Mughiphantes jaegeri, Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006, On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 1325, pp. 277-311 : 285-287

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273569
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6492866
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/724CE150-2F6F-FFD7-9D01-F9DC3D7460A9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mughiphantes jaegeri
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Mughiphantes jaegeri View in CoL sp. n.

Figs 25–28 View FIGURES 23 – 28

Material. Holotype ♂ ( SMF), China, Shaanxi Prov., S flanks of Taibai Shan, above Houshenzi, mixed coniferous/ Rhododendron forest, 3050 m, 12.–13.VI.1997, leg. P. Jäger & J. Martens. Paratypes: 1 ♂, 4 Ψ ( SMF), same locality, 14.–15.VI.1997, leg. P. Jäger & J. Martens.

Diagnosis. The new species differs from congeners by a combination of the following characters: distal part of paracymbium Vshaped, lamella characteristica threebranched, opisthosomal pattern absent.

Etymology. The species honours Dr Peter Jäger, the wellknown German arachnologist who collected the type material of this species.

Description. Male. Total length––2.05. Carapace 1.05 long, 0.75 wide, blackish brown. Chelicerae 0.38 long. Legs pale reddishbrown without median bands. Leg I, 3.90 long (0.90+0.25+1.15+0.95+0.65), IV––3.09 long (0.83+0.23+0.73+0.75+0.55). Chaetotaxy. Ti I–II: 2110; III–IV: 21(0)1(0)0. Mt I–IV: 1000. TmI––0.23. Palp ( Figs 25–26 View FIGURES 23 – 28 ): Cymbium with a small posterodorsal elevation carrying two small hooks. Distal part of paracymbium Vshaped. Lamella characteristica with tree branches: two short and pointed, main branch widened distally, with teeth of different size apically. Opisthosoma 1.25 long, 0.85 wide, black, dorsal pattern absent.

Female. Total length––2.13. Carapace 1.00 long, 0.65 wide. Chelicerae 0.45 long. Leg I, 3.46 long (0.90+0.25+0.83+0.85+0.63), IV––3.02 long (0.88+0.23+0.68+0.75+0.48). TmI––0.23. Opisthosoma 1.75 long, 0.98 wide. Epigyne ( Figs 27–28 View FIGURES 23 – 28 ): Scape widened in middle part, forming acute lateral angles. Stretcher rounded. Posterior median plate narrow, Vshaped. Body and leg colouration, chaetotaxy as in male.