Pholcus subwan Yao & Li, 2017

Dong, Tingting, Zheng, Guo, Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2017, Ten new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4306 (3), pp. 339-369 : 357-362

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.3.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:65F64B80-9766-4AC4-AA6E-6D84014F5E63

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5328551

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CD7487FD-FFE5-FFCF-10EA-F901FBF9FBA0

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scientific name

Pholcus subwan Yao & Li
status

sp. nov.

Pholcus subwan Yao & Li View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 15–16 View FIGURE 15 View FIGURE 16

Type material. Holotype: male (Ar29670), Urai Thong Cave (6°56.227′N, 99°45.880′E, elevation 23 m), La Ngu District , Satun, Thailand, 16 October 2015, Q. Zhao, G. Zhou and Z. Chen leg. Paratypes: 1 male and 2 females (Ar 29671–29673), same data as holotype. GoogleMaps

Etymology. The specific name refers to its similarity to P. wan Yao & Li, 2016 ; adjective.

Diagnosis. This species resembles P. wan Yao & Li, 2016 (see Dong et al. 2016: 12, figs 17–18) with similar procursus ( Figs 15 View FIGURE 15 C–D) and female genitalia ( Figs 16 View FIGURE 16 A–B) but can be distinguished by the small and weakly sclerotized uncus ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 C) and by the thin and marginally curved appendix ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 C).

Description. Male (holotype): Total length 5.80 (6.07 with clypeus), carapace 1.70 long, 1.80 wide, opisthosoma 4.10 long, 1.60 wide. Leg I missing, leg II: – (10.83 + 0.88 + 11.28 +17.37+ –), leg III: 27.01 (7.50 + 0.80 +6.73 + 10.58 + 1.40), leg IV: 35.39 (10.06 + 0.78 + 8.91 + 13.91 + 1.73). Distance PME-PME 0.48; diameter PME 0.14; distance PME-ALE 0.03; distance AME-AME 0.05; diameter AME 0.06. Sternum wider than long (1.20/0.95). Habitus as in Figs 16 View FIGURE 16 E–F. Carapace yellowish, with brown marks extending to ocular area; ocular area brown; sternum brown. Legs yellowish, distal parts of femora and tibiae whitish, darker rings absent. Opisthosoma yellowish, with brown spots dorsally and laterally. Ocular area elevated, each eye triad on top of a laterally directed eye-stalk. Thoracic furrow absent. Chelicerae as in Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 D, with a pair of proximo-lateral apophyses, a pair of distal apophyses, each with two cone-shaped teeth. Pedipalps as in Figs 15 View FIGURE 15 A–B; trochanter with a short retrolateroventral apophysis; femur with a distinct ventral hump; procursus long and strongly curved; bulbal apophyses as in Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 C; uncus small and weakly sclerotized; appendix with two large distal apophyses directed towards laterally; embolus weakly sclerotized. Legs with short vertical setae on tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi; without spines and curved setae.

Female: Similar to male, habitus as in Figs 16 View FIGURE 16 G–H. Total length 6.17 (6.44 with clypeus), carapace 1.55 long, 1.80 wide, opisthosoma 4.62 long, 1.88 wide; Leg I: 61.47 (14.27 + 0.85 + 14.23 + 29.39 + 2.73); tibia I L/d: 70. Distance PME-PME 0.27; diameter PME 0.17; distance PME-ALE 0.03; distance AME-AME 0.05; diameter AME 0.06. Sternum wider than long (1.20/1.10). Opisthosoma without spots. Ocular area without eye-stalks. Epigynum ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 A) with a knob, weakly sclerotized area elongate, posteriorly area highly sclerotized. Vulva ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 B) with a sclerotized anterior arch and two elliptic pore plates. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 5%; legs with short vertical setae on tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi; without spines and curved setae; tarsus I with 17 distinct pseudosegments.

Variation: Leg I lost in male paratype. Tibia I in another female paratype: 12.82.

Distribution. Thailand (Satun, type locality; Fig. 21 View FIGURE 21 ).

Natural History. The species was found in the entrance zone of the cave.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pholcidae

Genus

Pholcus

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