Pimoa yele Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 49, 50, 58, 59

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS-Ar42012), China, Sichuan, Liangshan, Mianning County, Yele Town, the abandoned mine opposite the Yichang Family, 28.93°N, 102.23°E, ca. 2471 m, 13.III.2019, Z. Chen leg. Paratypes: 1♂2♀ (IZCAS-Ar42013-Ar42015), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

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

Diagnosis.

The male of Pimoa yele sp. nov. resembles those of P. jinchuan sp. nov. (Figs 19A, B, 55C), P. lata (see Zhang and Li 2019: 6, fig. 3A-C), and P. trifurcata (see Xu and Li 2007: 496, figs 48-54) but can be distinguished from P. jinchuan sp. nov. and P. lata by the embolus with a short, slender spine proximally (Fig. 58A) (vs. without a spine) and the short and distally narrow cymbial denticulate process (Fig. 58A) (vs. broad) and distinguished from P. trifurcata by the distally bifurcate apex of the pimoid embolic process (Fig. 1B) (vs. trifurcate apex). The female of P. yele sp. nov. resembles those of P. crispa (see Hormiga 1994a: 63, figs 239-247) and P. jinchuan sp. nov. (Fig. 20A-D) but can be distinguished by the bullet-shaped ventral plate (Fig. 50A) (vs. triangular in P. crispa and tongue shaped and distally curved in P. jinchuan sp. nov.) and also from P. crispa by the unseparated spermathecae (Fig. 50A) (vs. with small separation).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length 6.03. Carapace 2.56 long, 2.38 wide. Abdomen 3.47 long, 2.16 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.19, PME 0.17, PLE 0.18; AME-AME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.14, PME-PLE 0.14. Leg measurements: I: 29.76 (8.66, 9.19, 9.13, 2.78); II: 24.98 (6.69, 8.19, 7.63, 2.47); III: 15.32 (4.44, 4.66, 4.63, 1.59); IV: 20.89 (6.22, 6.82, 5.91, 1.94). Habitus as in Fig. 50E. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellow transverse chevrons, nearly oval. Legs brownish without annulations. Palp (Figs 49A, B, 58A): 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, finger shaped; pimoid cymbial sclerite V-shaped, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length; cymbial denticulate process short and distally narrow, with more than 12 cuspules; median apophysis slender; conductor distinct; pimoid embolic process broad, robust, with distally bifurcate apex with scales, longer than embolus; embolus beginning at the 8:00 o’clock position, with a short, slender spine proximally; embolic tooth absent.

Female (paratype): Total length 8.62. Carapace 3.56 long, 3.03 wide. Abdomen 5.06 long, 3.09 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.19, ALE 0.20, PME 0.19, PLE 0.20; AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.21, PME-PME 0.21, PME-PLE 0.22. Leg measurements: I: 26.85 (7.69, 9.00, 7.53, 2.63); II: 23.07 (6.56, 7.72, 6.63, 2.16); III: 17.04 (5.44, 5.13, 4.72, 1.75); IV: 21.93 (6.78, 7.12, 6.09, 1.94). Habitus as in Fig. 50F, G. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands. Legs brownish without annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 50A-D): bullet-shaped; ventral plate broad, width ca. 1/2 of length; dorsal plate triangular, with a distal tip; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae oval, unseparated; fertilization ducts yellowish, laterally oriented.

Distribution.

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