MITRAGER HIRSUTA (WUNDERLICH, 1974) COMB. NOV.

(FIGS 38A, 39A, 40A, 52; SUPPORTING INFORMATION, FIG. S4A)

Oedothorax hirsutus Wunderlich, 1974: 173, figs 8–12 (Dm).

Type material: Holotype: Nepal: Trisuli-Valley between Ramche and Dunche, broadleaf forest, 1800 – 2000 m, ♂ 22.iv.1973, coll. J. Martens (SMF 28892, examined).

Diagnosis:

M a l e s: A m o n g the s p e c i e s of M i t r a g e r w i t h retrolaterally pointed TPS and minute TPA, this is the only species without external prosomal modification.

Description:

Male (holotype): Total length: 2.08. Prosoma: 0.85 long, 0.67 wide, unmodified (Fig. 38A). Eyes: AME- AME: 0.04, AME width: 0.04, AME-ALE: 0.04, ALE width: 0.07, ALE-PLE: 0, PLE width: 0.08, PLE-PME: 0.05, PME width: 0.06, PME-PME: 0.06. Clypeus: not hirsute. Sternum: 0.53 long, 0.53 wide. Chelicerae: mastidia absent; stridulatory striae rows compressed and evenly spaced (Fig. 39A). Legs: dorsal proximal macroseta on tibia IV 3.1 times diameter of tibia; Tm I: 0.34. Pedipalp: patella prolateral proximal vertical macrosetae absent; tibia with one prolateral, two retrolateral trichobothria; TPS slightly scaly, distalretrolaterally pointed; TPA absent; TRA apically oriented (Fig. 52B); PC median-sized, base not visible from dorsal view, distal setae close to distal clasp, distal clasp without striae, clasp directed slightly apically; T without papillae, PT with small papillae, TS as long as PT, without papillae; MSA present (Fig. 52A); DSA tip anteriorly oriented; EM flat, anterior margin without papillae, exceeds ARP (Fig. 52B); ARP pointed, angled ventrally; LER without striae, extended dorsal to E; VRP absent; TP tip narrow; E retrolaterally spiral, anterior margin at base slightly wavy (Fig. 52B, C). Opisthosoma: single-coloured grey (Fig. 40A); PMS with mAP, one AC; PLS with triad, one AC (Fig. 52D).