Ganthela cipingensis, (WANG, 1989)

Xu, Xin, Liu, Fengxiang, Chen, Jian, Li, Daiqin & Kuntner, Matjaž, 2015, Integrative taxonomy of the primitively segmented spider genus Ganthela (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae): DNA barcoding gap agrees with morphology, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (2), pp. 288-306 : 296-298

GANTHELA CIPINGENSIS ( WANG, 1989) ( FIG. 4 )

Liphistius cipingensis Wang, 1989: 30 , figs 1–6 (description of female, type may be lost from Hunan Normal University , not available for examination).

Heptathela cipingensis Platnick, 1993: 77 (transferred from Liphistius ).

Songthela cipingensis Ono, 2000: 150 .

Material examined

Five females [XUX-2013-(508/510/511/512/514)] collected at Cemetery of Mount Jinggang Revolutionary Martyrs, Ciping Town, Jinggangshan City, Jiangxi Province, China, 26.58°N, 114.16°E, 900 m a.s.l., 21 October 2013; two females [XUX-2013-(515–518)] collected at Nanshan , Ciping Town, Jinggangshan City, Jiangxi Province, China, 26.57°N, 114.16°E, 850 m a.s.l. , 22 October 2013, collected by F.X. Liu, C. Xu, and X. Xu. No male found.

Diagnosis

Females of G. cipingensis resemble G. xianyouensis sp. nov., but differ by the details in genitalia, with relatively longer genital stalks ( Fig. 4B, C ). Ganthela cipingensis differs from all other Ganthela species by the following unique nucleotide substitutions in the standard DNA barcode alignment: G (20), G (26), C (77), C (326), and C (413).

Description

Female ( Fig. 4A ). Carapace and opisthosoma dark brown; with clear fovea; chelicerae robust, with

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promargin of cheliceral groove with between ten and 13 strong denticles of variable size; legs with strong hairs and spines; opisthosoma with 12 tergites, with tergite 5 being largest; seven spinnerets. Measurements: BL 8.70–14.70, CL 4.13–6.40, CW 3.70–5.00, OL 4.65–8.00, and OW 3.25–5.40; ALE > PLE > PME > AME; palp 9.72 (3.47 + 1.70 + 2.15 + 2.40), leg I 12.00 (3.75 + 2.15 + 2.40 + 2.30 + 1.40), leg II 12.06 (3.70 + 2.13 + 2.23 + 2.50 + 1.50), leg III 13.30 (3.60 + 2.20 + 2.25 + 3.35 + 1.90), and leg IV 19.07 (5.30 + 2.67 + 3.45 + 5.20 + 2.44).

Female genitalia

The posterior part of the genital area wide, rectangular ( Fig. 4B, C ), a pair of receptacular clusters close to each other and more or less parallel, with short genital stalks ( Fig. 4B, C ).

Distribution

Jiangxi (Jinggangshan) Province, China.

Figures

Figure 4. Ganthela cipingensis (Wang, 1989). A, female (XUX-2013-516). B, C, female genitalia (XUX-2013-517): B, dorsal view; C, ventral view; RC, receptacular cluster. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.