Wendilgarda housaiyuae Lin & Li, 2022

Lin, Yejie, Zhao, Huifeng, Koh, Joseph K H & Li, Shuqiang, 2022, Taxonomy notes on twenty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia, Zoological Systematics 47 (3), pp. 198-270 : 266-267

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.2022303
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6DED5057-996E-4DD5-BDE3-A8C366E59BB9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7172308
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D687D8-AA47-FFF7-FF37-FEBC0359FD09
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Wendilgarda housaiyuae Lin & Li
status	sp. nov.

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Wendilgarda housaiyuae Lin & Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 59–62 View Figure 59 View Figure 60 View Figure 61 View Figure 62 )

Diagnosis. This new species can be distinguished from other Asian Wendilgarda species by the males having a long and bifurcated median apophysis and in the females having the superior edge of the copulatory duct extends beyond spermathecae and the spermathecae separated.

Description. Male (holotype, Fig. 61A View Figure 61 ). Total length 1.35, carapace 0.72 long, 0.82 wide. Carapace brownish red, with symmetric to dark edge. Sternum yellow with dark brown margins. Coxae IV separated by 2/3 their width. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.05, PME 0.05, PLE 0.04; AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.04, AME–PME 0.07, ALE–PLE 0.02, PME–PLE 0.09. Legs yellow-brown. Leg measurements: I 3.29 (0.82, 1.18, 0.78, 0.51), II 2.73 (0.70, 0.94, 0.68, 0.41), III 2.04 (0.62, 0.66, 0.46, 0.30), IV 2.62 (0.68, 1.04, 0.54, 0.36). Abdomen tan with dark edge.

Palp ( Fig. 59 View Figure 59 ). Patella with strong, sinuous macroseta. Cymbium with small cluster of long setae proximally. Paracymbium elongated, terminus sharp. Tegulum rough. Median apophysis elongated, bifurcated distally. Conductor small, translucent. Embolus long, wide, semi-transparent.

Female ( Figs 61B View Figure 61 , 62 View Figure 62 ): Total length 2.06, carapace 0.66 long, 0.79 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.07, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06; AME–AME 0.05, AME–ALE 0.05, AME–PME 0.08, ALE–PLE 0.02, PME–PLE 0.09. Leg measurements: I 3.88 (1.05, 1.47, 0.82, 0.54), II 3.11 (0.82, 1.26, 0.59, 0.44), III 2.43 (0.64, 0.92, 0.50, 0.37), IV 3.07 (0.91, 1.09, 0.65, 0.42). Habitus similar to that of male except carapace more slender than abdomen and legs shorter.

Epigyne ( Fig. 61B View Figure 61 ) with wide plate, long scape dorsal to plate; tip of scape protruding posteriorly beyond plate; pair of spermathecae close to each other; copulatory duct wide.

Material examined. Holotype ♂ (IZCAS-Ar43325), China: Yunnan, Baoshan City, Datianba Village , Xianren Cave (24.3580°N, 99.0382°E, elev. 734 m), 5 May 2021, Y. Lin, T. Jiang leg. Paratypes. 1♂ 4♀ (IZCAS-Ar43326–Ar43330), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Ms. Saiyu Hou who has helped us greatly with this research; noun (name) in genitive case.