Taira wanzhouensis Zhao &amp; Wang &amp; Irfan &amp; Zhang 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zhao, Jing-Xia
name: Wang, Lu-Yu
name: Irfan, Muhammad
name: Zhang, Zhi-Sheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Amaurobiidae
Taira
Taira wanzhouensis

description: <i>Taira wanzhouensis</i> sp. nov. Figures 18, 19, 24 <b>Type material.</b> <b>Holotype</b> &amp;male; (SWUC-T-AM-15-01), <b>CHINA: Chongqing:</b> Wanzhou District, Lishu Township, Wangerbao Nature Reserve, 30°39.463′N 108°43.863′E, 1224 m, 17.III.2018, Z.S. Zhang, L.Y. Wang and Z.S. Wu. <b>Paratypes (2 &amp;male; and 4 &amp;female;):</b> 1 &amp;female; (SWUC-T-AM-15-02), with same data as holotype; 1 &amp;female; (SWUC-T-AM-15- 03), Wangerbao Nature Reserve, 15.III.2013, X.K. Jiang and X.W. Meng; 2 &amp;male; and 2 &amp;female; (SWUC-T-AM-15-04~07), Wangerbao Nature Reserve, 15.III.2013, X.K. Jiang and X.W. Meng. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific name is derived from the type locality, adjective in apposition. <b>Diagnosis.</b> This new species can be differentiated from all other species of genus <i>Taira</i> by the set of following characteristics: tip of exterior branch of dorsal tibial apophysis curved in <i>T. wanzhouensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Figs 18E, 19E); semicircular median lobe of epigyne and spermathecae situated dorso-posteriorly. <b>Description.</b> Male. Total length 7.46–8.81. Holotype (Fig. 19A) total length 8.81. Carapace 4.58 long, 3.17 wide; opisthosoma 4.06 long, 3.03 wide. Eye size and interdistances: AME 0.21, ALE 0.24, PME 0.21, PLE 0.22; AME–AME 0.07, AME–ALE 0.12, PME–PME 0.20, PME–PLE 0.28, ALE–PLE 0.07. MOA 0.70 long, front width 0.45, base width 0.59. Clypeus height 0.26. Chelicerae with 4 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 22.76 (6.13, 8.04, 6.09, 2.53); II 16.89 (5.04, 5.58, 4.03, 2.24); III 13.35 (4.41, 4.46, 3.42, 1.06); IV 17.13 (5.00, 5.61, 4.45, 2.07). Male palp (Figs 18C–E, 19C–E). Retrolateral tibial apophysis absent. Interior branch of dorsal tibial apophysis margin arc-shaped, without groove, and a small process located near the dorsal tibial apophysis in prolateral view. Tip of the exterior branch of dorsal tibial apophysis curved. Embolus with a slightly curly tip. Median apophysis with an acute tip, slightly incurved. Tegulum with 2 processes. Female. Total length 9.18–9.79. Paratype (Fig. 19B) total length 9.79. Carapace 4.86 long, 3.27 wide; opisthosoma 4.81 long, 3.85 wide. Eye size and interdistances: AME 0.20, ALE 0.23, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22; AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.23, PME–PME 0.26, PME–PLE 0.42, ALE–PLE 0.12. MOA 0.70 long, front width 0.53, base width 0.69. Clypeus height 0.31. Leg measurements: I 14.87 (4.35, 5.11, 3.02, 2.39); II 12.15 (3.71, 4.14, 2.58, 1.72); III 10.58 (3.37, 3.49, 2.23, 1.49); IV 12.77 (3.84, 4.66, 2.80, 1.47). Epigyne (Figs 18A, B, 19F, G) median lobe round, a pair of epigynal teeth situated ventro-laterally, not covering median lobe. Copulatory ducts wide, slightly curved, present anteriorly. Spermathecae globular. Fertilization ducts slender. <b>Distribution.</b> Known only from the type locality, Wanzhou, Chongqing (Fig. 24).
description: Published as part of <i>Zhao, Jing-Xia, Wang, Lu-Yu, Irfan, Muhammad &amp; Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, 2021, Furtherrevisionofthemesh-webspidergenus TairaLehtinen, 1967 (Amaurobiidae) with the description of six new species, pp. 457-488 in Zootaxa 5020 (3)</i> on page 475, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5223576