Pinelema curcici, Wang & Li, 2016

Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2016, Four new species of the spider genus Pinelema (Araneae, Telemidae) from caves in South China, Ecologica Montenegrina 7, pp. 546-566 : 547-556

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2016.7.24

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A978B551-DCD5-46A0-8CFB-2E1927A24C8D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12653688

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC9396E4-49E6-412C-B00C-FA5937193F56

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:AC9396E4-49E6-412C-B00C-FA5937193F56

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pinelema curcici
status

sp. nov.

Pinelema curcici View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 1–4 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 , 17 View FIGURE 17

Type material. Holotype: male, Fengwei Cave [24º20.163'N, 104º17.172'E, 1314 m, T: 19°C, H: 80%], Fengwei, Shuanglongying Town, Qiubei County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, 20 August, 2010, Z. Yao, C. Wang & X. Wang leg. GoogleMaps Paratypes: 1 male, 3 females, same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of Prof. Dr. Srećko Ćurčić, a well known biospeleologist from Belgrade, Serbia; noun (name) in genitive case.

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to the P. bailongensis , but can be distinguished by the pear-shaped bulb ( Figs 1C–D View FIGURE 1 , 3A–B View FIGURE 3 ) (oval in P. bailongensis ); the distal part of embolus not sclerotized ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 4C View FIGURE 4 ) (weakly sclerotized in P. bailongensis ); and in the female epigynum with a row of short, slender setae behind epigastric furrow, the distal part of spermatheca slender ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4E View FIGURE 4 ) (epigynum with a row of short, strong spines behind epigastric furrow, distal part of spermatheca swollen in P. bailongensis ).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 1.36 ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ). Carapace 0.56 long, 0.55 wide. Opisthosoma 0.76 long, 0.60 wide. Sternum 0.32 long, 0.32 wide. Carapace, labium, endites and chelicerae, yellow; sternum brown. Carapace with a pair of setae at the retrolateral side of eyes. Leg measurements: I 4.17 (1.25, 0.15, 1.30, 0.87, 0.60); II 3.51 (1.12, 0.15, 1.05, 0.72, 0.47); III 2.34 (0.75, 0.12, 0.62, 0.45, 0.40); IV 3.00 (1.05, 0.15, 0.80, 0.60, 0.40). Opisthosoma blue, oval dorsally. Palp measurement: 0.81 (0.20, 0.09, 0.16, -, 0.36). Palp tarsus ( Figs 1B–D View FIGURE 1 , 3A–B View FIGURE 3 , 4C View FIGURE 4 ): bulb pear-shaped, about 1.3 times longer than cymbium, about 2 times longer than wide; embolus tube-shaped, approximately as long as tegulum.

Female. Similar to male in coloration and general features, but with a smaller body size and shorter legs. Total length 0.80 ( Figs 2A–B View FIGURE 2 ). Carapace 0.60 long, 0.55 wide. Opisthosoma 0.74 long, 0.56 wide. Sternum 0.34 long, 0.32 wide. Leg measurements: I 3.42 (1.12, 0.15, 0.90, 0.70, 0.55); II 3.02 (0.95, 0.15, 0.87, 0.55, 0.50); III 2.14 (0.75, 0.12, 0.55, 0.37, 0.35); IV 2.80 (1.00, 0.15, 0.75, 0.50, 0.40). Epigynum ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ) with a row of short, slender setae posterior to epigastric furrow. Spermatheca ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4E View FIGURE 4 ) elongate, cylindrical, distal part bent ventrally.

Variation. Total length: males 1.34–1.36 (n = 2), females 0.78–0.81 (n=3).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Yunnan, China ( Fig. 17 View FIGURE 17 )

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Telemidae

Genus

Pinelema

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