Patu nigeri Lin & S. Li, 2009

Li, Ya, Li, Shuqiang & Lin, Yucheng, 2021, Taxonomic study on fourteen symphytognathid species from Asia (Araneae, Symphytognathidae), ZooKeys 1072, pp. 1-47 : 1

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Patu nigeri Lin & S. Li, 2009 View in CoL

Patu nigeri Lin & Li, 2009: 50, figs 3A, B, 4A, B, 5A-F, 6A and B (♂♀).

Type material.

Holotype ♂ (IZCAS) and paratypes 2♂ 6♀ (IZCAS) China: Yunnan Province, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (21.91667°N, 101.26667°E; 556 m alt.), 19-26.III.2007, G. Zheng leg.

Other material examined.

1♀ (NHMSU-HA058) China: Yunnan Province, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden , Rubber-Tea plantation (21.92585°N, 101.28205°E; 561 m alt.), 10-20.VI.2007, G. Zheng leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♀ (NHMSU-HA129) China: Yunnan Province, Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Township, Langwanduo Village , mid-mountain forest (27.70345°N, 98.35133°E; 1473 m alt.), 15.VIII.2018, Y. Lin et al. leg GoogleMaps .; 1♀ (NHMSU-HA129) used for sequencing, GenBank: MW970246 View Materials , same data as preceding GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

The male of P. nigeri differs from that of other congeners, except P. dakou sp. nov., P. silho , and P. xiaoxiao , by lacking an exposed embolus (fig. 4A and B in Lin and Li 2009), a median apophysis and a tegular process. The male differs from P. dakou sp. nov. by the smaller tegulum (~ ¾ size of that of P. dakou sp. nov.) (Fig. 3A View Figure 3 vs. fig. 4A in Lin and Li 2009), from P. silho by the elongate oval palpal bulb (short oval in P. silho ) (fig. 4A and B in Lin and Li 2009 vs. fig. 5A and B in Saaristo, 1996) and differs from P. xiaoxiao by the absence of a tegular process (finger-like tegular process in P. xiaoxiao ) (fig. 4A and B in Lin and Li 2009 vs. Fig. 14A View Figure 14 and B View Figure 14 ). The female of P. nigeri is similar to that of P. putao sp. nov. by the shape of the epigyne (Figs 10D View Figure 10 , E View Figure 10 , 11D View Figure 11 and E View Figure 11 ) and to P. qiqi in the configuration of the vulva (Figs 10G View Figure 10 and 12G View Figure 12 ), but it can be easily distinguished from P. putao sp. nov. by the short and straight copulatory ducts, rather than long and twisted as in P. putao sp. nov. (cf. Figs 10F-G View Figure 10 and 11F-G View Figure 11 ) and from P. qiqi by the tongue-shaped parmula that does not obscure the copulatory openings, rather than an indistinct scape that hides the copulatory openings (cf. Figs 10G View Figure 10 and 12G View Figure 12 ).