Zhuanlema peteri Zhao & Li, 2020

Zhao, Huifeng, Li, Shuqiang & Zhang, Aibing, 2020, Taxonomic revision of Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from East and Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 933, pp. 15-93 : 15

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.933.38653

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AE87B5CF-9728-466B-AB05-6BFFFED802D4

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C8F4AC29-E5E1-4486-87BE-756E7954150D

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Zhuanlema peteri Zhao & Li
status

sp. nov.

Zhuanlema peteri Zhao & Li sp. nov. Figures 28 View Figure 28 , 29 View Figure 29 , 33 View Figure 33

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ (SMF): Laos, Luang Prabang Province, NE Luang Prabang, Nam Ou, Nong Khiao, Tham Pathok, 20.5514N, 102.6321E, elevation ca. 373 m, 13.III.2007, P. Jäger leg. Paratypes: 1♂ and 2♀ (SMF), same data as holotype.

Other material examined.

1♀ (molecular voucher, IZCAS), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The species is named in honor of Peter Jäger (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), a prolific spider taxonomist.

Diagnosis.

See genus diagnosis.

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length unknown. Carapace 0.49 long, 0.41 wide. Abdomen lost. Carapace brown (Fig. 28A View Figure 28 ). Six eyes ringed with black (Fig. 28A View Figure 28 ). Chelicerae, legs, labium, and endites brown. Sternum light brown with sparse setae. Glands belt-shaped, leg measurements: I 2.44 (0.71, 0.14, 0.73, 0.46, 0.40); II 2.23 (0.67, 0.14, 0.61, 0.43, 0.38); III 1.65 (0.49, 0.14, 0.43, 0.31, 0.28); IV 2.20 (0.65, 0.15, 0.61, 0.44, 0.35).

Palp: tibia 2.15 times longer than patella, cymbium 2.80 times longer than tibia, two times longer than femur. Cymbium bent, cymbial apophysis tiny, about 1/4 of cymbial base width (Fig. 28C View Figure 28 ); bulb shaped as in Fig. 28C, D View Figure 28 with very long and twisted embolus, bent at right-angle dorsally on bulb (arrow 1 in Fig. 28D View Figure 28 ). Embolus with a right-angled bend (arrow 2 in Fig. 28D View Figure 28 ), its tip twisted and sclerotized slightly (Fig. 28C, D View Figure 28 ), spiral ridge originates from base of embolus (Fig. 28B View Figure 28 ).

Female: Total length 1.18. Carapace 0.49 long, 0.43 wide. Abdomen 0.63 long, 0.56 wide. Coloration as in male (Fig. 29B, C View Figure 29 ). Leg measurements: I 2.57 (0.77, 0.15, 0.77, 0.48, 0.40); II 2.34 (0.71, 0.14, 0.67, 0.44, 0.38); III 1.72 (0.54, 0.12, 0.45, 0.33, 0.28); IV 2.32 (0.71, 0.13, 0.66, 0.47, 0.35). Abdomen dark brown. Endogyne as in Fig. 29A View Figure 29 , receptacle with sclerotized tube inside, comma-shaped, swollen distally, distal part of receptacle two times wider than neck.

Distribution.

Laos (Luang Prabang, site 20 in Fig. 33 View Figure 33 ), known only from the type locality.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Order

Araneae

Family

Telemidae

Genus

Zhuanlema