Clubiona gongshan He, Liu & Zhang, 2016, n. sp.
Creators: name: He, Jingchao
name: Liu, Xiaolei
name: Zhang, Feng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Clubionidae
Clubiona
Clubiona gongshan

description: Clubiona gongshan n. sp.
Figs 1–2, 5
Type material. Holotype: ♂, from Dulong River (alt. 1955m; 27°47.468′N, 98°35.132′E), Gongshan County, Yunnan Province, China, 24 November 2011, Z. Li, L. Wang leg.. Paratypes: 1♂ 1♀, same data as holotype.
Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition, derived from the type locality.
Diagnosis. Males of Clubiona gongshan n. sp. resemble those of C. applanata Liu et al., 2007 (Liu et al. 2007, figs 1–5) in having similarly shaped tegulum and S-shaped sperm duct, but can be distinguished by the longer ventral tibial apophysis; blunt retrolateral tibial apophysis (Figs 2 D–E); tegular apophysis cranehead-shaped in ventral view (shorter, club-shaped in C. applanata; marked as “conductor” in Liu et al. 2007: fig. 4) and by the presence of a complex embolar basal apophysis (Fig. 2 D). Females can be distinguished from those of C. applanata by the epigyne with larger, wider atrium and by the bursae and spermathecae similarly sized (Figs 2 A–B).
Description. Male (holotype). Total length 4.20; carapace 2.03 long, 1.48 wide; abdomen 2.14 long, 1.27 wide (Fig. 1 A). Carapace yellow; both anterior and posterior eye rows recurved in dorsal view; eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.12, PME 0.10, PLE 0.12, AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.03, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.15, ALE–PLE 0.57; MOA 0.30 long, 0.22 anterior wide, 0.37 posterior wide; clypeus height 0.04; chelicerae colored as carapace, with five promarginal and four retromarginal teeth; endites and labium yellow; sternum 1.12 long, 0.66 wide. Legs yellow, tibiae I and II with two pairs of ventral spines, metatarsi I and II with one pair of ventral spines; leg measurements: I 4.60 (1.35, 0.61, 1.29, 0.90, 0.45), II 5.13 (1.43, 0.66, 1.47, 1.02, 0.55), III 4.31 (1.25, 0.53, 0.98, 1.10, 0.45), IV 5.75 (1.65, 0.65, 1.42, 1.52, 0.51); leg formula: 4213. Abdomen oval, yellow, with conspicuous anterior tufts of hairs, dorsum with fine yellow hairs. Palp (Figs 1 E–G, 2C–E). Retrolateral tibial apophysis short, blunt, ventral tibial apophysis digitiform; bulb with conspicuous pro and retro-apical excavations; embolus large, complex, with bifid basal apophysis; tegular apophysis cranehead-shaped in ventral view; sperm duct almost sigmoid-shaped.
Female (paratype). Total length 4.35; carapace 1.87 long, 1.47 wide; abdomen 2.45 long, 1.62 wide (Fig. 1 B). Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.10, PME 0.09, PLE 0.11,AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.19, PME–PLE 0.14, ALE–PLE 0.58; MOA 0.31 long, 0.24 anterior wide, 0.38 posterior wide; sternum 1.04 long, 0.71 wide. Leg measurements: I 4.62 (1.33, 0.62, 1.32, 0.95, 0.40), II 5.30 (1.50, 0.69, 1.49, 1.04, 0.57), III 4.23 (1.23, 0.55, 0.97, 1.14, 0.43), IV 5.84 (1.63, 0.68, 1.45, 1.55, 0.53); leg formula: 4213. Epigyne (Figs 1 C–D, 2A–B). Epigynal atrium with a large central depression as wide as both bursae span; copulatory openings distinctly separated from each other; spermathecae, sub-oval; bursae globular; copulatory ducts short.
Distribution. Known only from Yunnan, China.
description: Published as part of He, Jingchao, Liu, Xiaolei & Zhang, Feng, 2016, Two new species of Clubiona Latreille (Araneae: Clubionidae) from China, pp. 494-500 in Zootaxa 4208 (5) on pages 494-495, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.211882