Taira xuanenensis, Zhao & Wang & Irfan & Zhang, 2021

Zhao, Jing-Xia, Wang, Lu-Yu, Irfan, Muhammad & Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, 2021, Furtherrevisionofthemesh-webspidergenus TairaLehtinen, 1967 (Amaurobiidae) with the description of six new species, Zootaxa 5020 (3), pp. 457-488 : 476-477

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A980D114-84DB-4BA5-AF36-AF9CC891650A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5223839
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E6138786-FF92-FFB3-B9F2-6F58838FFE86
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Taira xuanenensis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Taira xuanenensis View in CoL sp. nov.

Figures 20 View FIGURE 20 , 21 View FIGURE 21 , 24 View FIGURE 24

Type material. Holotype ♂ (SWUC-T-AM-16-01), CHINA, Hubei, Xuanen County, Changtanhe Township, Dawolong Village , 30°04.009′N 109°44.003′E, 774 m, 15.V.2018, L.Y. Wang. GoogleMaps

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality, adjective in apposition.

Diagnosis. Males of this new species resemble T. yangi sp. nov. males by having a similar interior branch of the dorsal tibial apophysis and a similar embolus ( Figs 20A–C View FIGURE 20 , 21B–D View FIGURE 21 ). T. xuanenensis sp. nov. can be differentiated from T. yangi sp. nov. by the following: interior branch of dorsal tibial apophysis sharper in T. xuanenensis sp. nov. ( Figs 20A View FIGURE 20 , 21B View FIGURE 21 ) than in T. yangi sp. nov., median apophysis crescent-shaped in T. xuanenensis sp. nov. ( Figs 20B, C View FIGURE 20 , 21C, D View FIGURE 21 ), whereas slender in T. yangi sp. nov.; tegular apophysis heart-shaped in T. xuanenensis sp. nov. ( Figs 20A, B View FIGURE 20 , 21B, C View FIGURE 21 ), whereas D-shaped in T. yangi sp. nov.

Description. Male. Holotype ( Fig. 21A View FIGURE 21 ) total length 5.07. Carapace 2.64 long, 1.93 wide; opisthosoma 2.63 long, 1.62 wide. Eye size and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.18, PME 0.16, PLE 0.18; AME–AME 0.09, AME– ALE 0.10, PME–PME 0.17, PME–PLE 0.24, ALE–PLE 0.06. MOA 0.47 long, front width 0.33, base width 0.48. Clypeus height 0.17. Chelicerae with 4 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 13.04 (3.51, 4.61, 3.43, 1.49); II 8.95 (2.54, 2.95, 2.22, 1.24); III 7.10 (2.09, 2.22, 1.85, 0.94); IV 8.99 (2.53, 2.96, 2.44, 1.06).

Male palp ( Figs 20 View FIGURE 20 , 21B–D View FIGURE 21 ). Palp with a small retrolateral tibial apophysis, located anteriorly on tibia. Interior branch of dorsal tibial apophysis needle-like, anteriorly pointed; exterior branch of dorsal tibial apophysis depressed in prolateral view, with an obvious pit. Median apophysis with a crescent-shaped base. Tegular apophysis heartshaped.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Hubei, China ( Fig. 24 View FIGURE 24 ).