Chanea suukyii Miller, Griswold &amp; Yin 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Miller, Jeremy
name: Griswold, Charles
name: Yin, Chang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Mysmenidae
Chanea
Chanea suukyii

description: <i>Chanea suukyii</i> Miller, Griswold &amp; Yin, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 79CD9642-4350-4220-8EF8-943D8A561187 Figs 48-49, 50 A-C, 51-52, 100 <b>Material Examined.</b> Holotype: CHINA: Yunnan: Gongshan Co. Dulongjiang Township, Maku forest, 27.68847°N, 98.30065°E, 1870 m, 3 September 2006, subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest, sifting leaf litter, J.A. Miller, JM06090301 (CASENT 9024342, HNU), 1 ♁. Paratypes: [same data as holotype] (CASENT 9029316, HNU), 5 &amp;female;; Gongshan Co. Dulongjiang Township, along trail from Maku Yakou to Qinlangdang village, 27.68336°N, 98.28869°E, 1550 m, 2 September 2006, forest, rocky outcrops, night, J.A. Miller, J. Wang, JM06090201 (CASENT 9024403, CAS), 2 &amp;female;, 1 juv; Gongshan Co. Dulongjiang Township, Haban Falls 0.5 airkm from Qinlangdang village along Dulong Jiang, 27.67934°N, 98.27291°E, 1265 m, 1 September 2006, subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest, sifting leaf litter, J.A. Miller, D.H. Kavanaugh, JM06090105 (CASENT 9024354, CAS), 1 &amp;female;; Gongshan Co. Dulongjiang Township, Maku ridge, 27.67446°N, 98.30083°E, 2000 m, 29 August 2006, subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest, leaf litter, J.A. Miller, D.H. Kavanaugh, JM06082902 (CASENT 9024317, CAS), 2 &amp;female;, 1 juv; [same locality] 29 August 2006, subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest, sifting leaf litter, J.A. Miller, D.H. Kavanaugh, JM06082904 (CASENT 9024332, CAS), 2 ♁, 8 &amp;female;, 2 juvs; [same locality] 29 August 2006, subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest, sifting leaf litter, J.A. Miller, D.H. Kavanaugh, JM06082904 (CASENT 9029315, HNU), 9 &amp;female;, 1 juv; <b>Etymology.</b> Patronymic in honor of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Monotypic genus; see diagnosis for genus. <b>Description.</b> Carapace tan, male clypeus with pair of macrosetae (Fig. 52B; absent in female, Fig. 52A); AME separated by more than one diameter in male, less than one diameter in female. Sternum brown. Legs tan. Femoral spot on leg I. Abdomen tan (Fig. 48). Male palp: Cymbium simple, envelopes only ventral face of palpal bulb; tip of cymbium a single piece, without grooves or lobes (Fig. 49 A-B). Embolus coil makes ca.10 turns (Fig. 51B). Expanded palp reveals long basal haematodocha permitting bulb to extend far from cymbium (Fig. 50C). Vulva: Epigynum unsclerotized with only a short fleshy projection (Fig. 50A, 52C). Spermathecae small and round, set far anterior from epigastric furrow (Fig. 50B). Copulatory ducts make many turns around fertilization ducts (fig. 49C). Male (CASENT 9024332): Total length 0.63, carapace 0.33 long, 0.29 wide, clypeus 0.12, sternum 0.20 long, 0.21 wide, coxa IV separated by 2.00 times their width. Leg I: patella d1, tibia d1, metatarsus p1; Leg II: patella d1, tibia d1; Leg III: patella d1, tibia d1; Leg IV: patella d1, tibia d1. Metatarsal macrosetae gently curved distally (Fig. 51C). Metatarsal trichobothria:TmI: 0.34; TmII: 0.31; TmIII: 0.36. Leg measurements: see Appendix A. Epiandrous gland spigots in two widely spaced clusters of two spigots each (Fig. 51D). Female (CASENT 9024332): Total length 0.90, carapace 0.37 long, 0.36 wide, clypeus 0.07, sternum 0.24 long, 0.24 wide, coxa IV separated by 2.00 times their width. Leg I: patella d1, tibia d1; Leg II: patella d1, tibia d1; Leg III: patella d1, tibia d1; Leg IV: patella d1, tibia d1. Metatarsal trichobothria: TmI: 0.34; TmII: 0.31; TmIII: 0.38. Leg measurements: see Appendix A. Spinnerets (Fig. 52 D-F).
description: Published as part of <i>Miller, Jeremy, Griswold, Charles &amp; Yin, Chang, 2009, The symphytognathoid spiders of the Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Araneoidea): Systematics and diversity of micro-orbweavers, pp. 9-195 in ZooKeys 11 (11)</i> on pages 54-55, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.11.160, http://zenodo.org/record/576459