taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D2976EFF4FFFE44FC2A8B2FD75B876.taxon	description	Figs 1 – 8	en	Xu, Yiting, Gong, Jiaxian, Guo, Xiangbo, Zhang, Feng (2026): A new species of the genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi, Charinidae) from China. Zootaxa 5748 (3): 429-438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8
03D2976EFF4FFFE44FC2A8B2FD75B876.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype ♂ (MHBU-AMB- 2025 - 0101), Yuexiu Park, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, CHINA, 2 January, 2025, 23.15 ° N, 113.27 ° E, under the gravel in the park, leg. Jiaxian Gong and Rui Zhao. Paratypes. 1 ♂ 2 ♀ (MHBU-AMB- 2025 - 0102 - 0104), same data as holotype.	en	Xu, Yiting, Gong, Jiaxian, Guo, Xiangbo, Zhang, Feng (2026): A new species of the genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi, Charinidae) from China. Zootaxa 5748 (3): 429-438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8
03D2976EFF4FFFE44FC2A8B2FD75B876.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Compound latin adjective, derived from “ quinque ” and “ spina ”, referring to the presence of five spines on both the dorsal and ventral sides of the pedipalp femur.	en	Xu, Yiting, Gong, Jiaxian, Guo, Xiangbo, Zhang, Feng (2026): A new species of the genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi, Charinidae) from China. Zootaxa 5748 (3): 429-438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8
03D2976EFF4FFFE44FC2A8B2FD75B876.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Sarax quinquespinus sp. nov. can be distinguished from S. yunnan by the presence of five dorsal spines and five ventral spines on pedipalp femur (vs. three dorsal spines and four ventral spines in S. yunnan), the presence of 23 articles on tibia of leg I (vs. tibia I ranging from 25 to 30 in S. yunnan), and the clavate-shaped female gonopod (vs. female gonopod conical in S. yunnan); from S. sinensis by the presence of five teeth on cheliceral claw (vs. eight in S. sinensis), the presence of five dorsal spines and five ventral spines on pedipalp femur (vs. four dorsal spines and four ventral spines in S. sinensis), the presence of four pseudo-articles on basitibia IV (vs. basitibia IV with three pseudo-articles in S. sinensis), the presence of 23 articles on tibia of leg I (vs. 20 articles in S. sinensis), and the presence of 39 articles on tarsus I (vs. 35 articles in S. sinensis).	en	Xu, Yiting, Gong, Jiaxian, Guo, Xiangbo, Zhang, Feng (2026): A new species of the genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi, Charinidae) from China. Zootaxa 5748 (3): 429-438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8
03D2976EFF4FFFE44FC2A8B2FD75B876.taxon	description	Description. Male (Holotype; Figs 1 A, 2 A – B, 3 A – B, E – G, 4 A, C, 5, 6, 7 A – C, 8 A – B, E – H, 9). Carapace. Flat, wider than long, slightly bent downwards, ventral to lateral eyes (Figs 2 A, 3 G), with a triangular frontal process, six anterior setae. Small granules densely scattered between ocular triads and among sulci. Median eyes and median ocular tubercle well developed, median ocular tubercle shallow, lateral ocular triad and nearby area bristleless, with curved carina between ocular triads and carapace margin (Fig. 3 G). Sternum. Three hard sclerotized sternites that bear setae (Fig. 5 A). Tritosternum elongate anteriorly, surpassing base of pedipalp coxae. Tetrasternum relatively short and small, with one pair of setae on top area and a pair of setae at the base, and an additional seta in the middle on the left side. Pentasternum shortest, with two pairs of setae, setae of posterior pair obviously smaller. Abdomen. Ventral sacs and ventral sac cover well developed (Fig. 2 B). Gonopod. Male gonopod longer than wide, wider in distal third (Figs 7 A – C, 8 F); LoL 1 and LoL 2 subequal in length, both densely covered with minute denticles; LoD covered with denticulate projections; LaM elongated, reaching LoD, with smooth surface; PI with smooth surface and acute apex; fistula with sparse denticles, ventral internal surface sclerotized. Chelicera. Basal segment with four retromarginal teeth, the fourth tooth largest proximally, with the second and third teeth being equal in size. First distal tooth (upper) is bifid. Claw with five teeth (Figs 3 E, 8 E). Pedipalp. Coxae with many setae on the ventral surface. Trochanter with three large setae and one small seta on antero-dorsal side, two small subequal ventral spines, one large and prominently pointed ventral apophysis (Fig. 4). Femur with five dorsal spines, five ventral spines, and two prominent setiferous tubercles between first dorsal spine and proximal margin. Patella with four dorsal spines in primary series, one prominent setiferous tubercle located distal compared to spine I, three ventral spines, and two setiferous tubercles between spine I and distal margin. Tibia with two dorsal spines and one ventral spine (Figs 3 A – B, 8 A – B). Tarsus with two dorsal spines, with distal one long (Figs 3 B, 8 B), tarsal cleaning organ with 33 – 36 setae in ventral row (Fig. 3 F). Legs. Tibia of leg I with 23 articles; tarsus I with 39 articles, proximal articles slightly longer than subsequent articles (Fig. 6). Basitibia IV divided into four pseudo-articles (Figs 5 C, 8 H). Trichobothria of distitibia IV (Figs 5 B, 8 G): sc and sf series each with five and three trichobothria; bt situated in proximal third of pseudo-article; bc situated closer to bf than to sbf; distances between bf, sbf and stf unequal; stf located at ca. 1 / 3 position from distal end of distitibia IV; the arrangement of tf, tm, and tc constitutes a triangular configuration. All walking legs with pulvilli (Fig. 5 D). Measurements. Total length (not including chelicerae) 8.06; carapace length 3.02, width 4.41; abdomen length 5.04, width 3.21; pedipalp: trochanter 0.99, femur 5.21, patella 6.03, tibia 1.17, tarsus and claw 1.61; leg I 34.93, leg II 14.48, leg III 16.21, leg IV 15.08. Female (paratype, MHBU-AMB- 2025 - 1003; Figs 1 B – C, 2 C – D, 3 C – D, 4 B, D, 7 D – E, 8 C – D). Body features mostly like those in males. Genitalia. Genital operculum acute, triangular (Fig. 2 D), with posteromedial setae. Gonopod clavate, long, finger-shaped (Figs 7 D – E). Pedipalp. Corpus shorter compared to the male, but with ventral spines on the femur longer than male, especially spines four and five (Figs 3 C – D, 8 C – D). Measurements. Total length (not including chelicerae) 8.31; carapace length 3.01, width 3.92; abdomen length 5.30, width 3.62; pedipalp: trochanter 0.58, femur 2.51, patella 2.98, tibia 1.05, tarsus and claw 1.39; Leg I -, leg II 12.95, leg III -, leg IV 14.43.	en	Xu, Yiting, Gong, Jiaxian, Guo, Xiangbo, Zhang, Feng (2026): A new species of the genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi, Charinidae) from China. Zootaxa 5748 (3): 429-438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8
03D2976EFF4FFFE44FC2A8B2FD75B876.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangdong, Fig. 8).	en	Xu, Yiting, Gong, Jiaxian, Guo, Xiangbo, Zhang, Feng (2026): A new species of the genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi, Charinidae) from China. Zootaxa 5748 (3): 429-438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8
