Wulinggone qizimeiensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, sp. n.
Creators: name: Irfan, Muhammad
name: Zhou, Gu-Chun
name: Peng, Xian-Jin
name: Zhang, Zhi-Sheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Wulinggone
Wulinggone qizimeiensis

description: Wulinggone qizimeiensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, sp. n.
(七姊妹KWēe)
Figures 288–290, 307, 313
Types. Holotype ♂ (HNU–HB20160430), CHINA, Hubei Prov.: Xuanen Co., Shadaogou Town, Qizimei Mountain, 29.706342°N, 109.75642°E, 1155 m, 30.IV.2016, W. Liu et al. leg. Paratypes 1♂ 4♀: 1♂ 1♀, same data as female holotype (HNU–HB20160430); 1♀, Enshi Co., Xingdou MNNR 30.04166°N, 109.13377°E, 1253 m, 18.V.2017, G.C. Zhou et al. leg. (HNU–HB– IV–1710); Chongqing: 2♀, Pengshui Co., Mowei MSS, 29.16079°N, 108.03732°E, 1564 m, 26.VII.2017, M. Irfan & G.C. Zhou leg. (HNU–CQ– IV–1723).
Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the type locality; adjective.
Diagnosis. See genus diagnosis.
Description. Male (holotype, Figs 290A, B): Total length: 1.42. Carapace 0.66 long, 0.56 wide, cephalic region slightly elevated, cephalic pits present behind the PLEs, brown, fovea, cervical and radial grooves distinct. Clypeus 0.16 high. Chelicerae with four promarginal and four retromarginal teeth. Sternum longer than wide, yellowish grey with microsetae. Eyes: AER recurved, PER slightly procurved, slightly wider than AER. Eye sizes and interdistances:AME 0.04, ALE 0.05, PME 0.05, PLE 0.05, AME–AME 0.02, PME–PME 0.03, AME– ALE, 0.03, PME–PLE 0.05, AME–PME 0.07, ALE–ALE 0.24, PLE–PLE 0.25, ALE–PLE contiguous. Length of legs: I 1.83 (0.57, 0.63, 0.38, 0.25), II 1.72 (0.55, 0.57, 0.36, 0.24), III 1.43 (0.44, 0.45, 0.32, 0.22), IV 1.8 (0.55, 0.59, 0.41, 0.25). Tibial spine formula: 2-2-1-1. TmI 0.28 and TmIV 0.27. Opisthosoma 0.81 long, 0.59 wide, oval, grey, mid-dorsally with one pair of sigellae.
Palp (Figs 288A–D): Femur unmodified, almost longer than both patella and tibia. Patella as longer than tibia, ventrally grooved. Tibia wider than long, with two retrolateral trichobothria, dorsal tibial apophysis (DTA) sclerotized, C-shaped, tapering towards the tip; retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) longer than wide, with blunt end; cymbium retrolateral margin extending towards subtegulum; paracymbium (PC) small, J-shaped, distal part hook-shaped; distal suprategular apophysis (DSA) long, distal end membranous, slightly grooved, extending forward. Radix(R) proximally with foot shaped tailpiece (TP); lateral extension of radix (LER) curved with distal end membranous; anterior radical apophysis (ARP) strongly sclerotized, tip furcated; embolus (E) Jshaped.
Female (one of paratype, Figs 290D, E): Total length: 1.49. Carapace 0.86 long, 0.52 wide, cephalic region slightly elevated, brown, cervical, fovea and radial grooves distinct. Clypeus 0.11 high. Chelicerae with five promarginal and six retromarginal teeth. Sternum longer than wide, yellowish grey with microsetae. Eyes: AER recurved, PER procurved, slightly wider. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.04, PME 0.04, PLE 0.03, AME–AME 0.02, PME–PME 0.04, AME–ALE, 0.02, PME–PLE 0.03, AME–PME 0.04 ALE–ALE 0.21, PLE–PLE 0.23, ALE–PLE contiguous. Length of legs: I 1.54 (0.48, 0.45, 0.31, 0.21), II 1.44 (0.47, 0.48, 0.28, 0.21), III 1.36 (0.43, 0.45, 0.27, 0.21), IV 1.74 (0.56, 0.57, 0.37, 0.24). Tibial spine formula: 2-2-1-1. TmI 0.23, TmIV 0.24. Opisthosoma 0.96 long, 0.77 wide, oval, grey, mid-dorsally with one pair of sigellae.
Epigyne (Figs 289A–C): Ventral plate (VP) sclerotized, longer than wide, not completly covering the dorsal plate.Copulatory openings(CO)present posteriorly at the junction of ventral and dorsal plate. Dorsal plate (DP) longer than wide; copulatory ducts (CD) form spiral loop before joining the spermathecae; spermathecae (S) elliptical, present dorso-laterally on the dorsal plate and pointing away from each other; fertilization ducts (FD) present on lateral sides.
Distribution. Known only from the type localities (Chongqing and Hubei Province, Figs 307, 313).
description: Published as part of Irfan, Muhammad, Zhou, Gu-Chun, Peng, Xian-Jin & Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, 2025, Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some Oriental Regions of China, pp. 1-248 in Megataxa 15 (1) on pages 220-224, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.15.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14985176