Khorata rongshuiensis, Yao & Li, 2010
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2594.1.1 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459499 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A4415-FFCB-3A09-FF77-BC6F131FFEAE |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Khorata rongshuiensis |
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sp. nov. |
Khorata rongshuiensis View in CoL sp. nov.
Figs 49–50, 61
Type material: Holotype: female ( IZCAS), Taoyuan Cave [25°03.475ʹN, 109°13.479ʹE, alt. 131 m], Rongshui County, Guilin, Guangxi, China, 23 July 2009, Z.Y. Yao and C.X. Wang leg. GoogleMaps Paratype: 1 female ( IZCAS), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .
Etymology: The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.
Diagnosis: This species resembles K. khammouan Huber, 2005 in having similar protrusions of female genital area in ventral view (Figs 49A, 50A), but can be distinguished by the nearly triangular pore plates of epigynum (Figs 49B, 50B). This species can be distinguished from K. jaegeri Huber, 2005 by the black margins and the black median stripe behind ocular area (Fig. 49C), the darker rings on femora and tibiae, and the large black spots on opisthosoma (Figs 49C–D). This species can be distinguished from K. schwendingeri Huber, 2005 by the black margins and the black median stripe behind ocular area (Fig. 49C) and the large black spots on opisthosoma (Fig. 49C).
Description: Female (holotype): Total length 2.35 (2.49 with clypeus), prosoma 0.79 long, 0.94 wide, opisthosoma 1.56 long, 1.23 wide. Leg I: 19.99 (4.75 + 0.44 + 5.05 + 7.24 + 2.51), leg II: 13.02 (3.50 + 0.43 + 3.17 + 4.49 + 1.43), leg III: 9.76 (2.81 + 0.35 + 2.35 + 3.26 + 0.99), leg IV: 12.44 (3.68 + 0.36 + 2.97 + 4.43 + 1.00); tibia I L/d: 47. Habitus as in Figs 49C–D. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellowish, with black margins and black median stripe behind ocular area; sternum black. Legs yellowish, with slightly darker rings on femora (subdistally) and tibiae (proximally and subdistally). Opisthosoma grey with large black spots dorsally and ventrally. Ocular area slightly elevated and separated from prosoma, thoracic furrow shallow but distinct; distance PME-PME 0.09; diameter PME 0.12; distance PME-ALE 0.02; AME absent. Sternum slightly wider than long (0.60/0.54). Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 15%; legs with short vertical hairs on all metatarsi (mostly dorsally and laterally), without spines and curved hairs; tarsus I with more than 40 pseudosegments, only about 17 distinct ones distally. Genital area brown (Figs 49A, 50A), with internal structures nearly invisible through cuticle, with two large protrusions, without distinct pockets. Dorsal view of epigynum (Figs 49B, 50B) with two nearly triangular pore plates.
Variation: Tibia I in another female: 5.45.
Distribution: The species is known only from the type locality ( Fig. 61 View FIGURE 61 ).
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Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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