Asemonea sichuanensis Song & Chai, 1992

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Asemonea sichuanensis Song & Chai, 1992 ( Figs 1A–C , 2A–E )

Asemonea sichuanensis Song & Chai, 1992: 76 , figs 1A–E (♂); Song & Li, 1997: 430, figs 37A–E (♂); Song et al., 1999: 505, figs 288K, L (♂); Zhang et al., 2004: 7, figs A–F (♂ ♀); Yin et al., 2012: 1325, figs 716a–d (♂ ♀); Peng, 2020: 37, figs 6a–d (♂ ♀).

Type material. Holotype ♂ ( IZCAS-Ar9248 ) and paratype 1♂ ( IZCAS-Ar9249 ), China, Sichuan Province, Wulong County, 13.VI.1989, examined.

Diagnosis. See Zhang et al. (2004).

Redescription. Male (holotype): Measurements see Song and Chai (1992).

Coloration ( Figs 2A, B ): Carapace yellow to brown, cephalic yellow-brown, thoracic brown, black rings around eyes. Clypeus brown with sparse hairs. Fovea longitudinal. Chelicerae, endites, labium and sternum yellow-brown. Legs femora and patellae yellow-brown, tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi covered with sparse setae, more obvious in metatarsi and tarsi. Opisthosoma almost oval, yellow-brown, with sparse hairs. Spinnerets black.

Male left palp ( Figs 1A–C ): Femur almost as long as cymbium, with femoral apophysis retrolaterally. Tibia almost as long as patella, retrolateral tibial apophysis curved in retrolateral view, tibial basal apophysis slender, curved, dorsal tibial apophysis almost triangle shaped. Subtegulum oval, with S-shaped sperm duct. Tegulum almost oval, distal flange triangle shaped, blunt. Embolus directed at 5 o’clock position, whip like.

Female. See Zhang et al. (2004).

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Guizhou).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Asemonea sichuanensis, holotype male. A Prolateral view B Ventral view C Retrolateral view. Abbreviations: DF = distal flange, DTA = dorsal tibial apophysis, E = embolus, FA = femoral apophysis, RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis, SD = sperm duct, ST = subtegulum, T = tegulum, TBA = tibial basal apophysis.

FIGURE 2. Asemonea sichuanensis, holotype male. A Habitus, dorsal view B Same, ventral view C Chelicera D, E Original labels.