Merizocera lincang 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/DA6E2AD1-B1E6-4144-9DFA-11718FD84CE6 |
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taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:DA6E2AD1-B1E6-4144-9DFA-11718FD84CE6 |
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scientific name |
Merizocera lincang Li |
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sp. nov. |
Merizocera lincang Li sp. nov. Figures 21 View Figure 21 , 53 View Figure 53
Type material.
Holotype: female (IZCAS), Qingquan Cave (23°52.16'N, 99°12.42'E, elevation 295 m), Minglang Town, Yongde County, Lincang, Yunnan, China, 7 August 2015, Y. Li and Z. Chen leg. Paratypes: 2 females (IZCAS), same data as holotype.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.
Diagnosis.
Females of M. lincang sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by a pair of large bulbous spermathecae (Fig. 21A View Figure 21 ).
Description.
Female (holotype). Total length 1.58; carapace 0.64 long, 0.53 wide; abdomen 0.92 long, 0.81 wide. Carapace circular, brown, with dark brown radiating marks (Fig. 21C View Figure 21 ). Fovea shallow. Thoracic region distinctly elevated medially. Clypeus, labium, and sternum dark brown. Abdomen ovoid, dark brown (Fig. 21B View Figure 21 ). Legs brown; measurements: I 3.50 (0.88, 0.20, 1.05, 0.81, 0.56), II 3.04 (0.79, 0.20, 0.87, 0.70, 0.48), III 2.58 (0.67, 0.17, 0.67, 0.63, 0.44), IV 3.71 (0.92, 0.19, 1.10, 0.88, 0.62). Epigastric area (Fig. 21B View Figure 21 ): dark brown, nearly trapezoidal patch. Endogyne (Fig. 21A View Figure 21 ): ratio of the width of spermathecae to the interdistance of spermathecae 1:3.
Male. Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality (China; Fig. 53 View Figure 53 ).
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