Agyneta martensi, Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006, On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 1325, pp. 277-311 : 279-280

Agyneta martensi sp. n.

Figs 1–5

Material. Holotype ♂ ( SMF), China, Shaanxi Prov., S flanks of Taibai Shan, above Houshenzi, primary broadleaved forest, 2500–2600 m, 25.–26.VI.1997, leg. J. Martens & P. J ä g e r.

Diagnosis. This species can easily be distinguished from the congeneric Agyneta Hull 1911 s.str. species by the unique shape of the lamella characteristica.

Etymology. The species honours Prof. Jochen Martens, the famous German zoologist who collected the type material of this species.

Description. Male. Total length––2.03. Chelicerae 0.28. Carapace 1.00 long, 0.78 wide, pale brown. Legs yellow. Leg I, 2.83 long (0.75+0.23+0.75+0.70+0.40), IV––3.41 long (1.05+0.2+0.90+0.88+0.38). Chaetotaxy. Ti I–IV 2 ­0­0­0; Mt I–IV spineless. All metatarsi with a trichobothrium, TmI––0.82. Palp ( Figs 1–5 ): Cymbium conical in shape, with a small dorsal knob basally. Paracymbium with a deep posterior pocket. Lamella characteristica massive: large and wide, complicated in shape. Distal part of embolus elongated and pointed, basal part with a row of small teeth. Opisthosoma 1.10 long, 0.58 wide, grey.

Female. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Agyneta martensi sp. n., holotype. 1 right palp (retrolateral view), 2 basal part of cymbium (prolateral view), 3 palpal tibia and paracymbium (lateral view), 4 embolic division (ventral view), 5 lamella characteristica (lateral view).