Mekonglema xinpingi (Lin & Li, 2008) Zhao & Li & Zhang, 2020

Zhao, Huifeng, Li, Shuqiang & Zhang, Aibing, 2020, Taxonomic revision of Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from East and Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 933, pp. 15-93 : 15

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.933.38653
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AE87B5CF-9728-466B-AB05-6BFFFED802D4
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scientific name	Mekonglema xinpingi (Lin & Li, 2008)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Mekonglema xinpingi (Lin & Li, 2008) comb. nov. Figure 1C View Figure 1

Seychellia xinpingi Lin and Li 2008: 650, figs 1-9 (♂♀).

Type material.

Paratypes: 1♂ and 1♀ (IZCAS), China, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture, Mengla County, Menglun Town, rainforest, leaf litter, 21.9001N, 101.1833E, V-VII.2005, G. Zheng leg. Examined.

Other material examined.

3♀ (including one molecular voucher, IZCAS), same data as paratypes.

Diagnosis.

Mekonglema xinpingi comb. nov. resembles M. bailang sp. nov. but can be distinguished by the following characters: eyes are present (vs. absent); carapace with distinct radial striae (vs. no pattern); bulb is droplet-shaped (cf. Lin and Li 2008: fig. 2) (vs. nearly ellipsoidal).

Description.

See Lin and Li (2008).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, site 5 in Fig. 33 View Figure 33 ), known only from the type locality.

Comments.

This species is transferred to Mekonglema gen. nov. because it shares a similar shape of the copulatory organs with M. bailang sp. nov., the type species of the genus. This placement is also supported by molecular phylogenetic analyses (Fig. 34 View Figure 34 ).