Apneumonella dongxing Yang, Zhao & Tong, 2023

Yang, Kuiwen, Zhao, Huifeng, Bai, Shuchong & Tong, Yanfeng, 2023, A new species of the genus Apneumonella Fage, 1921 (Araneae, Telemidae) from Guangdong Province, China, Zootaxa 5256 (4), pp. 392-396 : 393-395

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5256.4.7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7764242

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03829B69-FFA0-FFDF-53C9-FF3FFD10FD56

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scientific name

Apneumonella dongxing Yang, Zhao & Tong
status

sp. nov.

Apneumonella dongxing Yang, Zhao & Tong sp. nov.

Figs 1–3 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3

Type material. Holotype: Male (SYNU-532), Guangdong Province, Heyuan City, Xinhuilong Town , Dongxing Village , Wanlvgu Resort Area , 23°42′51″N, 114°38′9″E, elevation 180 m, W. Cheng, Y. Huang, K. Yang and T. Jiang leg., 23 April 2021 GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 2 females (SYNU-533-534), same data as holotype GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition and refers to the type locality.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Apneumonella taitatavetaensis Zhao & Li, 2017 in the belt-shaped tibial glands and the bulbal tegular apophysis, but the male can be distinguished by lacking the dorsal mark on the abdomen (see Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 , vs with a yellow spot, see Song et al. 2017: fig. 4A) and the shape of the bulbal tegular apophysis, which consist of a broad leaf-shaped and a needle leaf-shaped lobes ( Fig. 2A, B, E View FIGURE 2 , vs finger-shaped, see Song et al. 2017: figs 5A, C), and the female by lacking the hump on the abdomen ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 , vs with two anterior hump on the abdomen, see Song et al. 2017: fig. 6A) and the cochlear-shaped receptacle ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 , vs baglike, see Song et al. 2017: fig. 6C).

Description. Male (Holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 1A–C View FIGURE 1 . Total length 0.85. Carapace 0.42 long, 0.39 wide. Abdomen 0.48 long, 0.35 wide. Carapace yellowish brown, with dark spots on the mid-thoracic area. Six eyes, well-developed, encircled by black rings. Chelicerae light brown, fang groove with 2 large teeth and 3 small denticles on promargin and several small denticles on retromargin ( Fig. 1G, H View FIGURE 1 ). Labium and endites yellowish brown. Sternum oval, dark brown. Legs yellowish. Palp and leg measurements: palp 0.45 (0.12, 0.06, 0.11, 0.16); I - (0.58, 0.12, 0.49, 0.30, -); II 1.63 (0.48, 0.12, 0.43, 0.29, 0.31); III 1.29 (0.39, 0.10, 0.35, 0.21, 0.24); IV 1.52 (0.45, 0.11, 0.41, 0.28, 0.27). Leg formula: I-IIIV-III. Tibial glands distinct and belt-shaped ( Fig. 2D, F View FIGURE 2 ). Abdomen grayish, ventral surface with yellow, circle-shaped marks ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ).

Palp ( Figs 1D–F View FIGURE 1 , 2A–C, E View FIGURE 2 ): tibia 1.83 times longer than patella, cymbium 1.45 times longer than tibia, 1. 33 times longer than femur; cymbial apophysis (Ca) dark brown and cone-shaped; bulb ovoid, with a broad leaf-shaped and a needle leaf-shaped tegular apophysis (Ba) on its middle-upper part; embolus (Em) triangular, short, basally with a round membranous outgrowth (Ro).

Female. Similar to males in general features. Habitus as in Fig. 3A–C View FIGURE 3 . Total length 0.99. Carapace 0.41 long, 0.37 wide. Abdomen 0.64 long, 0.57 wide. Leg measurements: I - (0.59, -, -, -, -); II 1.77 (0.53, 0.11, 0.48, 0.31, 0.34); III 1.21 (0.35, 0.10, 0.27, 0.26, 0.23); IV 1.53 (0.49, 0.11, 0.39, 0.26, 0.28). Receptacle membranous, cochlear-shaped in lateral view.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

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Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Telemidae

Genus

Apneumonella

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