Paracymboides aduncus, V. & Tanasevitch, 2011
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5962/bhl.part.117817 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D26B57-9F66-9945-FF57-FA63FD93FF51 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Paracymboides aduncus |
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sp. nov. |
Paracymboides aduncus View in CoL sp. n. Figs 68-72, 116
HOLOTYPE: Ƌ, INDIA, Tamil Nadu, Palni Hills, 23 km W of Kodaikanal, Lake Berijam , 2150 m a.s.l., Rhododendron forest, sifting litter; 14. X1.1972; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [26].
PARATYPES: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, INDIA, Kerala, Cardamom Hills , 13 km NE of Munnar, 1900 m a.s.l., forest, sifting litter; 26.XI.1972; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [51]. – 1 ♀, Cardamom Hills,
near Munnar, Muttapatti, 1700 m a.s.l, forest, sifting litter under tree ferns; 24.XI.1972; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [1972/48].
ETYMOLOGY: The species name is a Latin adjective meaning “hook-shaped”, referring to the shape of the palpal tibia outgrowth.
DIAGNOSIS: The new species can be easily recognizable by the peculiar shape of the male palpal tibia.
DESCRIPTION: Male (holotype). Total length 1.55. Carapace 0.68 long, 0.55 wide, unmodified, pale reddish brown, with a narrow black margin. Chelicerae 0.23 long, unmodified. Legs pale brown. Leg I 2.08 long (0.58+0.18+0.50+0.45+0.37), IV 2.13 long (0.60+0.20+0.55+0.43+0.35). Chaetotaxy 1.1.1.1, spines weak, their length a little more than diameter of segment. TmI 0.31. Metatarsus IV without trichobothrium. Palp (Figs 68-71): Palpal tibia with a long and narrow outgrowth starting at retrolateral side and running orthogonally of main palpal axis to prolateral side. Paracymbium very long, narrow, strongly curved. Distal suprategular apophysis short, wide and rounded. Median membrane very long, protruded forward and covering distal part of embolus. Radical part of embolic division elongate and lacking outgrowths. Base of embolus wide, bent 180º, embolus very long, narrow, slightly curved. Abdomen 0.90 long, 0.58 wide, dark grey.
Female. Total length 1.58. Carapace 0.63 long, 0.53 wide. Chelicerae 0.18 long, unmodified. Leg I 1.99 long (0.50+0.18+0.48+0.45+0.38), IV 2.17 long (0.63+0.20+ 0.58+0.43+0.33). TmI 0.32. Epigyne and vulvae as shown in Figs 72, 116. Body and leg coloration, as well as chaetotaxy, as in male.
TAXONOMIC REMARKS: Paracymboides aduncus sp. n. is similar to its only known congener, P. tibialis sp. n.; see above.
DISTRIBUTION: Southern India.
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