Khorata sancai, Wei, Xiao & Xu, Xiang, 2014
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.2.5 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DCAE3299-D449-4A37-8FAF-F271141DE256 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6124219 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/607C87AE-FFD6-8C08-86E3-503B3E94FE9E |
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Plazi |
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Khorata sancai |
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sp. nov. |
Khorata sancai View in CoL sp. nov.
Figs 4–6 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 , 7 View FIGURE 7
Type material. Holotype: Male, Huzhi Cave [24°49.456′N, 108°05.527′E], Sancai Village, Shuiyuan Town, Huanjiang County, Guangxi Province, China, 13 July 2010, leg. X. Wei, S. Zhu, H. Xu and Y. Chen. Paratypes: 2 males and 3 female, same data as holotype.
Etymology. The specific name derived from the name of type locality.
Diagnosis. This species resembles K. liuzhouensis Yao & Li, 2010 in having a similar dorsal shape of the prosoma ( Fig 4 View FIGURE 4 C) and similar shape of bulb, but can be distinguished by different shape of apophyses of male chelicerae ( Fig 6 View FIGURE 6 C), different distal elements of procursus ( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 A–B, D, 6A–B), which are shorter than the bulb, and the nearly triangular shape of the lateral pore plates of the vulva ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 A–B, 6D–E).
Description. Male (holotype): Total length 2.05 (2.25 with clypeus), prosoma length 0.74, width 0.93; opisthosoma length 1.31, width 1.02. Leg I: 18.59 (4.80 + 0.45 + 4.81 + 6.79 + 2.50), leg II: 11.93 (3.33 + 0.40 + 2.88 + 4.05 + 1.27), leg III: 9.51 (2.85 + 0.36 + 2.24 + 3.01 + 1.05), leg IV: 11.77 (3.51 + 0.39 + 2.95 + 4.05 + 0.87); tibia I L/d: 51. Habitus as in Fig 4 View FIGURE 4 C. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellowish, with black margins and a median black stripe behind ocular area. Sternum black. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma grey with large black spots dorsally and ventrally. Distance PME–PME 0.10, diameter PME 0.12, distance PME–ALE 0.02, AME absent. Ocular area slightly elevated and separated from Prosoma. Thoracic furrow shallow but distinct. Sternum slightly wider than long. Chelicerae as in Fig 6 View FIGURE 6 C, with a pair of long, slightly hooked frontal apophyses (tips close together), a pair of very small, triangular anteromedian apophyses, a pair of strong proximal apophyses provided with lateral elliptic ledges and a pair of small distal apophyses on the anterolateral surface. Pedipalpi as in Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 A–B and 6A–B; trochanter with a retrolateral apophysis and a small ventral apophysis; femur with a retrolateral apophysis; patella large, procursus simple proximally, no longer than bulb, complex distally, with an apophysis retrodistally ( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 B and 6B) and a membranous apophysis prolaterally ( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 A and 6A); bulb simple, no other apophyses except for embolus. All metatarsi with short, vertical hairs (most hairs situated dorsally and laterally), without spines and curved hairs; tarsus I with more than 20 pseudosegments, of which the distal 13 pseudosegments distinct.
Variation. Tibia I length in other males (n=2): 3.76–4.81 (mean: 4.38).
Female. Similar to male, habitus as in Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 C–D. Leg I lost in all female specimens. Epigynum brown ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 A and 6D), without pockets. Vulva ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 B and 6E) with two nearly triangular lateral pore plates. Distribution. The species is known only from the type locality ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 ).
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