Ibana senagang, Benjamin, Suresh P., 2014

Benjamin, Suresh P., 2014, Two new species of Pharta Thorell, 1891 with the description of Ibana senagang gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae: Thomisidae), Zootaxa 3894 (1), pp. 177-182 : 181-182

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.15
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BBB22865-1C05-4D52-97B4-53C4E4DDDBF6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6129451
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/600987CC-A635-FFE5-22C0-A5C0FED9FDF9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ibana senagang
status	sp. nov.

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Ibana senagang View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 1 View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F G, 3A–C

Type material: Holotype ♂ from MALAYSIA: Borneo: Crocker Range (CR) National Park, 5° 21.875' N 116° 01.582' E, Ulu Senagang , canopy fogging Dendrocnidae sp., leg. A. Floren, 17 August 2009, not well preserved, some legs missing ( RMNH.ARA.15920).

Other material examined. MALAYSIA: Borneo: 1 ♀, West Sabah, 6º06' N 116º50' E, Sorinsim, 5 year old adjacent secondary forest, Loc 34, canopy fogging of Melochia umbellata (Sterculiaceae) , tree 10 fog 2, A. Floren, 11 March 1997, not well preserved, some legs missing ( RMNH.ARA.15910).

Etymology. The species name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. See diagnosis of the genus above.

Description. Male: Total length: 3.5; prosoma length: 1.7, width: 1.4. Leg I: femur 1.5, patella 0.5, tibia 1.5, metatarsus 1.4, tarsus 1.1. Leg II: femur 2.3, patella 0.6, tibia 2.4. Leg formula 2143. Coloration and markings as in Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F G, prosoma, brown, no markings. Opisthosoma yellow, white patches, faded folium visible in the center ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F G). Possibly greenish in life with a colored folium. ALE> PLE> PME> AME. AER, PER recurved, eyes on mounds. Mounds not converging.

Palp as in Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A. Conductor reduced in size; less than half the size of the cymbium, sperm ducts with several turns. RTA hook-shaped, tibia furnished with 3 thick long spines. Cymbium without trichobothria. Female: prosoma length: 1.7, width: 1.4; pisthosoma length: 1.0. Coloration and markings as in Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – C, E – F G. Epigynum and vulva as in Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 B, 3C. Spermathecae kidney shaped and with relatively longer copulatory ducts.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Remarks. Males and females are grouped based on appearance and should be assessed when more material is available.