Taira cangshan Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008

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Taira cangshan Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008

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Taira cangshan Zhang et al., 2008: 505 , figs 12–16 (♂ ♀); Wang et al. 2010: 64, figs 11–17 (♀); Zhu et al. 2017: 575, figs 8E–F, 11C, 375A–E (♂ ♀).

Type material: Holotype ♂ (SWUC-T-AM-03-01), CHINA: Yunnan: Dali City, Mt. Cangshan, Yudailu , 25°40.701′N 100°07.811′E, 2559 m, 1.I.2004, Z.Z. Yang; 2 ♀ paratypes (SWUC-T-AM-03-02~03), Yudailu, 24.X.2004, H.B. Pu and Z.Z. Yang, examined.

Material examined. 1 ♂ and 4 ♀, from the type locality ( Yudailu of Mt. Cangshan ), 24.V.2018, L.Y. Wang ( SWUC) .

Diagnosis. This species resembles T. liboensis by having a similar, membranous tegular apophysis and a hooklike median apophysis in the male palp ( Figs 3C–E ), and an elongated median lobe and rounded spermathecae in the epigyne ( Figs 3F, G ). T. cangshan , however, can be distinguished from T. liboensis by the following characters: dorsal tibial apophysis sawtooth-shaped in T. cangshan ( Figs 3A, E ), whereas bifurcated in T. liboensis ; retrolateral tibial apophysis small in T. cangshan , whereas degenerated in T. liboensis ; and spermathecae situated dorso-anteriorly in T. cangshan ( Fig. 3G ), whereas situated dorso-mesally in T. liboensis .

Description. See Zhang et al. (2008). Habitus, male palp and epigyne ( Fig. 3 ).

Distribution. China (Yunnan) ( Fig. 24 ).

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FIGURE 3. Taira cangshan Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008. Holotype male (A, C–E), paratype female (B, F–G). A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Left male palp, prolateral view; D. Same, ventral view; E. Same, retrolateral view; F. Epigyne, ventral view; G. Same, dorsal view.

FIGURE 24. Distribution records of the Taira flavidorsalis-group. Red dots represent new species, green dots represent previously described species. 1 T. borneoensis sp. nov. 2 T. cangshan 3 T. concava 4 T. decorata 5 T. flavidorsalis 6 T. gyaisiensis sp. nov. 7 T. latilabiata 8 T. liboensis 9 T. nyagqukaensis sp. nov. 10 T. obtusa 11 T. sulciformis 12 T. wanzhouensis sp. nov. 13 T. xuanenensis sp. nov. 14 T. yangi sp. nov.