Ganthela venus, Xu, 2015

Xu, Xin, Liu, Fengxiang, Chen, Jian, Li, Daiqin & Kuntner, Matjaž, 2015, Integrative taxonomy of the primitively segmented spider genus Ganthela (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae): DNA barcoding gap agrees with morphology, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (2), pp. 288-306 : 302-303

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12280
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5415505
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038387E0-FFBF-6B36-FC68-FB8448FDFADB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ganthela venus
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

GANTHELA VENUS XU SP. NOV. ( FIG. 9 View Figure 9 )

Holotype

Female (XUX-2013-160), Mount Wangjiang , Huangyang Village , Zhuangbian Town , Hanjiang District, Putian City, Fujian Province, China, 25.66°N, 118.88°E, 459 m a.s.l., 11 July 2013, collected by F.X. Liu, X. Xu, and Z. T. Zhang. No male found. GoogleMaps

Etymology

Named after the Greek goddess of love, Venus.

Diagnosis

Females of G. venus sp. nov. can be distinguished from G. wangjiangensis sp. nov. by details in the genitalia, which have separated stalks on the anterior part ( Fig. 9A, B View Figure 9 ). Ganthela venus sp. nov. furthermore differs from all other Ganthela species by the following unique nucleotide substitutions in the standard DNA barcode alignment: C (36), A (80), T (227), C (333), C (341), G (347), T (354), C (431), and T (539).

Description

Female (holotype). Carapace and opisthosoma light brown; tergites slightly dark brown; sternum narrow, length more or less twice of width; a few long pointed hairs running over ocular mound in a longitudinal row; chelicerae robust, with promargin of cheliceral groove with ten strong denticles of variable size; legs with strong hairs and spines; opisthosoma with 12 tergites, with tergites 2–6 larger than others, and with tergite 4 being largest; seven spinnerets. Measurements: BL 9.80 , CL 4.38 , CW 4.20 , OL 5.6 , and OW 5.00; ALE > PLE > PME > AME; palp 7.63 (2.50 + 1.31 + 1.65 + 2.17), leg I missing, leg II 8.49 (2.71 + 1.50 + 1.68 + 1.50 + 1.10), leg III 9.34 (2.52 + 1.58 + 1.56 + 2.30 + 1.38), and leg IV 13.70 (3.75 + 1.60 + 2.55 + 3.68 + 2.12) .

Female genitalia

Posterior part of genital area W-shaped ( Fig. 9A, B View Figure 9 ), with pair of receptacular clusters with short stalks on the anterior part of genital separated from one another ( Fig. 9A, B View Figure 9 ).

Distribution

Fujian (Putian) Province, China.

Remarks

See comments under G. wangjiangensis sp. nov.