Pararana gaofani Lin & Li, 2022

Lin, Yejie, Zhao, Huifeng, Koh, Joseph K H & Li, Shuqiang, 2022, Taxonomy notes on twenty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia, Zoological Systematics 47 (3), pp. 198-270 : 217

Pararana gaofani Lin & Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 17–18 )

Diagnosis. Same as for the genus.

Description. Male (holotype, Fig. 18 ). Total length 1.91. Carapace 0.74 long, 0.62 wide. Abdomen 1.07 long, 0.67 wide. Leg measurements: I 5.59 (1.56, 1.90, 1.32, 0.81), II 4.22 (1.13, 1.41, 0.97, 0.71), III - (1.04, -, -, -), IV - (1.35, -, -, -). Carapace light brown. Eyes six. Median groove, cervical grooves, and radial furrows distinct. Abdomen grey, ovoid.

Palp ( Fig. 17 ). Femur with rows of short spines ventrally, dorsally and prolaterally; patella expanded, with five short spines. Cymbium with transverse depression at the middle. Bulb with knife-shaped embolus and three sclerites: horn-like median apophysis and conductor, directed dorsally. Retrolateral lobe leaf shaped, directed retrolaterally.

Female. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ♀ (IZCAS-Ar43265), China: Jiangsu, Zhenjiang City, Jurong City , Baohua Mount. (32.1322°N, 119.0915°E), 13 December 2020, F. Gao leg.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Etymology. The species is named after Mr. Fan Gao, the collector of the holotype; noun (name) in genitive case.

Figures

Figure 17. Pararana gaofani Lin & Li, sp. nov., holotype male, left palp. A. Prolateral view; B. Retrolateral view; C. Ventral view. Abbreviations: C—conductor; E—embolus; MA—median apophysis; RL—retrolateral lobe. Scale bars=0.1mm.

Figure 18. Pararana gaofani Lin & Li, sp. nov., holotype, male. A. Live specimen; B. Habitus, dorsal view. Scale bar: B=0.3mm.