Pimoa khaptad Zhang & Li, 2021

Xu, Hao, Zhang, Xiaoqing, Yao, Zhiyuan, Ali, Abid & Li, Shuqiang, 2021, Thirty-five new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Pan-Himalaya, ZooKeys 1029, pp. 1-92 : 1

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1029.64080
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scientific name	Pimoa khaptad Zhang & Li
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Pimoa khaptad Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 21 View Figure 21 , 59 View Figure 59

Type material.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS-Ar41960), Nepal, Karnali District, Khaptad National Park 29.34°N, 81.05°E, ca. 2284 m, 18.IV.2019, C. Shrestha leg. Paratype: 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar41961), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis.

Pimoa khaptad sp. nov. resembles those of P. rara sp. nov. (Fig. 40A-D View Figure 40 ) and P. samyai Zhang & Li, 2020 (see Zhang et al. 2020: 97, fig. 13A-D) but can be distinguished by the nearly bean-shaped, unseparated spermathecae (Fig. 21A View Figure 21 ) (vs. oval, close to each other in P. rara sp. nov. and nearly oval, separated by ca. 1/2 width of a spermatheca in P. samyai ) and also distinguished from P. samyai by the pointed dorsal plate (Fig. 21B View Figure 21 ) (vs. blunt).

Description.

Female (holotype): Total length 8.31. Carapace 2.72 long, 2.84 wide. Abdomen 5.59 long, 5.36 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.19, ALE 0.17, PME 0.22, PLE 0.22; AME-AME 0.12, AME-ALE 0.18, PME-PME 0.16, PME-PLE 0.20. Leg measurements: I: 27.96 (7.91, 9.09, 7.90, 3.06); II: - (6.69, -, -, -); III: 15.55 (4.81, 4.88, 4.34, 1.52); IV: - (5.01, 6.75, -, -). Habitus as in Fig. 21E-G View Figure 21 . Carapace yellowish; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands, nearly oval. Legs brownish with black annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 21A-D View Figure 21 ): triangular; ventral plate broad, length subequal to width; dorsal plate tongue shaped, distally pointed; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae nearly bean-shaped, unseparated; fertilization ducts yellow, anteriorly oriented.

Male: Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality, Karnali District, Nepal (Fig. 59 View Figure 59 ).