Anyphaena leidashi Wang & Tang & Yao & Huang & Liu 2024, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Zhongjing
name: Tang, Ziying
name: Yao, Yanbin
name: Huang, Shihui
name: Liu, Keke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Anyphaenidae
Anyphaena
Anyphaena leidashi

description: Anyphaena leidashi Yao & Liu sp. nov.
Materials
Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 15139ABE-9547-5FEF-8F47-A550BF4F667B; Taxon: scientificName: Anyphaena leidashi Yao & Liu, sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Ji’an City, Jinggangshan County Level City, Jingzhushan; verbatimElevation: 1105 m; verbatimCoordinates: 26 ° 32 ' 42.39 " N, 114 ° 06 ' 35.15 " E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: handing; eventDate: 02-23 - 2024
Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 6D8DC4E3-3A72-5037-BC18-E32BA7DDAB03; Taxon: scientificName: Anyphaena leidashi Yao & Liu, sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Ji’an City, Jinggangshan County Level City, Jingzhushan; verbatimElevation: 1105 m; verbatimCoordinates: 26 ° 32 ' 42.39 " N, 114 ° 06 ' 35.15 " E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: handing; eventDate: 02-23 - 2024
Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 478D3C51-DFFB-57B5-B484-2459577D40F8; Taxon: scientificName: Anyphaena leidashi Yao & Liu, sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Ji’an City, Jinggangshan County Level City, Jingzhushan; verbatimElevation: 1105 m; verbatimCoordinates: 26 ° 32 ' 42.39 " N, 114 ° 06 ' 35.15 " E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: handing; eventDate: 02-23 - 2024
Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: B515DA92-77E9-5F48-BB11-129270911178; Taxon: scientificName: Anyphaena leidashi Yao & Liu, sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Ji’an City, Jinggangshan County Level City, Jingzhushan; verbatimElevation: 1105 m; verbatimCoordinates: 26 ° 32 ' 42.39 " N, 114 ° 06 ' 35.15 " E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: handing; eventDate: 02-23 - 2024
Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 292F495E-2BD3-580C-A324-11C246288F65; Taxon: scientificName: Anyphaena leidashi Yao & Liu, sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Ji’an City, Jinggangshan County Level City, Jingzhushan; verbatimElevation: 1105 m; verbatimCoordinates: 26 ° 32 ' 42.39 " N, 114 ° 06 ' 35.15 " E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: handing; eventDate: 02-23 - 2024
Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: B3132E8F-050F-51BB-8497-07F62FF79334; Taxon: scientificName: Anyphaena leidashi Yao & Liu, sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Ji’an City, Jinggangshan County Level City, Jingzhushan; verbatimElevation: 1105 m; verbatimCoordinates: 26 ° 32 ' 42.39 " N, 114 ° 06 ' 35.15 " E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: handing; eventDate: 02-23 - 2024
Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 32DE1D7C-70A2-525C-A0F1-B640B1B0FC1D; Taxon: scientificName: Anyphaena leidashi Yao & Liu, sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Ji’an City, Jinggangshan County Level City, Jingzhushan; verbatimElevation: 1105 m; verbatimCoordinates: 26 ° 32 ' 42.39 " N, 114 ° 06 ' 35.15 " E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: handing; eventDate: 02-23 - 2024
Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 599D1805-CEAD-584E-BCB6-7389399AFCBA; Taxon: scientificName: Anyphaena leidashi Yao & Liu, sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Ji’an City, Jinggangshan County Level City, Jingzhushan; verbatimElevation: 1105 m; verbatimCoordinates: 26 ° 32 ' 42.39 " N, 114 ° 06 ' 35.15 " E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: handing; eventDate: 02-23 - 2024
Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Liu Ke-Ke; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: BD6B7ACC-D65C-53D3-A464-11E994522F9D; Taxon: scientificName: Anyphaena leidashi Yao & Liu, sp. nov.; Location: country: China; stateProvince: Jiangxi; locality: Ji’an City, Jinggangshan County Level City, Jingzhushan; verbatimElevation: 1105 m; verbatimCoordinates: 26 ° 32 ' 42.39 " N, 114 ° 06 ' 35.15 " E; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Event: samplingProtocol: handing; eventDate: 02-23 - 2024
Description
Male (holotype) (Fig. 1 A, B). Total length 3.43 mm.
Carapace 1.72 long, 1.43 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances (Fig. 1 A): AME 0.07, ALE 0.11, PME 0.11, PLE 0.12, AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.03, PME-PME 0.13, PME-PLE 0.1, AME-PME 0.18, AME-PLE 0.21, ALE-ALE 0.26, PLE-PLE 0.49, ALE-PLE 0.07. MOA 0.33 long, front width 0.19, back width 0.3. Chelicerae (Fig. 1 B) with a long fang and three promarginal and five retromarginal teeth. Endites (Fig. 1 B) longer than wide. Labium wider than long. Sternum (Fig. 1 B) oval, anteriorly flat, posterior end blunt. Legs (Fig. 1 A, B): measurements: I 4.43 (1.22, 0.51, 1.09, 0.96, 0.65); II 5.35 (1.51, 0.7, 1.43, 1.1, 0.61); III 4.43 (1.23, 0.57, 1.05, 1.06, 0.52); IV 5.89 (1.62, 0.71, 1.38, 1.57, 0.61); spination: I Fe: d 4; Ti: p 4, r 2, v 6; Mt: d 4, p 3, r 2, v 2; II Fe: d 2; Ti: d 1, p 3, r 3, v 5; Mt: d 4, p 2, r 3, v 2; III Fe: d 4; Ti: d 2, p 2, r 2, v 4; Mt: d 6, p 4, r 3, v 4; IV Fe: d 4; Ti: d 3, p 4, r 3, v 3; Mt: d 6, p 5, r 4, v 6. Abdomen (Fig. 1 A, B) 1.57 long, 1.25 wide.
