Clubiona subapplanata Wang, Chen &amp; Zhang ZS 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Luyu
name: Chen, Huiming
name: Wu, Panlong
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Zhang, Zhisheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Clubionidae
Clubiona
Clubiona subapplanata

description: <i>Clubiona subapplanata</i> Wang, Chen &amp; Zhang ZS, sp. nov. (Figs 14A–D, 15A–F) Material examined. Holotype &amp;male;, China, Guizhou, Fanjing Mountain Reserve, Jinding (27°54.49′N, 108°41.86′E; elev. 2214 m), 29.IX.2013, L.Y. Wang, D. Wang &amp; X.K. Jiang leg. Paratypes. 1&amp;female;, same data as holotype; 5&amp;female;, Jinding (27°54.54′N, 108°41.88′E; elev. 2289m), 23.VII.2013, L.Y. Wang, T. Lu &amp; X.K. Jiang leg.; 2&amp;male; 2&amp;female;, Mianxuling (27°54.54′N, 108°39.83′E; elev. 1974 m), 13.X.2014, C. Jin &amp; Z.Z. Gao leg. Etymology. The specific name refers to its similarity of <i>C. applanata</i> Liu, Yan, Griswold &amp; Ubick, 2007; adjective. Diagnosis. The new species is similar to <i>C. applanata</i> Liu, Yan, Griswold &amp; Ubick, 2007 (Liu <i>et al</i>., 2007: 64, figs 1– 5), but differs from the latter by the blunt RTA, the wider than long VTA, the presence of LTA and the wider conductor (in ventral view) (Figs 14A–B, 15C–D) (RTA relatively peaked, VTA as long as wide, LTA absent and conductor narrow in <i>C. applanata</i>) and a tiny copulatory opening of epigyne (14C–D, 15E–F) (copulatory opening small in <i>C. applanata</i>). Description. Male (Fig. 15A). Holotype total length 5.15. Carapace 2.42 long, 1.75 wide; abdomen 2.79 long, 1.37 wide. Carapace yellowish brown. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.12, ALE 0.15, PME 0.13, PLE 0.15; AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.21, PME–PLE 0.11, ALE–PLE 0.07. MOA 0.36 long, front width 0.28, back width 0.45. Clypeus height 0.07. Chelicerae yellow brown, with 4 promarginal and 4 retromarginal teeth. Pairs of ventral spines: Tibia I 3; Metatarsus I 1; Tibia II 3; Metatarsus II 1. Leg measurements: I 5.31 (1.50, 2.23, 1.00, 0.58); II 5.80 (1.84, 2.33, 1.06, 0.57); III 5.22 (1.55, 1.83, 1.26, 0.58); IV 7.38 (2.13, 2.54, 2.04, 0.67). Leg formula 4213. Abdomen yellowish brown. Male pedipalp (Figs 14A–B, 15C–D) without femoral and patellar apophysis. Tibia with 3 apophyses: RTA blunt, as long as wide, VTA wider than long and LTA short, much wider than long. Embolus located anteriorly, anterior part curved ventrally. Conductor relatively long, wide medially and thin anteriorly. Sperm duct distinct, U-shaped in ventral view. Female paratypes total length 5.06–6.17. One paratype (Fig. 15B) total length 5.60. Carapace 2.61 long, 1.81 wide; abdomen 3.07 long, 1.73 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.12, ALE 0.16, PME 0.13, PLE 0.15; AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.25, PME–PLE 0.14, ALE–PLE 0.08. MOA 0.39 long, front width 0.31, back width 0.50. Clypeus height 0.07. Leg measurements: I 5.01 (1.55, 2.05, 0.88, 0.53); II 5.34 (1.60, 2.23, 0.93, 0.58); III 4.74 (1.45, 1.54, 1.20, 0.55); IV 6.89 (1.98, 2.31, 1.88, 0.72). Leg formula 4213. Other characters as for male. Epigyne (Figs 14C–D, 15E–F) with a small copulatory opening anteriorly. Copulatory ducts short and curved, with a pair of large, transparent bursae posteriorly. Spermathecae spherical, meso-laterally located and separated from each other by at least two times of their diameter. Fertilization ducts short. Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Guizhou, China. Comment. The new species belongs to the <i>C. corticalis-</i> group.
description: Published as part of <i>Wang, Luyu, Chen, Huiming, Wu, Panlong, Zhang, Feng &amp; Zhang, Zhisheng, 2018, Spider diversity in Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China, II: Clubionidae (Araneae), pp. 317-333 in Zoological Systematics 43 (3)</i> on pages 327-328, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201827, http://zenodo.org/record/5366468
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