Merizocera wui Li, 2020
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.53058 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B5627BFE-56A2-42B3-B3A5-96BAE07724F4 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E17036ED-D627-4032-AA5A-A8959CCCC170 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:E17036ED-D627-4032-AA5A-A8959CCCC170 |
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scientific name |
Merizocera wui Li |
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sp. nov. |
Merizocera wui Li sp. nov. Figures 47 View Figure 47 , 48 View Figure 48 , 53 View Figure 53
Type material.
Holotype: male (IZCAS), Roadside between Wasadum and Ziradum (27°32.31'N, 97°7.54'E, elevation 978 m), Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar, 12 December 2016, J. Wu leg. Paratypes: 1 male and 2 females (IZCAS), same data as holotype.
Etymology.
The specific name is a patronym in honour of the collector Jianglang Wu; noun (name) in genitive case.
Diagnosis.
Diagnosis features of males and females are discussed in M. wenshan sp. nov. Males with a spherical bulb, thin narrow embolus (Fig. 47B View Figure 47 ), and a narrow cymbial protrusion (Fig. 47D View Figure 47 ). Females with angled clavate spermathecae (Fig. 48A View Figure 48 ).
Description.
Male (holotype). Total length 1.53; carapace 0.67 long, 0.57 wide; abdomen 0.84 long, 0.79 wide. Carapace circular, brownish, with dark brown radiating marks (Fig. 48C View Figure 48 ). Fovea shallow. Thoracic region distinctly elevated medially. Clypeus, labium and Sternum dark brown. Abdomen ovoid, dark brown but dark grey dorso-medially. Legs light brown; measurements: I missing, II 4.34 (1.18, 0.22, 1.27, 1.10, 0.57), III 3.37 (0.88, 0.20, 0.95, 0.86, 0.48), IV 4.79 (1.19, 0.23, 1.45, 1.21, 0.71). Palp (Fig. 47A-D View Figure 47 ): femur slender, five times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia not swollen, half as long as femur; cymbium with distal protrusion, length ratio of dorsal elongation and cymbium 0.92; bulb spherical, with embolus and conductor arising distally; embolus slender and upright, twice longer than tegular; conductor needle-like, adjacent and basally connected to embolus.
Female (paratype). Similar to male in colouration and general features but slightly larger (Fig. 48D, E View Figure 48 ). Measurements: total length 1.42; carapace 0.70 long, 0.58 wide; abdomen 0.75 long, 0.60 wide. Leg measurements: I 4.11 (1.06, 0.21, 1.25, 0.99, 0.60), II missing, III 3.40 (0.89, 0.21, 0.97, 0.82, 0.51), IV 4.16 (1.06, 0.22, 1.24, 0.99, 0.65). Epigastric area (Fig. 48B View Figure 48 ): dark brown oval patch, medially with a pale brown slit. Endogyne (Fig. 48A View Figure 48 ) with a pair of clavate spermathecae, slightly angled toward each other, ratio of the width of a spermatheca to the interdistance of spermathecae 1:5.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality (Myanmar; Fig. 53 View Figure 53 ).
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