Coloration (Fig. 1 A, B). Carapace yellow to brown, medially yellow, laterally brown. Chelicerae brown. Endites yellow. Labium brown. Sternum yellow, with brown lateral margin. Legs yellow to pale brown, femora yellow, patellae, tibiae and metatarsi brown. Abdomen pale brown to dark brown, medially with a broad dark stripe; venter with a broad brown stripe.
Palp (Fig. 1 B and Fig. 2 A-C). Femur bears a cluster of strong spines proximally. Retrolateral tibial apophysis strong, shoe-shaped in ventral view, rod-like with an upward thick hook-shaped branch at base in retrolateral view. Median apophysis hook-shaped, curved ventrally. Conductor translucent, trapezoidal, with a triangular-shaped tip. Embolus flagelliform, arising from 9 o’clock and ending at ~ 1 o’clock on tegulum.
Female. As in male, except as noted.
Habitus as in Fig. 1 C, D. As in male, except as noted. Total length 4.48.
Carapace 1.93 long, 1.57 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances (Fig. 1 C): AME 0.09, ALE 0.13, PME 0.11, PLE 0.13, AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.02, PME-PME 0.13, PME-PLE 0.11, AME-PME 0.2, AME-PLE 0.24, ALE-ALE 0.28, PLE-PLE 0.55, ALE-PLE 0.07. MOA 0.38 long, front width 0.23, back width 0.35. Abdomen (Fig. 1 C, D) 2.58 long, 1.89 wide. Leg (Fig. 1 C, D) measurements: I 6.41 (1.76, 0.8, 1.71, 1.36, 0.78); II 6 (1.69, 0.71, 1.58, 1.27, 0.75); III 4.8 (1.35, 0.64, 1.07, 1.2, 0.54); IV 6.63 (1.91, 0.79, 1.56, 1.68, 0.69); spination: I Fe: d 4, p 1; Ti: d 2, p 2, r 3, v 6; Mt: d 4, p 2, r 2, v 2; II Fe: d 4, r 1; Ti: d 2, p 2, r 2, v 2; Mt: d 4, p 2, r 2, v 2; III Fe: d 4; Pa: r 1; Ti: d 4, p 2, r 2, v 2; Mt: d 6, p 2, r 4, v 4; IV Fe: d 4; Pa: r 1; Ti: d 4, p 3, r 2, v 3; Mt: d 6, p 4, r 2, v 6.
Coloration (Fig. 1 C, D). Lighter than male. Abdomen, with short chevron-shaped dark brown stripes medially, laterally with many dark brown spots.
Epigyne (Fig. 2 D, E). Epigynal plate longer than wide, antero-medially with a sclerotized hood. Atrium slender, with a large biconvex scutum in medial part of the epigynum. Copulatory openings small, covered by the biconvex scutum. Glandular appendages small, balloon-like, located at the posterior part of copulatory ducts. Copulatory ducts relatively broad, extending from anterior to sub-posterior vulva. Spermathecae oval, large, convergent, with parallel inner margin and a distinct constriction. Fertilization ducts relatively long, located postero-medially, directed anteriorly.
Diagnosis
Males of this new species are similar to those of Anyphaena taiwanensis Chen & Huang, 2011 (Chen and Huang (2011): 80, figs 4, 5) and A. yoshitakei Baba & Tanikawa, 2017 (Baba and Tanikawa (2017): 31, fig. 1 F, G) in having the shoe-shaped tibial apophysis with an upward thick hook-shaped branch at base, the hook-shaped median apophysis curved ventrally and the flagelliform embolus, but can be distinguished from it by the translucent trapezoidal conductor with a triangular-shaped tip (vs the oval conductor with a long nose-shaped tip in A. taiwanensis and the sub-trapezoidal conductor with a blunt saddle-like tip in A. yoshitakei) (Fig. 2 A-C). Female of this species can be easily distinguished from that of A. taiwanensis (Chen and Huang (2011): 80, figs 8, 9) and A. yoshitakei (Baba and Tanikawa (2017): 31, fig. 1 C, D) by the slender atrium (vs relatively broad in A. taiwanensis and A. yoshitakei) and the parallel inner margin of spermathecae (vs slightly splayed in A. taiwanensis and convergent in A. yoshitakei) (Fig. 2 D, E).
Etymology
The specific name is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality, Chinese characters " 雷打石 ".
Distribution
Known only from the type locality in Jiangxi Province, China (Fig. 3).
Biology
Specimens were mainly collected under the bark in a broad-leaved forest.
description: Published as part of Wang, Zhongjing, Tang, Ziying, Yao, Yanbin, Huang, Shihui & Liu, Keke, 2024, A survey of tube spiders (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) from Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China, pp. e 133875 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e133875, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e133875