Paratus longlingensis Zhao &amp; Peng, 2013, sp. nov.
Creators: name: , Zhao
name: , Peng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Liocranidae
Paratus
Paratus longlingensis

description: <b>2. <i>Paratus longlingensis</i> sp. nov.</b> (Figures 2, 5) <i>Description</i> Male carapace pale brown, with distinct, black, marginal and submarginal bands, both bands connected by one or two radial stripes. Anterior eye row recurved, posterior eye row procurved and slightly wider. Fovea dark, longitudinal and bar shaped. Sternum pale brown and without pattern. Chelicerae 1.10 long, coloured as carapace, median area with dark spot, three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth. Labium slightly wider than long. Legs coloured as carapace, with distinct black annuli; tibiae I and II with eight and six pairs of long ventral spines, respectively, with longest spine 0.92. Metatarsi I and II with three pairs of long ventral spines, with longest spine 0.97. Opisthosoma ovoid. Dorsum paler than carapace, anterior lateral area with a pair of diagonal, dark bands, median and posterior area scattered with many white spots; and with two pairs of muscular impressions (Figure 2 (a)). Venter whitish yellow, paler than dorsal, marginal area with irregular, black spots. Spinnerets pale brown, anterior one cylindrical and longest, median one conical and shortest, and posterior cylindrical with tapered distal end. Palpal organ with coxae 0.2 7 long, 0.21 wide. Femur 0.95 long, longer than wide, with a promarginal dark spot, and two dorsal and one retrolateral, strong spines, and one weaker, prolateral spine. Patella 0.40 long, about 0.23 X shorter than femur, with one prolateral and dorsal spine each. Tibia 0.32 long with one dorso-retrolateral apophysis (Figures 2 (c),(d), 5 (b)), and two prolateral spines (Figures 2 (b),(c), 5 (a),(b)). Cymbium 1.01 long and without spines. Genital bulb globular (Figures 2 (b), 5 (a)). Embolus originating from anterior portion of the bulb, its narrower portion about 0.5 X as long as the wider portion. Conductor short, its distal portion much wider and with two rami (Figures 2 (b), 5 (a)). <i>Measurements.</i> Male total length 3.70 (variation 3.12 – 3.75), carapace 1.9 5 long, 1.80 wide, 1.0 0 high. Clypeus very low, 0.05. AME 0.15, ALE 0.10, PME 0.16, PLE 0.15, AME – AME 0.08, AME – ALE 0.07, AME – PME 0.09, PME – PME 0.10, PME – PLE 0.16, ALE and PLE touching each other. Leg I 8.45 (2.40, 3.40, 1.95, 0.70), II 6.84 (2.06, 2.61, 1.52, 0.65), III 6.55 (1.93, 2.28, 1.61, 0.73), IV 6.64 (1.80, 2.05, 1.97, 0.82), formula: I, II, IV, III. <i>Holotype</i> m, China: Yunnan Province, Longling County, Longjiang Township, Xiaoheishan Forest Reserve, Guchengshan, 24.82888 <b>°</b> N, 98.76001 <b>°</b> E, 2020m, 27.v.2005, Coll. David Kavanaugh and Charles Griswold (2005-032C – 1, HNU); <i>paratypes</i>: m, data same as holotype (2005-032C– 2, CAS); m, China: Yunnan Province, Longling County, Longjiang Township, Xiaoheishan Nature Reserve, 1.2 km SSE of Route S3 17 at 23.5 km, 24.82888 <b>°</b> N, 98.76001 <b>°</b> E, 2020m, 26.v.2005, Coll. Charles Griswold and David Kavanaugh, good primary broadleaf forest, night collecting (CGY127 – 1, HNU). <i>Etymology</i> The specific name is derived from the type locality. <i>Comments</i> This new species resembles <i>P. indicus</i> (Marusik et al. 2008: Figures 8 – 11), but distinct in its (1) embolus originating from the anterior portion of genital bulb (Figures 2 (b),(c), 5 (a), (b)) (vs. originating from the median portion); (2) narrower portion of embolus about 0.5 X as long as its wider portion (Figures 2 (b), 5 (a)) (vs. about as long as its wider portion); (3) conductor much shorter, its distal portion much wider and with two rami (Figures 2 (b), 5 (a)) (vs. distal portion bar shaped); (4) tibia with two strong spines (Figures 2 (b),(c), 5 (a),(b)) (vs. with only one spine).
description: Published as part of <i>Zhao &amp; Peng, 2013, Three new species of spiders of the family Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, pp. 176-183 in Oriental Insects 47 (2)</i> on pages 178-180, DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2013.811021, http://zenodo.org/record/583943
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