Chanea Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009

Miller, Jeremy, Griswold, Charles & Yin, Chang, 2009, The symphytognathoid spiders of the Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Araneoidea): Systematics and diversity of micro-orbweavers, ZooKeys 11 (11), pp. 9-195 : 54

Genus Chanea Miller, Griswold & Yin , gen. n.

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Type species. Chanea suukyii Miller, Griswold & Yin , sp. n.

Etymology. Derived from the Chinese word for coil (chán). The gender is feminine.

Diagnosis. Male distinguished from other mysmenids by the long coiled embolus ( Figs 49A , 51B), the entire distal part of the cymbium ( Fig. 49A ), the widely spaced anterior median eyes, and pair of macrosetae on the clypeus ( Fig. 52B ). Female distinguished by the long copulatory ducts coiled around the fertilization ducts ( Fig. 49C ).

Species. Chanea suukyii , sp. n.

Figures

Figure 49. Chanea suukyii sp. n. from Maku ridge. A, male palp, prolateral; B, male palp, retrolateral; C, cleared vulva, dorsal view. CB: cymbium; CD: copulatory duct; E: embolus; FD: fertilization duct; S: spermatheca; T: tegulum.

Figure 52. Chanea suukyii sp. n. from Maku ridge, SEM. A, female prosoma, lateral; B, male prosoma, lateral; C, epigynum; D, female spinnerets; E, female ALS; F, female PLS, arrow indicates modified PLS seta. AG: aggregate gland spigot; ALS: anterior lateral spinneret; FL: flagelliform gland spigot; MAP: major ampullate gland spigot; n: nubbin; PI: piriform gland spigot; PLS:posterior lateral spinneret; PMS: posterior median spinneret; t: tartipore.