Cheiramiona qachasneki, Lotz, L. N., 2015

Lotz, L. N., 2015, New species of the Afrotropical spider genus Cheiramiona Lotz & Dippenaar- Schoeman (Araneae: Eutichuridae), Zootaxa 3981 (1), pp. 71-94 : 88-89

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.1.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EFC505A4-8DB1-4120-8FD0-E16AC3C0C5EB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116352
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A20587CD-FFAE-FFB8-91E2-FB3B2A96D3BC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Cheiramiona qachasneki
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Cheiramiona qachasneki sp. nov.

Figs 79–81 View FIGURES 73 – 84. 73 – 78 , 102 View FIGURES 101 – 102

Type material. Holotype ♂, SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Qachas Nek, 30º10’S, 28º37’E, 28.XI.2005, Maluti Project team leg. ( NMBA 10203); Paratype 1♂, SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape, Ongeluksnek, 30º20’S, 28º21’E, 8.XII.2005, Maluti Project team leg. ( NMBA 10204).

Etymology. The specific name is a combination of letters inspired by the name of the type locality.

Diagnosis. Males of Cheiramiona qachasneki sp. nov. can be easely recognized by the serrated outer lobe of the EM ( Figs 80–81 View FIGURES 73 – 84. 73 – 78 ).

Description. Male (n = 2): TL = 5.15 (5.1–5.2); CL = 2.35 (2.3–2.4); CW = 1.70 (1.7–1.7); OAL = 0.38 (0.35– 0.40); OAW = 1.05 (1.0–1.1); CLL = 0.05 (0.05–0.05). Chelicerae: robust with long fangs; PMT:RMT = 6:3 ( Fig. 79 View FIGURES 73 – 84. 73 – 78 ). Measurements: AME–AME 0.15; AME–ALE 0.20; AME diameter 0.15; PME–PME 0.20; PME–PLE 0.25; PME diameter 0.15; MOQAW 0.45; MOQPW 0.50; CI (CL/CW) 1.41; LL:CL 5.08; STL 1.2; STW 1.1. Leg measurements: I—3.0+1.1+3.3+3.2+1.6 = 12.2; II—2.2+0.9+1.9+2.0+0.8 = 7.8; III—1.5+0.7+1.2+1.5+0.6 = 5.5; IV—2.4+0.9+2.1+2.3+0.8 = 8.5; Palp—1.1+0.5+0.4+1.0 = 3.0. Leg spines: I—0, 0-1p-0, 2v- 0- 1 v; II—0, 0, 2v- 1v- 1v; III—0, 0-0-1p1r, 2v-1 v1 p1r-3 v1 p1r; IV—0-0-1p1r, 0-0-1r, 2v-2 v1 p1r -3 v1 p1r. Abdomen: creamy-yellow with dark heart mark and two longitudinal rows of dark markings posterior to heart mark. Palp ( Figs 80–81 View FIGURES 73 – 84. 73 – 78 ): cymbium elongate, slightly longer than patella plus tibia length; tibia with short broad RTA, with rounded apex; TA slightly sclerotized, broad and somewhat flattened, with hooked apex; EM short, thick, with narrow apex; medially EM has less sclerotized prolateral expansion, with rounded, serrated edge; CON small, distinct but not sclerotized. Female: unknown.

Distribution. Only known from the southern border of Lesotho and the Eastern Cape, South Africa ( Fig. 102 View FIGURES 101 – 102 ). Habitat. Collected by sweeping montane grassland above 1700m.