Pimoa daman Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 6, 59
Type material.
Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS-Ar41932), Nepal, Narayani District, Daman, Forest near Panorama Resort, 27.60°N, 85.09°E, ca. 2401 m, 22.XI.2016, C. Shrestha leg.
Etymology.
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
Diagnosis.
Pimoa daman sp. nov. resembles those of P. cona Zhang & Li, 2020 (see Zhang et al. 2020: 82, fig. 2A-D) and P. lemenba Zhang & Li, 2020 (see Zhang et al. 2020: 87, fig. 5A-D) but can be distinguished by the triangular, unseparated spermathecae (Fig. 6A) (vs. oval, separated by ca. 1/3 width of spermatheca in P. cona, round and close in P. lemenba) and the distally blunt dorsal plate (Fig. 6B) (vs. distally narrow in P. cona, distally pointed in P. lemenba).
Description.
Female (holotype): Total length 10.52. Carapace 4.60 long, 3.60 wide. Abdomen 5.92 long, 4.02 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.24, PME 0.24, PLE 0.27; AME-AME 0.17, AME-ALE 0.25, PME-PME 0.22, PME-PLE 0.31. Legs missing. Habitus as in Fig. 6E-G. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands. Epigyne (Fig. 6A-D): subtriangular; ventral plate broad, length subequal to width; dorsal plates tongue-shaped, distally blunt, length subequal to width; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae triangular, unseparated; fertilization ducts yellowish, anteriorly oriented.
Male: Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the type locality, Narayani District, Nepal (Fig. 59).