Merizocera salawa Li, 2020

Chang, Wan-Jin, Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Twenty-eight new species of the spider genus Merizocera Fage, 1912 (Araneae, Psilodercidae) from South and Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 961, pp. 41-118 : 41

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.961.53058

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B5627BFE-56A2-42B3-B3A5-96BAE07724F4

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C706A307-0868-44DA-AFAB-57E83D0924FC

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:C706A307-0868-44DA-AFAB-57E83D0924FC

treatment provided by

ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Merizocera salawa Li
status

sp. nov.

Merizocera salawa Li sp. nov. Figures 35 View Figure 35 , 36 View Figure 36 , 52 View Figure 52

Type material.

Holotype: male (IZCAS), Lenawara Lena (= cave) (6°56.77'N, 80°6.76'E, elevation 66 m), Salawa Village, Avissawella Town, Maniyangama, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, 25 September 2014, S. Kosala leg.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

Diagnosis features of males are discussed in M. mandai sp. nov. Bulb with a widely separated bifurcate conductor, and a curved embolus (Fig. 35B View Figure 35 ).

Description.

Male (holotype). Total length 1.52; carapace 0.61 long, 0.54 wide; abdomen 0.88 long, 0.41 wide. Carapace circular, brownish, with dark brown marks laterally and dark brown median stripe on anterior half (Fig. 36C View Figure 36 ). Fovea shallow. Thoracic region distinctly elevated medially. Clypeus brownish, with dark brown marks medially. Labium dark brown. Sternum dark brown but brownish medially. Abdomen elongated, dark grey, with dark brown marks dorsally and ventrally. Legs missing. Palp (Fig. 35A-D View Figure 35 ): femur slender, four times longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia not swollen, 1/2 femur length; cymbium with distal protrusion, 1/2 femur length, length ratio of dorsal elongation and cymbium: 0.63; bulb pale yellow, pyriform with embolus and conductor emerging distally; embolus arising laterally, bent, with consistent width; conductor bifurcate, arising laterally, similar width as embolus, resembles a widely open crescent-shape.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Sri Lanka; Fig. 52 View Figure 52 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Psilodercidae

Genus

Merizocera