Khorata circularis Yao & Li, 2013, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Yao, Zhiyuan
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Pholcidae
Khorata
Khorata circularis

description: Khorata circularis sp. nov.
Figs 28–30, 41
Type material. Holotype: Male (IZCAS), near the entrance of Lom Cave [18°57.458′N, 102°26.245′E, alt. 314 m], 4.01 km north of Vieng keo Village, Vang Vieng District, Vien Tiane, Laos, 2 December 2012, leg. Z. Yao (Yao-LA 080–083). Paratypes: 1 male and 2 females (IZCAS), same data as holotype.
Etymology. The specific name is from Latin circularis (rounded), in reference to the shape of pore plates of vulva; adjective.
Diagnosis. The species resembles K. luojinensis (Yao & Li 2010: 9, figs 25–28 and 61) and K. paquini (Yao & Li 2010: 13, figs 41–44 and 61), but can be distinguished by different shape of proximocentral apophyses of male chelicerae (Figs 30 C–D), different shape of distal sclerites of procursus (Figs 28 A–D and 30A–B) and rounded pore plates (Figs 29 B and 30F).
Description. Male (holotype): Total length 2.76 (2.85 with clypeus), prosoma 0.90 long, 1.08 wide, opisthosoma 1.86 long, 1.20 wide. Leg I: 34.16 (8.27 + 0.50 + 8.21 + 13.72 + 3.46), leg II: 21.22 (6.03 + 0.50 + 5.01 + 7.69 + 1.99), leg III: 16.02 (4.85 + 0.42 + 3.73 + 5.77 + 1.25), leg IV: 19.63 (6.09 + 0.44 + 4.55 + 7.44 + 1.11); tibia I L/d: 65. Habitus as in Fig. 29 C. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellowish, with black margins and a median dark stripe behind ocular area; sternum black. Legs yellowish, but whitish on distal parts of femora and tibiae, without darker rings. Opisthosoma grey, with large black spots. Distance PME-PME 0.17, diameter PME 0.16, distance PME-ALE 0.02, AME absent. Ocular area slightly elevated and separated from prosoma. Thoracic furrow shallow but distinct. Sternum slightly wider than long (0.81/0.70). Chelicerae as in Figs 30 C–D, with a pair of long, hooked frontal apophyses provided with scales distally (tips close together), a pair of thumb-shaped proximal apophyses, a pair of sclerotized proximocentral apophyses provided with scales, and a pair of small distal apophyses on frontolateral surface. Pedipalpi as in Figs 28 A–B and 30A–B; trochanter with a short retrolateral apophysis and a small ventral apophysis; femur with a retrolateral apophysis; patella large; procursus simple proximally but complex distally; bulb simple, no other apophyses except for embolus. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 8%; most hairs lost on legs; tarsus I with about 13 distinct pseudosegments.
Variation: Unknown (leg I lost in another specimen).
Female: Similar to male, habitus as in Figs 29 D–E. Tibia I (n=2): 7.24, 7.50 (mean: 7.37). One of the specimens measured: Total length 2.96 (3.04 with clypeus), prosoma 0.96 long, 1.08 wide, opisthosoma 2.00 long, 1.36 wide; tibia I: 7.50. Distance PME-PME 0.16, diameter PME 0.16, distance PME-ALE 0.02, AME absent. Epigynum (Figs 29 A and 30E) brown, without pockets. Vulva (Figs 29 B and 30F) with an M-shaped arch anteriorly and a pair of rounded pore plates.
Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 41).
description: Published as part of Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2013, New and little known pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Laos, pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 3709 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/248830