Anyphaena shenzhen 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
Anyphaenidae
Anyphaena
Anyphaena shenzhen

description: <i>Anyphaena shenzhen</i> Lin &amp; Li, sp. nov. (Figs 5A–E, 6A–B, 13A, 14E–F) Diagnosis. Males of <i>A. shenzhen</i> Lin &amp; Li, <b>sp. nov.</b> are similar to those of <i>A. rhynchophysa</i> Feng, Ma &amp; Yang, 2012 and <i>A. tibet</i> Lin &amp; Li, <b>sp. nov.</b> in the absence of a VTBA, but they can be distinguished by the dog head-shaped C (<i>vs.</i> C thin and curved in <i>A. rhynchophysa</i> and <i>A. tibet</i> Lin &amp; Li, <b>sp. nov.</b>), and the RTA is wider than long (<i>vs.</i> RTA longer than wide in <i>A. rhynchophysa</i> and <i>A. tibet</i> Lin &amp; Li, <b>sp. nov.</b>). Female can be easily distinguished by the C-shaped Cos, and the CDs have 4 spirals. Description. Male (holotype, IZCAS-Ar42395, Figs 5A–E, 13A, 14E). Total length 5.62, carapace 2.81 long, 2.02 wide, brown with black pattern. Opisthosoma 3.62 long, 1.52 wide. Opisthosoma brown, with black pattern. AER slightly recurved, PER procurved. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.14, PME 0.22, PLE 0.16, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.13, PME–PME 0.23, PME–PLE 0.17, AME–PME 0.18, ALE–PLE 0.20. Clypeus height 0.12. Chelicerae with six promarginal and seven retromarginal teeth. Endites, labium, and sternum brown. Legs brown, covered with many setae. Leg measurements: Leg I 10.39 (2.45 + 3.47 + 2.82 + 1.65), leg II 8.46 (2.31 + 3.22 + 1.91 + 1.02), leg III 9.34 (2.88 + 3.31 + 2.04+ 1.11), leg IV 10.26 (3.12 + 3.22 + 2.71 + 1.21). Leg formula 1432. Palp (Figs 5A–E, 13A). VTBA absent; RTA wider than long, two parts, dRTA short but almost two times longer than vRTA. vRTA triangular. Sp with one conspicuous curve. MA short, terminus pointed. C dog head shaped, with a hood. E filamentous. Female (paratype, IZCAS-Ar42397, Figs 6A–B, 14F). Total length 7.62, carapace 3.20 long, 2.41 wide. Opisthosoma 6.02 long, 3.43 wide. Colour as in male. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.12, ALE 0.13, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12, AME– AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.12, PME–PME 0.11, PME–PLE 0.13, AME–PME 0.17, ALE–PLE 0.13. Clypeus height 0.11. Chelicerae with five promarginal and nine retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: Leg I 10.10 (2.64 + 3.64 + 2.46 + 1.36), leg II 7.43 (2.04 + 2.26 + 1.92 + 1.21), leg III 6.59 (1.95 + 2.15 + 1.47 + 1.02), leg IV 8.69 (2.34 + 2.72 + 2.61 + 1.02). Leg formula 1423. Epigyne (Figs 6A–B) longer than wide; COs inconspicuous, CDs long, with four spirals, AG conspicuous. S oval. Material examined. Holotype &amp;male;, China: Guangdong, Shenzhen, Longhua, Mount Yangtai (22.6624°N, 113.9744°E), 21 January 2021, leg. Qianle Lu. (IZCAS-Ar42395). Paratypes. 2&amp;male; 1&amp;female; (IZCAS-Ar42396–Ar42398), same data as holotype. Distribution. Known only from the type locality. Etymology. The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the type locality.
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 page 98, DOI: 10.11865/zs.2021201, http://zenodo.org/record/5367065