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EFA9261C67B359CEAFC5C3F1D3CA139C.text	EFA9261C67B359CEAFC5C3F1D3CA139C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Metashinobius daweishan Xu & Wang & Zhang & You 2026	<div><p>Metashinobius daweishan sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1 A, 2 A – C, 5</p><p>Chinese name.</p><p>大围山后侵蛛.</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype • ♀ (SWUC -T-TR-02-01), CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Honghe Hani and Yi Auton. Pref., Pingbian Co., <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=103.69972&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.909721" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 103.69972/lat 22.909721)">Daweishan NPR</a>, 22°54'35"N, 103°41'59"E, elev. 2000 m, 31 May 2024, Y. K. You leg.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Named after the type locality, Daweishan; noun in apposition.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species is similar to M. dulongjiang sp. nov. (Fig. 4 B – D), but can be distinguished by the septum wider than long (Fig. 2 B) (vs. as long as wide, Fig. 4 C), the arc-shaped anterior part of copulatory ducts (Fig. 2 C) (vs. pea-shaped, Fig. 4 D), the width of spermathecae twice wider than the width of posterior part of copulatory ducts (Fig. 2 C) (vs. small, less than twice, Fig. 4 D).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Female holotype (Fig. 2 A) total length 6.31. Carapace 3.53 long, 2.95 wide; abdomen 3.17 long, 2.40 wide. Carapace brown, with rectangular light band behind PME, with dark marginal stripes on thorax, and light submarginal bands in posterior part of carapace. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.20, ALE 0.16, PME 0.26, PLE, 0.26; AME – AME 0.09, AME – ALE 0.07, PME – PME 0.15, PME – PLE 0.23 Clypeus height 0.20. Chelicerae reddish-brown, with three promarginal and three retromarginal teeth. Labium and endites reddish-brown, longer than width. Sternum reddish-brown, with sparse black and white setae. Legs yellowish. Leg measurements: I 12.76 (3.57, 4.45, 3.23, 1.51); II 11.35 (3.34, 3.75, 2.99, 1.27); III 10.99 (3.22, 3.59, 3.02, 1.16); IV 13.06 (3.61, 4.19, 3.81, 1.45). Abdomen oval. Dorsum dark brown, with yellow cordial mark. Venter of opisthosoma yellow-brown.</p><p>Epigyne (Fig. 2 B, C). Plate ca. 1.4 times wider than long; Septum (Se) ca. 1.5 times wider than long, of shape of inverted trapezoidal; stalk very short, approximately three times horter than septal width. Copulatory openings (CO) slit-like, located on posterior thisr of septum. Copulatory ducts (CD) subdivided into two parts, anterior part strongly sclerotized, thick and long, arc-shaped, posterior part slightly sclerotized, thin and short. Spermathecae (Sp) clavate, heads separated by slightly more than one width, stalks as long as head. Fertilization ducts (FD) crescent-shaped.</p><p>Male unknown.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Known only from the type locality, Yunnan, China (Fig. 5).</p><p>Notes.</p><p>This new species is known only from females, whereas M. hikariae Wei &amp; Liu, 2025 is known only from males. In the new species, the chelicerae bear three promarginal and three retromarginal teeth, whereas M. hikariae has three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth (Cheng et al. 2025). Furthermore, the distribution records of the two species are far apart (ca. 600 km). Therefore, they can be confidently regarded as distinct species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EFA9261C67B359CEAFC5C3F1D3CA139C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Xu, Yong-Qiang;Wang, Lu-Yu;Zhang, Zhi-Sheng;You, Yong-Kang	Xu, Yong-Qiang, Wang, Lu-Yu, Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, You, Yong-Kang (2026): A review of the Metashinobius, a genus previously considered monotypic (Araneae, Trechaleidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 102 (4): 885-891, DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.200567
