Pimoa phaplu Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 37, 38, 57, 59

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS-Ar41990), Nepal, Sagarmatha District, Phaplu Airport, 27.53°N, 86.60°E, ca. 2530 m, 26.III.2019, C. Shrestha leg. Paratypes: 2♀ (IZCAS-Ar41991-Ar41992), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

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

Diagnosis.

The male of Pimoa phaplu sp. nov. resembles those of P. nematoides Hormiga, 1994 (see Hormiga 1994a: 71, figs 285-289) and P. yadong (see Zhang et al. 2020: 99, fig. 14A-C) but can be distinguished from P. nematoides by the longer palpal patella and tibia (Figs 37A, B, 57A) (vs. short) and from P. yadong by the unsclerotized median apophysis (Fig. 57A) (vs. sclerotized) and also by the membranous, distinct conductor (Fig. 57A) (vs. indistinct). The female of P. phaplu sp. nov. resembles those of P. sinuosa (see Hormiga 1994a: 67, figs 266-274) and P. yadong (see Zhang et al. 2020: 99, fig. 15A-D) but can be distinguished by the bean-shaped spermathecae, separated by a short distance (Fig. 38A) (vs. unseparated in P. sinuosa and round in P. yadong) and also from P. yadong by the distally narrow dorsal plate (Fig. 38B) (vs. distally blunt).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length 7.05. Carapace 3.53 long, 3.09 wide. Abdomen 3.52 long, 2.47 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.21, ALE 0.20, PME 0.21, PLE 0.21; AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.14, PME-PME 0.17, PME-PLE 0.19. Leg measurements: I: 25.35 (7.63, 7.96, 6.92, 2.84); II: 20.32 (6.16, 6.24, 5.52, 2.40); III: 14.64 (4.60, 4.56, 3.96, 1.52); IV: 20.68 (6.06, 6.81, 5.78, 2.03). Habitus as in Fig. 38E. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with slightly yellowish transverse bands. Legs brownish with black annulations. Palp (Figs 37A, B, 57A): patella long, ca. 1/2 of tibial length; tibia long, subequal to cymbial length, with a dorsal process; paracymbium large, ca. 1/2 of cymbial length; pimoid cymbial sclerite L-shaped, ca. 1/2 of cymbial length; cymbial denticulate process short and distally pointed, with more than 8 cuspules; median apophysis slender; conductor membranous and distinct; pimoid embolic process almost as long as embolus; embolus beginning at the 3:00 o’clock position; embolic tooth absent.

Female (paratype): Total length 9.40. Carapace 3.64 long, 3.24 wide. Abdomen 5.76 long, 4.60 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.24, ALE 0.26, PME 0.22, PLE 0.25; AME-AME 0.13, AME-ALE 0.18, PME-PME 0.23, PME-PLE 0.26. Leg measurements: I: 23.00 (6.68, 7.68, 6.04, 2.60); II: 21.20 (6.28, 6.96, 5.60, 2.36); III: 14.16 (4.32, 4.40, 3.76, 1.68); IV: 20.13 (5.96, 6.44, 5.92, 1.81). Habitus as in Fig. 38F, G. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse chevrons and vertical band extending to the medial part. Legs brownish with black annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 38A-D): subtriangular; ventral plate broad, length subequal to width; dorsal plate tongue shaped, distally extending beyond the ventral plate; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae bean shaped, separated by short distance; fertilization ducts hyaline, medially oriented.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality, Sagarmatha District, Nepal (Fig. 59).