Solenysa yangmingshana, 2011

Tu, Lihong & Hormiga, Gustavo, 2011, Phylogenetic analysis and revision of the linyphiid spider genus Solenysa (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (3), pp. 484-530 : 503

SOLENYSA YANGMINGSHANA TU SP. NOV. ( FIG. 11)

Types: Male holotype, CHINA: Mt. Yangmingshan , Taibei City (26.70°N, 117.40°E), Taiwan, iv.2000 ( IZCAS). One female paratype, same data as holotype ( IZCAS) .

Etymology: The species name is derived from the type locality (Mt. Yangmingshan).

Diagnosis: Males of S. yangmingshana can be distinguished by the two well-developed lamella characteristica branches: one with sharp apex, one modified with threaded projections ( Fig. 11D). The transverse elliptical epigynum is diagnostic ( Fig. 11E).

Description: Male. As the only available specimen (i.e. the holotype) has dried out and the legs are broken, measurements are not possible.

Female. Total length 1.90. Carapace 0.95 long, 0.60 wide. Abdomen 1.10 long, 0.70 wide. Chelicerae with five promarginal and five retromarginal teeth. Length of legs: I 3.91 (1.07 + 1.27 + 0.90 + 0.67); II 3.50 (0.93 + 1.10 + 0.80 + 0.60); III 2.60 (0.77 + 0.80 + 0.60 + 0.43); IV 3.41 (0.97 + 1.07 + 0.80 + 0.57). Tm I 0.16, Tm IV absent. Other somatic characters as reported in the genus and S. longqiensis group description.

Variation: Only one male and one female material examined.

Natural history: Unknown. The study specimens were collected using pitfall traps in mixed conifer forests.

Distribution: China (Taiwan) ( Fig. 22 ).

Figures

Figure 22. Distribution records of Solenysa species. Half-filled circle (), Solenysa retractilis sp. nov.; concentric circle (), Solenysa geumoensis Seo, 1996; circle filled with ‘i’ (), Solenysa wulingensis Li & Song, 1992; circle (•), Solenysa tianmushana sp. nov.; star (*), Solenysa protrudens Gao et al., 1993; cross (), Solenysa lanyuensis sp. nov.; flag (), Solenysa longqiensis Li & Song, 1992; balloon (), Solenysa yangmingshana sp. nov.; square (), Solenysa melloteei Simon, 1894; triangle (Δ), Solenysa akihisai sp. nov.; diamond (Ɨ), Solenysa partibilis Tu et al., 2007; pentagon (), Solenysa reflexilis Tu et al., 2007.