Paratus Simon, 1898

Chu, Chang, Lu, Ying, Li, Shuqiang & Yao, Zhiyuan, 2023, Three new species of liocranid spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from China and Nepal, Zootaxa 5285 (1), pp. 176-186 : 178

Genus Paratus Simon, 1898

Type species: Paratus reticulatus Simon, 1898 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. It can be distinguished from other genera of the family by the carapace almost globular, highest point of carapace at fovea, coxa I without retrocoxal window, leg length almost uniform, bulb globular, without subtegulum, epigynal plate simple, without fovea, grooves or outgrowths, copulatory openings hidden under epigynal plate, and fertilization ducts longer than diameter of spermathecae (cf. Figs 3A–C , 4A–B , 5A–B , 6A–C , 7A–B , 8A–F ).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Paratus bagmati sp. nov., holotype male. A–C. Flipped right palp (A. Prolateral view; B. Ventral view; C. Retrolateral view). B = bulb, E = embolus, SD = sperm duct, RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis. Scale bar: 0.20 mm (A–C).

FIGURE 4. Paratus bagmati sp. nov., holotype male.A–B. Bulb (A. Prolateral view; B. Ventral view). B = bulb, E = embolus, SD = sperm duct. Scale bar: 0.10 mm (A–B).

FIGURE 5. Paratus bagmati sp. nov., holotype male. A–B. Habitus (A. Dorsal view; B. Ventral view). Scale bar: 0.50 mm (A–B).

FIGURE 6. Paratus ledong sp. nov., holotype male. A–C. Palp (A. Prolateral view; B. Ventral view; C. Retrolateral view). B = bulb, E = embolus, SD = sperm duct, RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis, TO = tegular outgrowth. Scale bar: 0.20 mm (A–C).

FIGURE 7. Paratus ledong sp. nov., paratype male. A–B. Bulb (A. Prolateral view; B. Ventral view). B = bulb, E = embolus, SD = sperm duct, TO = tegular outgrowth. Scale bar: 0.10 mm (A–B).

FIGURE 8. Paratus ledong sp. nov., holotype male (C–D) and paratype female (A–B, E–F). A. Epigyne, ventral view; B. Vulva, dorsal view, arrow points at translucent, rectangular sclerite; C–F. Habitus (C, E. Dorsal view; D, F. Ventral view). CD = copulatory duct, CO = copulatory opening, FD = fertilization duct, SP = spermathecae. Scale bars: 0.20 mm (A–B), 1.00 mm (C–F).