Merizocera tengchong 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/5BF76A00-C9E3-4B05-93BF-06E37778DD53 |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:5BF76A00-C9E3-4B05-93BF-06E37778DD53 |
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scientific name |
Merizocera tengchong Li |
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sp. nov. |
Merizocera tengchong Li sp. nov. Figures 40 View Figure 40 , 41 View Figure 41 , 53 View Figure 53
Type material.
Holotype: male (IZCAS), Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve (24°49.74'N, 98°46.06'E, elevation 2177 m), Tengchong County, Baoshan, Yunnan, China, 21-22 June 2013, Z. Zhao and J. Liu leg. Paratype: 1 male (IZCAS), same data as holotype.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.
Diagnosis.
Males can be recognised from congeners by the webbed feet-like embolus with a basally attached, stalked apophysis bearing a globose tip (Fig. 40B View Figure 40 ).
Description.
Male (holotype). Total length 1.53; carapace 0.67 long, 0.59 wide; abdomen 0.81 long, 0.49 wide. Carapace circular, brown, with dark brown radiating marks (Fig. 41C View Figure 41 ). Fovea shallow. Thoracic region distinctly elevated medially. Clypeus, labium, and sternum dark brown. Abdomen slightly elongated, dark brown. Legs light brown; measurements: I 5.71 (1.50, 0.25, 1.76, 1.45, 0.75), II and III missing, IV 5.00 (1.31, 0.22, 1.53, 1.23, 0.71). Palp (Fig. 40A-D View Figure 40 ): femur slender, thrice longer than patella; patella not swollen; tibia swollen proximally; cymbium with distal protrusion, 1/3 length of femur, length ratio of dorsal elongation and cymbium 0.47; bulb light brown, elongated pyriform, with embolus and conductor arising distally; embolus webbed feet-like with darken tip, attached with thin stalked apophysis bearing globose end, embolus length similar to bulb length; conductor needle-like and slightly bent, 1/4 as long as embolus.
Female. Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality (China; Fig. 53 View Figure 53 ).
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