Pholcus arcuatilis, Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2013

Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2013, New and little known pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Laos, Zootaxa 3709 (1), pp. 1-51 : 41-43

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:496843C1-1D75-4B55-BFF2-370ECBAC11BB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6158991

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87D2-FF95-FFD0-FF27-FAA413010FC4

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Plazi

scientific name

Pholcus arcuatilis
status

sp. nov.

Pholcus arcuatilis View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 34 View FIGURE 34 , 41 View FIGURE 41

Type material. Holotype: Female ( IZCAS), Tham Pha Yot [17°32.956′N, 104°48.761′E, alt. 151 m], 17.03 km north of Thakhek Town, Ban Kouanphavang Khammouane, Laos, 25 November 2012, leg. S. Li (Li-LA 041).

Etymology. The specific name is from Latin arcuatilis (shaped like a bow), in reference to the shape of outgrowth of epigynum; adjective.

Diagnosis. The species can be easily distinguished from all known congeners by narrow median stripe behind ocular area ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 34 C), bow-shaped outgrowth of epigynum ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 34 A) and different shape of pore plates ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 34 B).

Description. Female (holotype): Total length 5.00 (5.13 with clypeus), prosoma 1.35 long, 1.54 wide, opisthosoma 3.65 long, 1.88 wide. Leg I: 44.82 (10.58 + 0.71 + 11.03 + 20.00 + 2.50), leg II: 28.98 (7.37 + 0.65 + 7.37 + 12.18 + 1.41), leg III: 20.97 (5.90 + 0.64 + 5.13 + 8.27 + 1.03), leg IV: 28.73 (8.21 + 0.64 + 6.99 + 11.54 + 1.35); tibia I L/d: 76. Habitus as in Figs 34 View FIGURE 34 C–E. Dorsal shield of prosoma yellowish, with a brown, narrow median stripe behind ocular area; sternum yellowish. Legs yellowish, but whitish on distal parts of tibiae, without darker rings. Opisthosoma yellowish, without spots. Distance PME-PME 0.28, diameter PME 0.08, distance PME-ALE 0.01, AME reduced to small pigment spots. Ocular area elevated. Thoracic furrow absent. Sternum wider than long (0.94/0.88). Epigynum ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 34 A) brown, with distinct patterns and a bow-shaped outgrowth. Vulva ( Fig. 34 View FIGURE 34 B) with a sclerotized arch anteriorly and a pair of pore plates. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 6%; legs with short vertical hairs on metatarsi and tarsi, without spines and curved hairs; tarsus I with more than 30 distinct pseudosegments.

Variation: Unknown.

Male: Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 41 View FIGURE 41 ).

IZCAS

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pholcidae

Genus

Pholcus

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