Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim

Wan, Jin-Long & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2013, The spiders of the genus Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 from China (Araneae: Tetragnathidae), Zootaxa 3691 (1), pp. 87-134 : 93

Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997

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Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997: 2, f. 1A–G; Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 223, f. 129G–H, K–L; Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 311, f. 173A–G.

Material examined: China, Yunnan: 2 males, Gongshan County, Cicai Township, Dahaituo, 27.78440ºN, 98.46038ºE, 3363 m, 13 August 2006, Peng Hu (HNU-Hu 060813); 2 females, Gongshan County, Cikai Township, Dabadi troops place along river banks, 27.78333°N, 98.50000°E, 3021 m, 0 3 October night, 2002, Heng-mei Yan (HNU-Yan02103); 10 males and 8 females, Fugong County, Pihe Township, Yueliangtian Village, 26.56784ºN, 98.90884ºE, 1520 m, 20, 23, 24 August 2005, Guo Tang (HNU-Tang-05-08); 1 male, Shilali forest station, 27.16519°N, 98.77891°E, 2525 m, 1 May 2004, Charles Griswold & David Kavanaugh (HNU-CGY20); 1 female, Gongshan County, Cikai Township, 41 km W of Gongshan on Dulong Valley Road at Dabadi, 27.79655°N, 98.50562°E, 3000 m, 27 September-6 October 2002, David Kavanaugh, Paul Marek, Da-zhi Dong & Xing-cai Liang (HNU-PEM018); 1 female, Gongshan County, Bingzhongluo Township, Niwaluo, 28.03287ºN, 98.56995ºE, 1862 m, 15 August 2006, Peng Hu (HNU-Hu 060815).

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other Wolongia species by the combination of the following characters: 1) femur I with rows of short macrosetae prolaterally and ventrally ( Figs 15 C, F; 18A–B); 2) the longest prolateral seta on Metatarsus I and II about 1.5 times longer than the width of Metatarsus I and II ( Figs 2 E, 18C); 3) tip of cymbial ectobasal process hook-shaped ( Figs 15 B, 17A); 4) cymbial base without a denticle retrolaterally; 5) atrium with a inverted “V”-shaped plate ventrally ( Figs 16 C, 18D); 6) spermatheca membranous, approximately 3 times longer than wide in posterior view ( Figs 16 B, 18F). Males of this species resemble W. bimacroseta n. sp., and the differences are discussed in the diagnosis of W. bimacroseta n. sp.

Distribution: China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei, Shanxi).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Male metatarsus I, prolateral view. A, Wolongia bicruris n. sp.; B, Wolongia bimacroseta n. sp.; C, Wolongia erromera n. sp.; D, Wolongia foliacea n. sp.; E, Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997; F, Wolongia mutica n. sp.; G, Wolongia odontodes Zhao, Yin & Peng, 2009; H, Wolongia renaria n. sp.; I, Wolongia tetramacroseta n. sp. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 15. Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997, male from Fugong County, Pihe Township, Yueliangtian Village. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, palp, ventral view; C, femur I, prolateral view; D, palp, retrolateral view; E, palp, dorsal view; F, femur I, ventral view. Scale bars: A, 1.0 mm; B, D – E, 0.1 mm; C, F, 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 16. Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997, male and female from Fugong County, Pihe Township, Yueliangtian Village. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, genitalia, posterior view; C, epigynum, ventral view; D, vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, 1.0 mm; B – D, 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 17. Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997, male from Fugong County, Pihe Township, Yueliangtian Village. A, palp, ventral view; B, palp, retrolateral view; C, palp, dorsal view; D, chelicerae, posterior view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 18. Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997, male and female from Fugong County, Pihe Township, Yueliangtian Village. A, male femur I, prolateral view; B, male femur I, ventral view; C, male metatarsus I, prolateral view; D, epigynum, ventral view; E, genitalia, dorsal view; F, vulva, posterior view. Scale bars: A – C, 0.5 mm; D – F, 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 19. Wolongia mutica n. sp., male holotype. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, palp, ventral view; C, palp, retrolateral view; D, palp, dorsal view; Scale bars: A, 1.0 mm; B – D, 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 20. Wolongia mutica n. sp., female paratype. A, habitus, dorsal view; B, epigynum, ventral view; C, vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, 1.0 mm; B – C, 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 36. Distribution records of Wolongia foliacea n. sp. and W. guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997.