Pimoa sangri Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 41, 42, 57, 59

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS-Ar41997), China, Tibet, Lhoka, along provincial highway 306 from Gyaca County to Sangri County, 29.05°N, 92.39°E, ca. 4329 m, 27.VIII.2018, X. Zhang, Z. Bai and J. Liu leg. Paratypes: 1♂2♀ (IZCAS-Ar41998-Ar42000), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis.

The male of Pimoa sangri sp. nov. resembles those of P. gandhii (see Hormiga 1994a: 60, figs 218-223) and P. nyingchi (see Zhang et al. 2020: 91, fig. 8A-C) but can be distinguished from P. gandhii by the V-shaped pimoid cymbial sclerite (Fig. 57B) (vs. L-shaped), by having the pimoid embolic process shorter than the embolus (Figs 41A, 57B) (vs. longer), and distinguished from P. nyingchi by the embolus beginning at the 4:30 o’clock position (Fig. 57B) (vs. 3:00), and the narrow cymbial denticulate process (Fig. 57B) (vs. broad). The female of P. sangri sp. nov. also resembles P. gandhii (see Hormiga 1994a: 60, figs 224-231) but can be distinguished by the wide proximal fertilization ducts (Fig. 42A) (vs. narrow) and by the rectangular spermathecae, divided into two parts (Fig. 42A) (vs. oval).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length 8.52. Carapace 4.04 long, 3.28 wide. Abdomen 4.48 long, 2.28 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.20, ALE 0.16, PME 0.17, PLE 0.16; AME-AME 0.13, AME-ALE 0.17, PME-PME 0.15, PME-PLE 0.25. Leg measurements: I: 28.94 (8.28, 9.41, 8.22, 3.03); II: 28.36 (7.88, 9.07, 8.75, 2.66); III: 18.87 (5.63, 5.66, 5.74, 1.84); IV: 24.38 (6.97, 7.97, 7.38, 2.06). Habitus as in Fig. 42E. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse chevrons, nearly oval. Legs brownish with black annulations. Palp (Figs 41A, B, 57B): patella short, almost as long as tibial length, with one retrolateral macroseta; tibia short, ca. 1/2 of cymbial length, with several macrosetae and a dorsal process; paracymbium short, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length, hook shaped; pimoid cymbial sclerite V-shaped, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length; cymbial denticulate process short and distally curved, with more than 15 cuspules; median apophysis slender; conductor indistinct; pimoid embolic process distally pointed, shorter than embolus; embolus beginning at the 4:30 o’clock position; embolic tooth absent.

Female (paratype): Total length 8.80. Carapace 3.44 long, 3.22 wide. Abdomen 5.36 long, 3.36 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.19, ALE 0.19, PME 0.20, PLE 0.18; AME-AME 0.14, AME-ALE 0.18, PME-PME 0.17, PME-PLE 0.25. Leg measurements: I: 26.73 (7.25, 9.15, 7.55, 2.78); II: 23.40 (6.49, 7.72, 6.78, 2.41); III: 17.01 (5.19, 5.44, 4.72, 1.66); IV: 21.14 (6.16, 7.07, 5.88, 2.03). Habitus as in Fig. 42F, G. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen dark brown with yellowish transverse chevrons. Legs brownish with black annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 42A-D): triangular; ventral plate broad, length subequal to width; dorsal plate triangular; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae nearly rectangular, divided into two parts, separated by ca. 1/2 width of spermatheca; fertilization ducts yellowish, laterally oriented.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality, Tibet, China (Fig. 59).