smaller than the lateral ones, with short or long genital stalks. The bursa copulatrix trapezoidal (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Female genital anatomy of Qiongthela sanya sp. nov. A, B, E, F vulva dorsal view C, D, G, H vulva ventral view. A, C XUX- 2017 - 215 B, D XUX- 2017 - 025 E, G XUX- 2017 - 226 F, H XUX- 2017 - 227. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.911.48703.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/379569" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">5A-H</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="51" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">
Males and females vary in body size. The range of measurements in males (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">N</emphasis>
= 3): BL 13.40-15.01, CL 6.47-7.21, CW 5.87-6.53, OL 6.16-7.53, OW 4.47-5.20; females (
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">N</emphasis>
= 25): BL 15.41-27.74, CL 7.32-14.14, CW 6.23-11.59, OL 7.33-13.49, OW 5.70-11.84. In addition, female genitalia show intraspecific variation: the inner pair of the receptacular clusters along the anterior margin of the bursa copulatrix upward, with short or long genital stalks (Fig.
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), or clusters toward the dorsal margin (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Female genital anatomy of
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sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">A, B, E, F</emphasis>
vulva dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">C, D, G, H</emphasis>
vulva ventral view.
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XUX-2017-215
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XUX-2017-025
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XUX-2017-226
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="51">F, H</emphasis>
XUX-2017-227. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">The species epithet, a noun in apposition, refers to the type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Hainan (Sanya), China.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">GenBank accession number.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="51">Holotype (XUX-2017-219): MN911990.</paragraph>
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