Bifurcia labahe, Yang & Li & Yao, 2024

Yang, Lan, Li, Shuqiang & Yao, Zhiyuan, 2024, Five new species of the spider genus Bifurcia Saaristo, Tu & Li, 2006 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Sichuan, China, Zoosystematics and Evolution 100 (2), pp. 705-720 : 705-720

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zse.100.124160

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11474087

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C7C6235-50F6-4DAE-B2AB-C1B996ACE792

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scientific name

Bifurcia labahe
status

sp. nov.

Bifurcia labahe sp. nov.

Figs 5 View Figure 5 , 6 View Figure 6 , 16 B, E View Figure 16

Type material.

Holotype ♂ ( IZCAS - Ar 44929 ), Labahe Nature Reserve (30 ° 9.89 ' N, 102 ° 27.24 ' E), Tianquan County, Ya’an, Sichuan, China, 10 / 07 / 2004, Lihong Tu leg. GoogleMaps

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

The species resembles B. kangding sp. nov. with similar pseudolamella ( PL) and median membrane ( MM) (Fig. 16 B, E View Figure 16 ), but can be easily distinguished by thumb of embolus (TH) 0.6 times radix ( R) length (Figs 5 A View Figure 5 , 16 B View Figure 16 vs. 0.3, Figs 2 A View Figure 2 , 16 A View Figure 16 ), by anterior part of radix ( APR) round (Fig. 16 E View Figure 16 vs. hooked, Fig. 16 D View Figure 16 ), by median terminal apophysis ( MTA) with jagged edge (Fig. 16 B View Figure 16 vs. branched, Fig. 16 A View Figure 16 ), and by posterior terminal apophysis ( PTA) thick and 0.7 times pseudolamella ( PL) length (Fig. 16 B View Figure 16 vs. thin and 0.2, Fig. 16 A View Figure 16 ).

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length: 2.24, carapace 1.06 long, 0.96 wide, abdomen 1.18 long, 0.78 wide. Eye inter-distances and diameters: AME 0.05, AME-AME 0.02, ALE 0.09, AME-ALE 0.06, PME 0.06, PME-PME 0.07, PLE 0.09, and PME-PLE 0.05. Sternum 0.61 long, 0.45 wide. Clypeus 0.08 high. Chelicerae promargin with 2 teeth, retromargin with 1 tooth. Length of legs: I 7.00 (1.84, 0.34, 1.92, 1.80, 1.10), II 5.80 (1.64, 0.28, 1.62, 1.44, 0.82), III 4.34 (1.27, 0.27, 1.08, 1.09, 0.63), IV 5.70 (1.68, 0.28, 1.54, 1.48, 0.72). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. TmI 0.17, TmIV absent. Tibial spine formula: 2-2 - 2 - 2. Carapace brown. Sternum dark brown. Abdomen with greenish gray dorsal spots (Fig. 6 View Figure 6 ).

Palp (Fig. 5 View Figure 5 ). Patella with long dorsal bristle. Tibia unmodified. Cymbium with hook-shaped proximal apophysis ( PCA) pointing retrolaterally. Paracymbium (P) bifurcate with three branches: mushroom-shaped branch and two short branches proximally. Pit hook ( PH) on stout distal part of suprategulum ( SPT) extremely reduced to small outgrowth. Embolic division (Fig. 16 B, E View Figure 16 ): anterior part of radix ( APR) round; sperm duct inside the radix ( R) inconspicuous with Fickert’s gland ( FG); pseudolamella ( PL) smooth and pointed; lamellar extension ( LE) absent. Anterior terminal apophysis ( ATA) short; median terminal apophysis ( MTA) board; posterior terminal apophysis ( PTA) thick with dentate anterior margin. Embolus (E) with conical embolus proper ( EP), large thumb (TH), and apex ( AX). Median membrane ( MM) round with numerous papillae, and basal part of median membrane chitinized ( CPM).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Sichuan, type locality; Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ).

IZCAS

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

PL

Západoceské muzeum v Plzni

MM

University of Montpellier

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

MTA

Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstituesue

SPT

Botanic Gardens Museum

FG

Palaontologische Hauptsammlung der Bergakadmie

LE

Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia

ATA

Ataturk Universitesi

CPM

Christoffel Park Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Linyphiidae

Genus

Bifurcia