Spinaxytes uncus Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha
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Spinaxytes uncus Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha |
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Spinaxytes uncus Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha View in CoL sp. n. Figs 4 T–V; 5I; 27, 28, 29
Material examined.
Holotype. ♂, THAILAND, Phang Nga Province, Mueang Phang Nga District, Phung Chang Cave, 8°26'34"N, 98°30'59"E, ca. 24 m a.s.l., 8 Aug. 2016, ASRU members leg. (CUMZ-pxDGT00221). Paratypes. 15 ♂♂, 16 ♀♀, same data as for holotype (CUMZ-pxDGT00222); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as for holotype (ZMUC00040255); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as for holotype (ZMUM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as for holotype (NHMW9424). Further specimens, not paratypes, all from THAILAND, Phang Nga Province. Muaeng Phang Nga District: 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Phung Chang Cave, 8°26'34"N, 98°30'59"E, ca. 24 m a.s.l., 6 Aug. 2014, ASRU members leg. (CUMZ); 4 ♂♂, Phung Chang Cave, 8°26'34"N, 98°30'59"E, ca. 24 m a.s.l., 5 Aug. 2015, ASRU members leg. (CUMZ); 2 ♂♂, 4 broken ♀♀, Tham Nam Pud, 8°27'50"N, 98°32'36"E, ca. 58 m a.s.l., 8 Oct. 2006, ASRU members leg. (CUMZ); 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Tham Nam Pud, 8°27'50"N, 98°32'36"E, ca. 58 m a.s.l., 5 Aug. 2015, ASRU members leg. (CUMZ); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Wat Tham Bang Toei, 8°27'52"N, 98°34'10"E, ca. 24 m a.s.l., 10 Jul. 2017, ASRU members leg. (CUMZ); 8 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Tham Pha Phueng Bureau of Monks, 8°28'24"N, 98°32'15"E, ca. 78 m a.s.l., 10 Jul. 2017, ASRU members leg. (CUMZ). Thap Put District: 11 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Wat Kerewong (Tham Koab), 8°31'52"N, 98°34'39"E, ca. 76 m a.s.l., 9 Jul. 2017, ASRU members leg. (CUMZ).
Etymology.
The name is a Latin noun in apposition ( uncus ), meaning hook, and refers to the hook-like lamina medialis of gonopod.
Diagnosis.
Differs from other species by having only male femora 7 strongly humped distally, in combination with the distal part of lamina medialis hook-like, tip long and sharp.
Description.
SIZE. Length 20-27 mm (male), 25-29 mm (female); width of midbody metazona 1.4-1.6 mm (male), 2.1-2.3 mm (female). Width of collum <2 = 3 <4 <head = 5-16, thereafter body gradually tapering towards telson.
Colour (Figure 27 A–E). Specimens in life with body black; paraterga yellow/whitish yellow; head, antennae (except whitish distal part of antennomeres 7 and 8) and prozona black; collum, metaterga and surface below paraterga black/brownish black; sterna and epiproct brown; legs yellow; a few basal podomeres white.
Antennae (Figure 28M). Reaching to body ring 8 or 9 (male) and 6 or 7 (female) when stretched dorsally.
Collum (Figure 28A). With three transverse rows of setiferous cones, 4+4 in anterior row, 1+1 in intermediate row and 2+2 in posterior row; with two conspicuous setiferous notches at lateral margin (first notch located at base of paraterga very close to cones of anterior row; paraterga spiniform, long, tip sharp, elevated at ca. 20°-30° in both male and female, directed almost laterad.
Tegument. Quite shining; collum, metaterga (posterior part) and surface below paraterga finely microgranulate; metaterga (anterior part) coarsely microgranulate.
Metaterga (Figure 28A, C, E). With two transverse rows of setiferous cones and setiferous spines; metaterga 2-19 with 2+2 cones in anterior row and 2+2 spines in posterior row; lateral spines of posterior row very long, bigger and longer than mesal ones.
Paraterga (Figure 28 A–E, H). Very long; directed dorsolaterad on body rings 2-16, elevated at ca. 40°-50° (male) 40°-45° (female), directed dorsocaudad on ring 17, directed increasingly caudad on body rings 18 and 19. Ozopore visible in dorsolateral view.
Telson (Figure 28E, I, H). Epiproct short; tip subtruncate; lateral setiferous tubercles inconspicuous; apical tubercles inconspicuous. Hypoproct subtrapeziform (in some specimens subsemicircular); caudal margin round, with conspicuous setiferous tubercles (in some specimens inconspicuous).
Sterna (Figs 4T; 28F, G). Sternal lobe between male coxae 4 bifurcate, long; tips sharp, in situ directed ventroanteriad; posterior surface bearing one pore.
Legs (Figs 5U, V; 28J). Male femora 7 strongly humped ventrally in distal part.
Gonopods (Figs 5I, 29). Coxa subequal in length to femur. Prefemoral part almost half as long as femur. Femur obviously enlarged distally. Postfemoral part small, narrow. Mesal sulcus wide; lateral sulcus narrow. Solenophore bigger and longer than postfemoral part: lamina lateralis very small, compact, tip round: lamina medialis long; basally enlarged and slightly attenuated near the tip; apically sharp, long, hook-like; tip curving down, in situ resting close to solenomere. Solenomere curved and twisted, compressed in transverse section, tip directed posteriad.
Distribution and habitat
(Figure 27F). Known only from Phang Nga Province; we regard S. uncus sp. n. as endemic for the Thai fauna. Most specimens were found on rock walls near the cave, some were seen crawling on leaf litter on the rock. The new species has been encountered in syntopy with Desmoxytes cervina at Phung Chang Cave, Tham Nam Pud and Wat Kerewong (Tham Koab).
Remarks.
Some variation in the hypoproct was observed in this species: in some specimens subtrapeziform, in others subsemicircular; caudal margin in some individuals conspicuous, in others inconspicuous. In addition, specimens from Wat Kerewong (Tham Koab) have smaller and shorter paraterga than other specimens.
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