Pimoa ninglang Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 34, 59

Type material.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS-Ar41985), China, Yunnan, Lijiang, Ninglang Yi Autonomous County, Lugu Lake, Nvshen Cave, 27.62°N, 100.81°E, ca. 3540 m, 5.VII.2010, Q. Zhao leg.

Etymology.

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

Diagnosis.

Pimoa ninglang sp. nov. resembles those of P. clavata (see Xu and Li 2007: 487, figs 30-34) and P. gandhii (see Hormiga 1994a: 60, figs 224-231) but can be distinguished from P. clavata by the narrow dorsal plate (Fig. 34B) (vs. wider) and from P. gandhii by the trapezoidal ventral plate (Fig. 34A) (vs. triangular) and the fusiform dorsal plate (Fig. 34B) (vs. tongue-shaped).

Description.

Female (holotype): Total length 5.31. Carapace 2.43 long, 2.28 wide. Abdomen 2.88 long, 3.03 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.13, PME 0.17, PLE 0.15; AME-AME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.07, PME-PME 0.10, PME-PLE 0.15. Leg measurements: I: - (5.06, -, -, -); II: 14.47 (4.31, 4.91, 3.53, 1.72); III: 10.71 (3.31, 3.40, 2.66, 1.34); IV: 14.25 (4.34, 4.78, 3.66, 1.47). Habitus as in Fig. 34E-G. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen grayish with yellowish transverse chevrons. Legs brownish with black annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 34A-D): trapezoidal; ventral plate broad, length subequal to width; dorsal plates narrow; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae round, separated by ca. 1/3 width of spermatheca; fertilization ducts yellow, laterally oriented.

Male: Unknown.

Distribution.

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