Pholcus kottawagamaensis Yao & Li
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DAAC6295-BDB3-4AAC-8BA1-498505F2858E |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3508796 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/110D0059-FFDC-2B14-FF08-FAB94F8844DD |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Pholcus kottawagamaensis Yao & Li |
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sp. nov. |
Pholcus kottawagamaensis Yao & Li View in CoL sp. nov.
Figs 5–6 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6
Type material. Holotype: male, Kottawagama Village (06°05.822′N, 80°18.560′E, elevation 63 m), Yabbalamulla, Galle District, Sri Lanka, 14 October 2014, Z. Yao and Q. Zhao leg. Paratypes: 1 male and 3 females, same data as holotype.
Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.
Diagnosis. This species resembles P. maturata Huber, 2011 (see Huber 2011: 177, figs 745–748, 777–778, 805–808) in having a similar procursus ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 A–B) and female genitalia ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 A) but can be distinguished by the relatively long proximo-lateral apophyses on the male chelicerae ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 D) and by the presence of a slender subproximal apophysis and the absence of subdistal apophyses on appendix ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 C).
Description. Male (holotype): Total length 4.42 (4.55 with clypeus), carapace 0.81 long, 0.98 wide, opisthosoma 3.44 long, 0.65 wide. Leg I: 49.96 (11.54 + 0.48 + 10.64 + 24.74 + 2.56), leg II: 30.53 (7.37 + 0.44 + 7.69 +13.78 + 1.25), leg III: 14.83 (4.23 + 0.39 + 3.68 + 5.71 + 0.82), leg IV missing; tibia I L/d: 97. Distance PME-PME 0.09; diameter PME 0.13; distance PME-ALE 0.04; AME absent. Sternum wider than long (0.64/0.52). Habitus as in Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 E–F. Carapace dark brown, ocular area dark brown; sternum dark brown. Legs yellowish, patellae, distal part of tibiae, and proximal parts of metatarsi dark brown, darker rings absent. Opisthosoma yellowish, with dark grey spots dorsally and laterally. Ocular area elevated; each eye triad on top of a long, laterally directed eye-stalk (as in P. tharnlodensis sp. nov., cf. Fig. 31 View FIGURE 31 A), with small median conical projection in place of AME. Thoracic furrow absent. Chelicerae as in Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 D, with a pair of unsclerotized
proximo-lateral apophyses slightly curved inwards. Pedipalps as in Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 A–B; coxa with a small retrolateroventral apophysis; trochanter with a long ventral apophysis; femur widened proximally; procursus simple proximally but complex distally; appendix with small apophyses distally and a slender branch subproximally; embolus weakly sclerotized; no uncus. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 2.9%; legs with short vertical setae on tibiae, metatarsi and tarsi; without spines and curved setae; tarsus I with approximately seven distinct pseudosegments.
Female: Similar to male, habitus as in Figs 6 View FIGURE 6 G–H. Total length 5.21 (5.45 with clypeus), carapace 1.00 long, 1.06 wide, opisthosoma 4.21 long, 0.83 wide; tibia I: 8.85; tibia I L/d: 60. Distance PME-PME 0.26; diameter PME 0.10; distance PME-ALE 0.05; AME absent. Sternum wider than long (0.70/0.56). Carapace yellowish, with brown U-pattern posteriorly, ocular area yellowish; sternum yellowish. Opisthosoma yellowish. Ocular area without eyestalks and median projections. External genitalia ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 A) with a long knob. Vulva ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 B) with a sclerotized anterior arch and two oval pore plates.
Distribution. Sri Lanka (Galle, type locality; Fig. 32 View FIGURE 32 ).
Natural history. The species was found on the underside of leaves.
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