Merizocera kandy 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/6D7BEBE2-66DE-4F46-BBF3-A0212C24E21D |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:6D7BEBE2-66DE-4F46-BBF3-A0212C24E21D |
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scientific name |
Merizocera kandy Li |
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sp. nov. |
Merizocera kandy Li sp. nov. Figures 13 View Figure 13 , 14 View Figure 14 , 52 View Figure 52
Type material.
Holotype: male (IZCAS), Koththol Lena (= cave) (6°54.22'N, 80°29.88'E, elevation 669 m), Abagamuwa Division, Maskeliya Oya Village, Maskeliya, Adam’s Peak Area, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, 6 October 2014, S. Kosala leg. Paratypes: 1 male and 1 female (IZCAS), same data as holotype.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.
Diagnosis.
Males can be distinguished from other congeners by the blunt bifurcate embolus tip, two similar components of conductor, and swollen bulb with a notch anteriorly (Fig. 13B View Figure 13 ). The females can be distinguished by a pair of angular shaped tubular spermathecae (Fig. 14A View Figure 14 ).
Description.
Male (holotype). Total length 1.33; carapace 0.63 long, 0.54 wide; abdomen 0.63 long, 0.56 wide. Carapace rounded, brownish, with dark brown marks laterally and dark median stripe on anterior half (Fig. 14C View Figure 14 ). Fovea shallow. Thoracic region distinctly elevated medially. Clypeus brownish with dark brown marks medially. Labium dark brown. Sternum dark brown with distinct dark radiating lines. Abdomen ovoid, brownish, with dark brown marks dorsally and ventrally. Legs brown; measurements: I 6.48 (1.70, 0.19, 1.96, 1.76, 0.87), II 4.51 (1.19, 0.20, 1.30, 1.18, 0.64), III 3.66 (0.98, 0.20, 1.05, 0.96, 0.47), IV missing. Palp (Fig. 13A-D View Figure 13 ): femur slender, thrice longer than patella, patella not swollen; tibia swollen, twice wider than and almost similar in length to femur; cymbium with distal protrusion, half as long as femur, length ratio of dorsal elongation and cymbium 0.59; bulb brown, with embolus and conductor arising distally, tegular with a notch anteriorly; embolus bifurcated with blunt tips, two similar components of conductor resemble a C-shape attached adjacent to embolus.
Female (paratype). General features and colouration similar to those of male (Fig. 14D, E View Figure 14 ). Measurements: total length 1.39; carapace 0.65 long, 0.56 wide; abdomen 0.72 long, 0.61 wide. Leg measurements: I missing, II 3.46 (0.90, 0.19, 0.99, 0.85, 0.53), III 2.96 (0.76, 0.19, 0.81, 0.75, 0.45), IV 4.40 (1.10, 0.20, 1.30, 1.14, 0.66). Epigastric area (Fig. 14B View Figure 14 ): elliptical dark brown patch. Endogyne (Fig. 14A View Figure 14 ) with a pair sloped tubular spermathecae, medially with vertical spiral ducts.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality (Sri Lanka; Fig. 52 View Figure 52 ).
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