Patu jidanweishi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009

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Patu jidanweishi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009

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Patu jidanweishi Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009: 64, figs 65A-E, 66A, B, 67A-D, 68A-F, 69A-F, 70A-F and 71A-F (♂♀).

Type materials examined.

Holotype ♂ (CASENT 9029293, HNU) and paratypes 1♀ (CASENT 9022328, HNU) China: Yunnan Province, Lushui County, Pianma Township, Changyanhe, 9.3 km ESE Pianma, mixed broadleaf deciduous and evergreen forest, Winkler extraction of sifted leaf litter (25.99363°N, 98.66651°E; 2470 m alt.), 12.V.2005, C. Griswold, D. Kavanaugh and K. Guo leg.; 1♂ 1♀ (CASENT 9019863, HNU): Yunnan Province, Gaoligongshan, 0.4 km SSE Shibali forest station, dusting webs in understorey of good forest (27.16337°N, 98.78208°E; 2475 m alt.), 5.V.2004, C. Griswold leg.; 1♂ 1♀ (CASENT 9020650, HNU), 1♂ 1♀ (CASENT 9019876, HNU), 1♂ 2♀ 1 juv. (CASENT 9024143, HNU): Yunnan Province, Gaoligongshan, 0.5 km radius of Shibali forest station, dusting webs in forest (27.16519°N, 98.77891°E; 2525 m alt.), 1-9.V.2004, C. Griswold leg.; 2♂ 1♀ (CASENT 9020351, HNU): Yunnan Province, Gaoligongshan, Shibali forest station, good forest, pitfall traps (27.16636°N, 98.77667°E; 2563 m alt.), 3-11.V.2004, C. Griswold and D. Kavanaugh leg.; 4♂ 4♀ (CASENT 9000375, HNU), 14♀ (CASENT 9000373, HNU), 2♂ 10♀ 1 juv. (CASENT 9000371, HNU), 1♀ (CASENT 9000369, HNU), 1♀ (CASENT 9023115, HNU): Yunnan Province, Gaoligongshan, Nujiang Prefecture, Nujiang State Nature Reserve, Qiqihe, 9.9 km W of Gongshan (27.715°N, 98.565°E; 2000 m alt.), 9-14.VII.2000, H. Yan et al. leg.

Other material examined.

5♂ 60♀ (NHMSU-HA119) China: Yunnan Province, Lushui County, Pianma Township, Changyanhe River , 9.3 km ESE Pianma, mixed broadleaf deciduous and evergreen forest (25.99363°N, 98.66651°E; 2470 m alt.), 10.VIII.2018, Y. Lin et al. leg .; 1♂ (NHMSU-HA119) and 1♀ (NHMSU-HA119) used for sequencing, GenBank : MW970243 and MW970242 , same data as for preceding ; 8♂ 34♀ (NHMSU-HA120) China: Yunnan Province, Nujiang Prefecture, Gaoligong Mt. Nature Reserve, Qiqihe (27.71500°N, 98.56500°E; 2000 m alt.), 17.VIII.2018, Y. Lin et al. leg .; 14♂ 86♀ (NHMSU-HA121) China: Yunnan Province, Fugong County, along the road from Shiyueliang Town to Shibali Village , native forest of mountainside (27.15546°N, 98.80573°E; 2193 m alt.), 19.VIII.2018, Y. Lin et al. leg .

Diagnosis.

This species differs from other congeners, except for P. nagarat sp. nov., by lacking a median apophysis and a conductor and having a tegular process and a long scape (Fig. 7A , B and F ). It is similar to P. nagarat in the shape of the bulb and the configuration of the vulva, but it can be distinguished by the lack of a median apophysis, a tegular process that is shaped like the head of a sparrow (Fig. 7B ) and by the rugose, finger-like scape and the more widely separated spermathecae (Fig. 7A-F ) vs. having a median apophysis and a pyramidal tegular process, a broader, triangular parmula and spermathecae are closer (Fig. 9A-F ).

Description.

See Figs 6A-F and 7A-F and Miller et al. (2009).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan) (Fig. 23 ).

Figures

Figure 6. Patu jidanweishi A male habitus, dorsal B male habitus, ventral C male habitus, lateral D female habitus, dorsal E female habitus, ventral F female habitus, lateral. Abbreviation: TS = male clasping spines on tibia II. Scale bars: 0.50 (A-F).

Figure 7. Patu jidanweishi A male palp, prolateral B male palp, retrolateral C epigyne, ventral D epigyne, lateral E vulva, ventral F vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory ducts; Cy = cymbium; E = embolus; FD = fertilisation ducts; Fe = femur; Pa = patella; S = spermathecae; Sp = scape; T = tegulum; Ti = tibia; TP = tegular process. Scale bars: 0.10 (A-F).

Figure 9. Patu nagarat sp. nov. A male palp, prolateral B male palp, retrolateral C epigyne, ventral D epigyne, lateral E vulva, ventral F vulva, dorsal. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory ducts; CO = copulatory opening; Cy = cymbium; E = embolus; FD = fertilisation ducts; Fe = femur; MA = median apophysis; Pa = patella; Pl = parmula; S = spermathecae; T = tegulum; Ti = tibia; TP = tegular process. Scale bars: 0.10 (A-F).

Figure 23. Distribution records of fourteen species of genera Patu, Kirinua gen. nov. and Swilda gen. nov. in Asia 1 P. catba sp. nov. 2 P. dakou sp. nov. 3 P. damtao sp. nov. 4 P. jiangzhou sp. nov. 5 P. jidanweishi 6 P. nagarat sp. nov. 7 P. nigeri 8 P. putao sp. nov. 9 P. qiqi 10 P. xiaoxiao 11 K. maguai sp. nov. 12 K. yangshuo sp. nov. 13 S. longtou 14 S. spinathoraxi.