7CE721F37C4450C0AC06CFADE4F28BCE.text	7CE721F37C4450C0AC06CFADE4F28BCE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Metashinobius dulongjiang Xu & Wang & Zhang & You 2026	<div><p>Metashinobius dulongjiang sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1 B – F, 3 A – G, 4 A – D, 5</p><p>Chinese name.</p><p>独龙江后侵蛛.</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype • ♂ (SWUC -T-TR-03-01), CHINA, CHINA, Yunnan, Gongshan Co., Dulongjiang Town, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.27028&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.67861" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.27028/lat 27.67861)">nr Hapang waterfall</a>, 27°40'43"N, 98°16'13"E, elev. 1155 m, 21 May 2024 (adult on 26 October 2024), L. Y. Wang, Q. L. Lu and H. Y. Chen leg. Paratypes: • 1 ♀ (SWUC -T-TR-03-02), same data as holotype .</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Named after the type locality, Dulongjiang; noun in apposition.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The male of this new species is similar to M. hikariae (Cheng et al. 2025: 6, fig. 1 A – F), in having similar structures of the palp, but can be distinguished by the bent ventral part of retrolateral tibial apophysis (Fig. 3 A – D) (vs. straight), the disserent shape of median apophysis. The female of this new species is similar to theta of M. daweishan sp. nov. (Fig. 2 A – C), but can be distinguished by the septum as long as wide (Fig. 4 C) (vs. wider than long, Fig. 2 B), the pea-shaped anterior part of copulatory ducts (Fig. 4 D) (vs. arc-shaped, Fig. 2 C), smaller spermathecae, diameter is less than 2 × wide of posterior part of copulatory ducts (Fig. 4 D) (vs. large, wider than 2 ×, Fig. 2 C), spermathecae spaced by 1.8 diameters (Fig. 3 H) (vs. 1.2, Fig. 2 C).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (Fig. 4 A) total length 5.73. Carapace 2.69 long, 2.25 wide; abdomen 2.87 long, 2.10 wide. Carapace pear-shaped, brown, with with grayish-brown markings. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.15, PME 0.23, PLE, 0.21; AME – AME 0.10, AME – ALE 0.04, PME – PME 0.12, PME – PLE 0.18 Clypeus height 0.16. Chelicerae reddish-brown, with four promarginal teeth and five or six retromarginal teeth. Labium and endites reddish-brown, longer than width. Sternum reddish-brown, with sparse black and white setae. Legs yellowish. Leg measurements: I 10.32 (2.54, 3.70, 2.66, 1.42); II 10.48 (2.77, 3.70, 2.64, 1.37); III 8.83 (2.41, 2.96, 2.30, 1.16); IV 10.05 (2.71, 3.10, 2.87, 1.37). Abdomen oval. Dorsum yellow brown, with pair of dark longitudinal bands; Venter yellow-brown.</p><p>Palp (Fig. 3 A – G). Patella about as long as wide, yellowish-brown. Tibia brown, 1.4 times longer than wide, with a bifurcate and pectinate retrolateral apophysis (RTA), and the prolateral branch towards ventral. Ventral tibial apophysis (VTA) large and bulge shaped. Subtegulum small. Median apophysis (MA) long, located on retrolateral half of bulb, and with two sclerotized arm: anterior arm (AA) beak-shaped in ventral view and; prolateral arm (PA) short and finger-shaped. Conductor longer than wide, almost S-shaped, membranous. Embolus (Em) long and arc-shaped, hidden by median apophysis in ventral view. Embolus base sclerotized, nearly kidney-shaped, with a small process.</p><p>Female paratype (Fig. 4 B) total length 6.15. Carapace 2.76 long, 2.28 wide; abdomen 3.24 long, 2.43 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.15, PME 0.22, PLE, 0.21; AME – AME 0.12, AME – ALE 0.06, PME – PME 0.13, PME – PLE 0.19. Clypeus height 0.18. Chelicerae reddish-brown, with four promarginal teeth and four or five retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 9.14 (2.46, 3.18, 2.39, 1.11); II 8.19 (2.11, 2.67, 2.28, 1.13); III 8.13 (2.38, 2.81, 1.94, 1.00); IV 10.27 (2.85, 3.38, 2.80, 1.24). Coloration and markings as in male.</p><p>Epigyne (Fig. 4 C, D). Plate ca. 1.2 times wider than long; Septum (Se) considerably large and disc-shaped as long as wide; stalk very short, approximately 2.8 times shorter than septal width. Copulatory openings (CO) slit-like, located on posterior third of septum. Copulatory ducts (CD) subdivided into two parts, anterior part strongly sclerotized, thick and long, pea-shaped, posterior part slightly sclerotized, thin and short. Spermathecae (Sp) clavate, heads separated by slightly more than two widths. Fertilization ducts (FD) originate on the inner side of copulatory ducts and extend laterally outward.