Pirata denticulatus Liu, 1987

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Pirata denticulatus Liu, 1987

( Figs. 39, 40 )

Pirata denticulata Liu, 1987a: 46 , pl. 2, Fig. 8 (nomen nudum); Liu, 1987b: 367, Figs. 1-6 ; Chen & Zhang, 1991: 211, Figs. 215.1-6; Yin et al., 1997: 29, Fig. 10 .

Pirata denticulatus: Platnick, 1989: 385 ; Song et al., 1999: 335, Figs. 200F, R.

Material examined. – 1 male, Hui-Sun Experimental Forest Station , Nantou County, Taiwan, Apr.1998, coll. Hai-Yin Wu (NMNS-THU- Ar-00-0010) .

Description. – Male: Total length 3.49: carapace length 1.90, width 1.35; abdomen length 1.78, width 1.04. Body pale. Carapace with sublateral bands, narrow and short; margin of carapace black. Anterior eye row procurved, AME subequal to ALE in size, AME-AME subequal to AME-ALE. Annulations of legs indistinct. Tarsus of pedipalp without thick setae. Median apophysis of pedipalp organ “C”-shaped, median part of inner margin with a triangular prominence ( Figs. 39-40 ).

Distribution. – Taiwan, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guizhou.

Figures

Figs. 39-40. Pirata denticulatus Liu, 1987. 39-40. right pedipalp of male (39. ventral view; 40. retrolateral view). Scale bars: Figs. 39- 40 = 0.15mm.

Figs. 6-10. Arcotosa labiata, new species. 6-7. epigynum (6. ventral view; 7. dorsal view); 8-9. left pedipalp of male (8. ventral view; 9. retrolateral view); 10. terminal part of right pedipalp (ventral view). Abbreviations:ct: copulatory tube; em: embolus; ma: median apophysis; ms: median septum; sp: spermatheca; st: subtegulum; t: tegulum; ta: terminal apophysis. Scale bars: Figs. 6-9 = 0.15mm; Fig. 10 = 0.10mm.

Figs. 1-5. Pardosa sp. 1-2. epigynum (1. ventral view; 2. dorsal view); 3-4. left pedipalp of male (3. ventral view; 4. retrolateral view); 5. terminal part of right pedipalp (ventral view). Abbreviations:ct: copulatory tube; cy: cymbium; em: embolus; h: hood; ma: median apophysis; ms: median septum; sp: spermatheca; st: subtegulum; t: tegulum. Scale bars: Figs. 1-2 = 0.15 mm; Figs. 3-5 = 0.20 mm.