Taira sulciformis Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008

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Taira sulciformis Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008

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Taira sulciformis Zhang et al., 2008: 510 , figs 36–40 (♂ ♀); Zhu et al. 2017: 586, figs 383A–E (♂ ♀).

Type material: Holotype ♂ (SWUC-T-AM-10-01), 1 ♂ and 4 ♀ paratypes (SWUC-T-AM-10-02~06), CHINA, Fujian, Mt. Wuyi, Tongmu Village , 27°81.690′N 117°71.223′E, 1064 m, 16.V.1985, M.S. Zhu, examined.

Material examined. Fujian: 1 ♀, Mt. Wuyi, Tongmu Village , 19 VII 2003, C. Zhang ( SWUC) ; 2 ♀, Mt. wuyi, Tongmu Village , 8 VI 2013, C. Jin ( SWUC) ; 4 ♀, Mt. Wuyi, Moshikeng , 27°44.154′N, 117°41.109′E, 685 m, 11 VII 2011, F. Zhang ( SWUC) ; Guizhou: 3 ♂ and 8 ♀, Tongren City, Jiangkou County, Mt. Fanjing , Heiwanhe , 27°50.774′N, 108°46.354′E, 524 m, 17 III 2018, Z.S. Zhang, L.Y. Wang and Z.S. Wu ( SWUC) ; 2 ♂ and 3 ♀, Hei- wanhe, 19 V 2014, L.Y. Wang ( SWUC) ; 3 ♀, Heiwanhe , 11 VII 2012, D. Wang and X.K. Jiang ( SWUC) ; 1 ♀, Hei- wanhe, 24 VII 2013, L.Y. Wang, X.K. Jiang and T. Lu ( SWUC) ; 1 ♂, Heiwanhe , 26 IX 2013, L.Y. Wang, D. Wang and X.K. Jiang ( SWUC) ; 1 ♀, Heiwanhe , 15 X 2014, X.K. Jing ( SWUC) ; 6 ♀, Heiwanhe , 28 IX 2014, L.Y. Wang, D. Wang and X.K. Jiang ( SWUC) .

Diagnosis. This species resembles T. concava by having a sclerotized tegular apophysis and a groove on the interior branch of the dorsal tibial apophysis in the male palp ( Figs 17C–E ) and by having oval spermathecae in the epigyne ( Figs 17F, G ). T. sulciformis can be differentiated from T. concava by the following: tegular apophysis reduced in T. sulciformis ( Figs 17C, D ), whereas tongue-shaped in T. concava ; interior branch of dorsal tibial apophysis with three rami in T. sulciformis ( Fig. 17C ), whereas with two rami in T. concava ; retrolateral tibial apophysis degenerated in T. sulciformis ( Fig. 17D ), whereas blunt in T. concava ; median lobe of epigyne rounded, not extending posteriorly in T. sulciformis ( Fig. 17F ), whereas extending posteriorly in T. concava .

Description. See Zhang et al. (2008). Habitus, male palp and epigyne ( Fig. 17 ).

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Fujian) ( Fig. 24 ).

Figures

FIGURE 17. Taira sulciformis Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008. A. Male habitus, dorsal view; B. Female habitus, dorsal view; C. Left male palp, prolateral view; D. Same, ventral view; E. Same, retrolateral view; F. Epigyne, ventral view; G. Same, dorsal view.

FIGURE 24. Distribution records of the Taira flavidorsalis-group. Red dots represent new species, green dots represent previously described species. 1 T. borneoensis sp. nov. 2 T. cangshan 3 T. concava 4 T. decorata 5 T. flavidorsalis 6 T. gyaisiensis sp. nov. 7 T. latilabiata 8 T. liboensis 9 T. nyagqukaensis sp. nov. 10 T. obtusa 11 T. sulciformis 12 T. wanzhouensis sp. nov. 13 T. xuanenensis sp. nov. 14 T. yangi sp. nov.