Heptathela kubayama, Xu, Xin, Ono, Hirotsugu, Kuntner, Matjaz, Liu, Fengxiang & Li, Daiqin, 2019
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.888.34494 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C8B09629-5191-447F-8C89-9953504F8E0D |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:C8B09629-5191-447F-8C89-9953504F8E0D |
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Heptathela kubayama |
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sp. nov. |
Heptathela kubayama sp. nov. Fig. 17 View Figure 17
Type material.
Holotype: JAPAN · ♀; Okinawa-ken, Iheyajima Island, Mt. Kubayama Nature Conservation Area; 27.09N, 128.02E; alt. 85 m; 26 December 2012; D. Li, F.X. Liu and X. Xu leg.; XUX-2012-486.
Paratypes: JAPAN · 8 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; XUX-2012-479, 481 to 485, 487 to 488.
Diagnosis.
Females of H. kubayama sp. nov. can be distinguished from those of H. gayozan sp. nov. and H. mae sp. nov. by paired receptacular clusters with short genital stalks ( Fig. 17 A–B View Figure 17 ). Heptathela kubayama sp. nov. can also be diagnosed from all other Okinawa group Heptathela species by the following unique nucleotide substitutions in the standard DNA barcode alignment: G (239), G (329), G (353), C (359), G (443), G (602), G (647).
Description.
Female (Holotype). Carapace brown; opisthosoma light brown, with dark brown tergites close to each other; cheliceral groove with 12 pronounced denticles; six spinnerets. Measurements: BL 10.20, CL 4.89, CW 4.18, OL 4.90, OW 3.60; ALE> PLE> PME> AME; palp 8.25 (2.82 + 1.45 + 1.80 + 2.18), leg I 9.66 (3.10 + 1.70 + 1.81 + 1.90 + 1.15), leg II 8.90 (2.90 + 1.55 + 1.75 + 1.70 + 1.00), leg III 9.59 (2.81 + 1.65 + 1.60 + 2.13 + 1.40), leg IV 13.67 (4.25 + 2.00 + 2.00 + 3.54 + 1.88).
Female genitalia. A pair of depressions on the ventro-lateral part of the genital atrium ( Fig. 17C, D View Figure 17 ). A pair of receptacular clusters along the anterior margin of bursa copulatrix, divided into two parts, with several granules; with short genital stalks ( Fig. 17 A–D View Figure 17 ).
Male. Unknown.
Etymology.
The species epithet, a noun in apposition, refers to the type locality.
Distribution.
The species is endemic to the Japanese island Iheyajima ( Fig. 1C View Figure 1 ).
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