Episinus bonjovi Lin &amp; Li 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Lin, Yejie
name: Marusik, Yuri M.
name: Gao, Caixia
name: Xu, Hao
name: Zhang, Xiaoqing
name: Wang, Ziyi
name: Zhu, Wenhui
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Theridiidae
Episinus
Episinus bonjovi

description: <i>Episinus bonjovi</i> Lin &amp; Li, sp. nov. (Figs 38A–C, 39A–B, 40A–D, 53A–B) Diagnosis. The new species is similar to <i>E. unitus</i> Levi, 1964, but it can be distinguished by the larger atrium, the nephroid S, the conspicuous CD, and the medially curved FDs. Description. Male (holotype, IZCAS-Ar42451, Figs 38A–C, 40C–D, 53A). Total length 2.10. Prosoma 0.88 long, 0.68 wide, flat, pale yellow, with a broad reddish brown stripe at middle, anterior part of ocular area with two distinct processes. Sternum 0.41 long, 0.38 wide, pale yellow. Opisthosoma 1.13 long, 1.13 wide, pale yellow, with 3 protuberances and white spots. Eyes developed: AME 0.09, ALE 0.05, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06, AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.03. Clypeus height about 1.64 times AME diameter. Leg I femur 1.55, patella 0.30, tibia 1.33, metatarsus 1.30, tarsus 0.63. Patella and tibia II–IV: 0.88, 0.63, 0.88. Legs pale yellow, tip of femur IV and base of patella reddish brown. Palp (Figs 38A–C, 40C–D). ST confined; Sp distinct in ventral view; E long and slender; TTA with tiny tubes and 2 acute protuberances; C huge. Female (paratypes, IZCAS-Ar42455, Figs 39A–B, 40A–B, 53B). Total length 3.63. Prosoma 1.03 long, 0.94 wide, flat, pale yellow, with a broad reddish brown stripe at middle, anterior part of ocular area with 2 distinct processes. Sternum 0.61 long, 0.46 wide, pale yellow. Opisthosoma 2.42 long, 3.12 wide, brown or pale, with tiny white spots and 3 protuberances. Eyes developed. Epigynum (Figs 39A–B, 40A–B). Atrium large; S nephroid; CD strong sclerotized; FDs bent at middle. Material examined. Holotype &amp;male;, China: Yunnan, Menglun Nature Reserve (21.9588°N, 101.2064°E; elev. ca. 899 m), 6 August 2007, leg. Guo Zheng (IZCAS-Ar42451). Paratypes. 3&amp;male; (IZCAS-Ar42452–Ar42454), 3&amp;female; (IZCAS-Ar42455– Ar42457), same data as holotype. Distribution. Known only from the type locality. Etymology. The species name is honoring the American rock band Bon Jovi, composer of the music album "Have a Nice Day" and the singles "Because We Can" and "Living On A Prayer", which encouraged the author by their songs full of romance and freedom; noun (name) in apposition. Variation. Male (paratypes; <i>n</i> = 3). Total length 1.88–1.93; prosoma 0.68–0.72 long, 0.63–0.65 wide; sternum 0.35–0.38 long, 0.30–0.38 wide; opisthosoma 1.13–1.18 long, 1.13–1.18 wide. Female (paratypes; <i>n</i> = 3). Total length 3.25–3.75. Prosoma 1.00–1.10 long, 0.90–1.00 wide, Sternum 0.60–0.65 long, 0.48–0.50 wide, pale yellow. Opisthosoma 2.25–2.65 long, 3.00–3.25 wide.
description: Published as part of <i>Lin, Yejie, Marusik, Yuri M., Gao, Caixia, Xu, Hao, Zhang, Xiaoqing, Wang, Ziyi, Zhu, Wenhui &amp; Li, Shuqiang, 2021, Twenty-three new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia, pp. 91-152 in Zoological Systematics 46 (2)</i> on pages 135-138, DOI: 10.11865/zs.2021201, http://zenodo.org/record/5367065
description: {"references": ["Levi, H. W. 1964. American spiders of the genus Episinus (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 131: 1 - 25."]}