Pimoa dongjiu Zhang & Li, 2021

Xu, Hao, Zhang, Xiaoqing, Yao, Zhiyuan, Ali, Abid & Li, Shuqiang, 2021, Thirty-five new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Pan-Himalaya, ZooKeys 1029, pp. 1-92 : 1

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1029.64080

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/12EB1E82-3EE0-4060-9E75-496C980BBCF4

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scientific name

Pimoa dongjiu Zhang & Li
status

sp. nov.

Pimoa dongjiu Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 9 View Figure 9 , 10 View Figure 10 , 54 View Figure 54 , 59 View Figure 59

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS-Ar41938), China, Tibet, Nyingchi, Bayi District, Lunang Town, Dongjiu Village, 29.82°N, 94.74°E, ca. 3117 m, 29.IX.2020, Z. Chen leg. Paratype: 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar41939), China, Tibet, Nyingchi, Bomi County, Yuri Township, the bridge in Dazeshan Village, 30.28°N, 95.28°E, ca. 3199 m, 27.IX.2020, Z. Chen leg.

Etymology.

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

Diagnosis.

The male of Pimoa dongjiu sp. nov. resembles those of P. anatolica Hormiga, 1994 (see Xu and Li 2007: 484, figs 1-8) and P. lihengae (see Griswold et al. 1999: 93, figs 15-17) but can be distinguished by the embolus beginning at the 6:30 o’clock position with a short, slender spine proximally (Fig. 54C View Figure 54 ) (vs. beginning at the 6:00 o’clock position, without a spine in P. anatolica and P. lihengae ), by having the pimoid embolic process longer than the embolus, distally serrate and with scales (Fig. 54C View Figure 54 ) (vs. shorter than embolus, with a short, sharp branch in P. anatolica and shorter than embolus in P. lihengae ), and also distinguished from P. lihengae by the broad cymbial denticulate process (Fig. 54C View Figure 54 ) (vs. distally bent). The female of P. dongjiu sp. nov. resembles those of P. lihengae (see Griswold et al. 1999: 93, figs 18-21) and P. wanglangensis (see Yuan et al. 2019: 27, fig. 22A-H) but can be distinguished by the distally blunt dorsal plate (Fig. 10B View Figure 10 ) (vs. distally narrow in P. lihengae and P. wanglangensis ) and also from P. wanglangensis by the unseparated spermathecae (Fig. 10A View Figure 10 ) (vs. slightly separated).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length -. Carapace missing. Abdomen 2.38 long, 1.44 wide. Legs missing. Abdomen grey with yellowish transverse bands, nearly oval. Palp (Figs 9A, B View Figure 9 , 54C View Figure 54 ): patella short, ca. 1/2 of tibial length, with one retrolateral macroseta; tibia short, subequal to cymbial length, with several macrosetae and a dorsal process; paracymbium short, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length, hook-shaped; pimoid cymbial sclerite U-shaped, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length; cymbial denticulate process broad, with more than 8 cuspules; median apophysis slender; conductor distinct; pimoid embolic process broad, robust, distally serrate and with scales, longer than embolus; embolus beginning at the 7:00 o’clock position, with short, slender spine proximally; embolic tooth absent.

Female (paratype): Total length 4.51. Carapace 2.02 long, 1.69 wide. Abdomen 2.49 long, 1.47 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.15, PME 0.12, PLE 0.14; AME-AME 0.07, AME-ALE 0.05, PME-PME 0.11, PME-PLE 0.13. Legs missing. Habitus as in Fig. 10E-G View Figure 10 . Carapace yellowish; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen greyish with yellowish transverse bands. Epigyne (Fig. 10A-D View Figure 10 ): subtriangular; ventral plate broad, width subequal to length; dorsal plate tongue shaped, distally blunt; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae oval, unseparated; fertilization ducts yellowish, laterally oriented.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality, Tibet, China (Fig. 59 View Figure 59 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pimoidae

Genus

Pimoa