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Known only from the type locality, Yunnan, China (Fig. 5).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7CE721F37C4450C0AC06CFADE4F28BCE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Xu, Yong-Qiang;Wang, Lu-Yu;Zhang, Zhi-Sheng;You, Yong-Kang	Xu, Yong-Qiang, Wang, Lu-Yu, Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, You, Yong-Kang (2026): A review of the Metashinobius, a genus previously considered monotypic (Araneae, Trechaleidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 102 (4): 885-891, DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.200567
13D7571DF75053DB861AD30F4B44AF72.text	13D7571DF75053DB861AD30F4B44AF72.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Metashinobius Wei & Liu 2025	<div><p>Genus Metashinobius Wei &amp; Liu, 2025</p><p>Chinese name.</p><p>后侵蛛属.</p><p>Type species.</p><p>Metashinobius hikariae Wei &amp; Liu, 2025 from Guizhou, China.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>This genus is similar to Shinobius Yaginuma, 1991, but can be distinguished by the presence of a bifurcate retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) and a large ventral tibial apophysis (VTA) on the male palp (Fig. 3 A – D) (Cheng et al. 2025) (vs. absent, replaced by a sclerotized hood and protuberance also absent), median apophysis (MA) with two arms (Fig. 3 B, F, H) (vs. one). Females can be distinguished from those of Shinobius by considerably larger and disc-shaped septum of the epigyne (Figs 2 B, 4 C) (vs. small, inverted T-shaped or indistinct).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Carapace pear-shaped, brown, with with grayish-brown markings. Eight eyes arranged in three rows, posterior row strongly protruding, PME largest. Fovea longitudinal as in whole family, rather long — comparable to thorax width. Cervical groove indistinct, radial furrows distinct. Chelicerae yellow brown, with three or four promarginal and three to six retromarginal teeth. Endites and labium yellow brown, longer than wide. Sternum yellow brown, round shield-shaped, with brown setae. Legs yellow brown, with black pigmentation. Three claws. Male leg formula: 1423 or 2143, female leg formula: 4123. Opisthosoma oval. Dorsum yellow brown, with black brown markings. Venter yellowish-brown.</p><p>Palp: retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) pectinate-shaped. Cymbium inverted droplet-shaped, with tip as long as bulb, lacking spines and claws. Subtegulum elongate, longer than tegulum. Median apophysis (MA) long, as long ae the tip of cymbium, located on retrolateral half of tegulum, and with two arms. Conductor longer than wide, membranous. Embolus (Em) long and arc-shaped, hidden by median apophysis in ventral view.</p><p>Epigyne: epigynal plate slightly wider than long, with considerably large and disc-shaped septum (Se) covering fovea (atrium), with short stalk. Copulatory openings (CO) slit-like, located laterally. Copulatory ducts (CD) subdivided into two parts, anterior part strongly sclerotized, thick and long, pea or arc-shaped, posterior part slightly sclerotized, thin and short. Spermathecae (Sp) small and clave shaped with stalk about as long as head wide. Fertilization ducts (FD) originate misally from copulatory ducts and extend laterally outward.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Guihzou, Yunan) (Fig. 5).</p><p>Natural history.</p><p>Metashinobius inhabits moss on tree trunks or stone walls, where it constructs an irregular sheet web on the moss surface. The female carries the egg sac attached to her spinnerets, and after the spiderlings emerge, they remain aggregated over the egg sac for some time.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/13D7571DF75053DB861AD30F4B44AF72	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Xu, Yong-Qiang;Wang, Lu-Yu;Zhang, Zhi-Sheng;You, Yong-Kang	Xu, Yong-Qiang, Wang, Lu-Yu, Zhang, Zhi-Sheng, You, Yong-Kang (2026): A review of the Metashinobius, a genus previously considered monotypic (Araneae, Trechaleidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 102 (4): 885-891, DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.200567
