Telema claviformis Tong &amp; Li 2008, n. sp.
Creators: name: Tong, Yanfeng
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Telemidae
Telema
Telema claviformis

description: <i>Telema claviformis</i> n. sp. (Figs 1B; 3) TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: China, Guizhou Province, Xingyi City, Malinghe Town (25°12’N, 104°53’E), Qiu-Xiang-Dong Cave, 12.V.2005, leg. Y. F. Tong &amp; Y. C. Lin, &amp;male; (MNHN). Paratypes: same data as holotype, 1 &amp;male;, 10 &amp;female;&amp;female; (IZCAS); same data as holotype, 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; (MNHN). ETYMOLOGY. — The specific name is from Latin <i>claviformis</i>, stick-shaped, indicates the narrow and long spermatheca of female. DIAGNOSIS. — The new species is similar to <i>T. wunderlichi</i> Song &amp; Zhu, 1994, but can be distinguished by the presence of a small prolateral cymbial apophysis on male palpal tarsus, the different shapes of embolus and the posteriorly curved spermatheca of female. DESCRIPTION <i>Male (holotype)</i> Total length 1.67. Carapace 0.67 long, 0.56 wide; abdomen 0.88 long, 0.81 wide. Carapace, legs, sternum (Fig. 3A), labium, endites and chelicerae yellowish. Carapace (Fig. 1B) with pair of setae on the clypeus, in the place of eyes and in the middle. No eyes.Promargin of fang furrow with one large tooth, one relatively small tooth and three barely visible granulous denticles, retromargin with four barely visible denticles, in which the one near the base of fang larger (Fig. 3H). Legs with a dorsal spine at the distal end of patella as well as in the middle of tibia. Leg measurements: I 5.53 (1.66, 0.23, 1.75, 1.19, 0.70); II 5.11 (1.48, 0.23, 1.51, 1.06, 0.83); III 3.55 (1.12, 0.22, 0.98, 0.71, 0.52); IV 4.33 (1.39, 0.22, 1.22, 0.93, 0.57).Leg formula:I-II-IV-III.Abdomen globular, yellowish-gray; colulus as in Figure 3F. Palp with prolateral cymbial apophysis (Fig. 3C); bulb oval with one simple embolus (Fig. 3B). <i>Female (n = 12)</i> Total length 1.42-1.85 (average: 1.75). Carapace 0.62-0.77 (average: 0.72) long, 0.55-0.65 (average: 0.61) wide; abdomen 0.93-1.05 (average:0.98) long, 0.75-0.98 (average: 0.83) wide. Eyes and chelicerae as in male. Leg measurements: I 5.40 (1.66, 0.27, 1.67, 1.13, 0.67); II 4.82 (1.49, 0.24, 1.47, 1.00, 0.62); III 3.41 (1.09, 0.22, 0.94, 0.68, 0.48); IV 4.26 (1.39, 0.23, 1.20, 0.90, 0.54). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Genital area with one row of hairs on epigynal plate, and another row behind epigastric furrow (Fig. 3G). Spermatheca narrow and long, with distal end curved posteriorly (Fig. 3D, E).
description: Published as part of <i>Tong, Yanfeng &amp; Li, Shuqiang, 2008, Four new cave-dwelling species of Telema (Arachnida, Araneae, Telemidae) from Guizhou Province, China, pp. 361-370 in Zoosystema 30 (2)</i> on pages 364-366, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5403268
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