Pimoa shoja Zhang & 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
Pimoidae
Pimoa
Pimoa shoja

description: Pimoa shoja Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (Figs 28A–C, 29A–G)   
 Diagnosis. The male of Pimoa shoja Zhang & Li, sp. nov. resembles P. mainling (see Zhang et al., 2020: 89, fig. 6) and P. samyai Zhang & Li, 2020 (see Zhang et al., 2020: 97, fig. 12) but can be distinguished from P. mainling by the distally pointed PEP (vs. slightly wider distally in P. mainling), and from P.samyai by the U-shaped PCS (vs. L-shaped in P.samyai), and by the broad CDP, with many cuspules (vs. CDP short and distally narrow, with few cuspules in P. samyai). The female of P. shoja Zhang & Li, sp. nov. resembles P.crispa (see Hormiga, 1994: 63, figs 239–247) and P.samyai (see Zhang et al., 2020: 97, fig. 13) but can be distinguished from the nearly round DP of the epigynum (vs. DP narrow in P.crispa and nearly tongue shaped in P.samyai), from P.crispa by the nearly round S (vs. kidney shaped in P.crispa), and by the S separated by a short distance (vs. separated by ca. 1/2 width of a spermatheca in P. samyai).   
 Description. Male (holotype, IZCAS-Ar42431, Figs 28A–C, 29E). Total length 7.10. Carapace 2.69 long, 2.56 wide. Abdomen 4.41 long, 2.25 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.11, PME 0.11, PLE 0.12; AME – AME 0.08, AME – ALE 0.21, PME – PME 0.13, PME – PLE 0.24. Leg measurements: Leg I 42.93 (11.88 + 13.80 + 13.84 + 3.41); leg II 38.86 (10.36 + 12.50 + 12.64 + 3.36); leg III 25.53 (7.44 + 7.81 + 7.96 + 2.32); leg IV 32.64 (9.28 + 10.36 + 10.32 + 2.68). Promargin of chelicerae with 3 teeth, retromargin with 3 teeth. Habitus as in Fig. 29E. Carapace brownish with greyish lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum yellow. Abdomen black, with yellowish transverse chevrons and vertical bands not extending to the distal part. Legs yellowish, without annulations.   
Palp (Figs 28A–C): patella short, ca. 1/2 of tibial length, with a macroseta; tibia short, subequal to cymbial length, with several macrosetae and a dorsal process; P short, about 1/3 of cymbial length, hook shaped; PCS U˗shaped, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length; CDP broad, with more than 35 cuspules; MA slender; C distinct; PEP subequal to E length; E beginning at the 6:30 o’clock position; embolic tooth absent.  
Female (paratype, IZCAS-Ar42432, Figs 29A–D, F–G). Total length 11.17. Carapace 3.61 long, 3.64 wide. Abdomen 7.56 long, 6.08 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.19, PME 0.19, PLE 0.18; AME–AME 0.18, AME– ALE 0.30, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.28. Leg measurements: Leg I 42.16 (11.64 + 13.56 + 13.08 + 3.88); leg II 37.44 (10.60 + 11.96 + 11.40 + 3.48); leg III 24.93 (7.44 + 7.81 + 7.36 + 2.32); leg IV 31.79 (9.36 + 10.44 + 9.35 + 2.64). Cheliceral teeth as in male. Habitus as in Figs 29F–G. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum yellow. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands. Legs brownish, without annulations. Epigyne (Figs 29A–D): triangular; VP broad, width subequal to length; DP nearly round; COs distinct; S nearly round, separated by a short distance; FDs yellow, laterally oriented.  
Material examined. Holotype ♂, India, Himachal Pradesh, Shoja, unnamed cave (31.5300°N, 77.3800°E; elev. ca. 2960 m), 1 October 1999, leg. Klaus Weisshart (IZCAS-Ar42431). Paratype. 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar42432), India, Himachal Pradesh, Shoja (31.5400°N, 77.3800°E; elev. ca. 3040 m), 1 October 1999, leg. Klaus Weisshart.  
Distribution. Known only from the type locality.  
Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
description: Published as part of Lin, Yejie, Marusik, Yuri M., Gao, Caixia, Xu, Hao, Zhang, Xiaoqing, Wang, Ziyi, Zhu, Wenhui & Li, Shuqiang, 2021, Twenty-three new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia, pp. 91-152 in Zoological Systematics 46 (2) on pages 122-126, DOI: 10.11865/zs.2021201, http://zenodo.org/record/5367065