Telema malaysiaensis, Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2010

Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Four new species of the spider genus Tel e ma (Araneae, Telemidae) from Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 2719, pp. 1-20 : 10-19

Telema malaysiaensis sp. nov.

Figs 12–15 , 16

Type material. Holotype: male ( RMNH), Swampy lowland rainforest of Bako National Park [1°43'00.00ʺN, 110°28'00.00ʺE], Sarawak Province, Malaysian Borneo, 29 March 1985, P.R. & C.L. Deeleman-Reinhold leg. Paratypes: 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to T. fabata sp. nov., but male can be distinguished by the distinct shape of embolus ( Figs 12 A–C, 13A–B, 14C), and female by the plate-shaped genitalia ( Figs 12 D, 15A–B).

Description. Male (holotype). Total length 0.90. Prosoma 0.35 long, 0.35 wide. Opisthosoma 0.50 long, 0.36 wide. Sternum 0.20 long, 0.20 wide. Prosoma yellowish. Legs, labium, and endites, whitish. Six eyes. Chelicerae ( Fig. 14 F) longer than endites, yellowish, with two teeth and three denticles on the promargin, and two small teeth on the retromargin. Palp and leg measurements: palp 0.56 (0.15, 0.05, 0.11, –, 0.25); I 1.99 (0.60, 0.08, 0.55, 0.42, 0.34); II 1.69 (0.50, 0.08, 0.46, 0.35, 0.30); III 1.23 (0.36, 0.06, 0.32, 0.25, 0.24); IV 1.80 (0.52, 0.08, 0.48, 0.40, 0.32). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Male palp ( Figs 12 A–C, 13A–B, 14C): bulb whitish, globular; embolus tip curved, approximately 0.3 the length of bulb. Opisthosoma oval, whitish, covered with long setae.

Female (paratype). Similar to male in coloration and general features, but with a larger body size and shorter legs. Total length 0.98. Prosoma 0.37 long, 0.36 wide. Opisthosoma 0.52 long, 0.44 wide. Sternum 0.22 long, 0.23 wide. Palp and leg measurements: palp 0.44 (0.15, 0.05, 0.07, –, 0.17); I 1.85 (0.55, 0.08, 0.51, 0.40, 0.31); II 1.58 (0.50, 0.08, 0.44, 0.30, 0.28); III 1.71 (0.37, 0.06, 0.30, 0.25, 0.22); IV 1.68 (0.52, 0.08, 0.46, 0.32, 0.30). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Genitalia ( Figs 12 D, 15A–B) plate-shaped in dorsal view.

Variation. Total length: males: 0.90–0.94 (n = 2).

Distribution. Malaysian Borneo ( Sarawak Province) ( Fig. 16 ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Telema malaysiaensis sp. nov., male holotype (A – C) and female paratype (D). A. Right palp, retrolateral view; B. Right palp, prolateral view; C. Right palpal bulb, apical view; D. Spermatheca, dorsal view.

FIGURE 13. Telema malaysiaensis sp. nov., male holotype, right palp. A. Retrolateral view; B. Prolateral view. Scale bar: 0.05 mm.

FIGURE 14. Telema malaysiaensis sp. nov., male holotype. A. Endites, labium and sternum, ventral view; B. Prosoma, dorsal view; C. Right palpal bulb, apical view; D. Colulus, ventral view; E. Right cymbium, dorsal view; F. Chelicerae, posterior view. Scale bars: 0.05 mm.

FIGURE 15. Telema malaysiaensis sp. nov., female paratype. A. Genital area, ventral view. B. Spermatheca, dorsal view. Scale bar: 0.05 mm.

FIGURE 16. Localities records of four Telema species from Southeast Asia: 1. T. acicularis sp. nov. and 2. T. anguina sp. nov. from Thailand, 3. T. fabata sp. nov. from Singapore, 4. T. malaysiaensis sp. nov. from Malaysia.