Murricia caishen, Lin & Li, 2022
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https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.2022204 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CAC2F9CD-8E07-414D-90C4-2ED93492B466 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7172152 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A857879F-A940-FFA3-56F3-BF80FEEDFE04 |
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Murricia caishen |
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sp. nov. |
Murricia caishen View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 1F View Figure 1 , 8–9 View Figure 8 View Figure 9 )
Type material. Holotype ♀ (IZCAS-Ar42723), China, Hainan, Wuzhishan City, Wuzhishan Nature Reserve , 18.9070°N, 109.6792°E, elev. ca 744 m, 8.VIII.2007, Shuqiang Li leg. GoogleMaps
Diagnosis. The female of the new species resembles all Murricia species by the central part of the copulatory duct expanded, the primary spermathecae slender, with complex folding ( Figs 8A–B View Figure 8 ), and the secondary spermathecae with multiple branches with spherical end.
Description. Female holotype ( Figs 1F View Figure 1 , 8 View Figure 8 ). Total length 5.76. Carapace 2.41 long, 3.12 wide. Clypeus height 0.27, brown anteriorly. Chelicerae yellow-brown, terminus dark brown, with five retromarginal denticles. Eye area dark brown around PME and PLE; eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.19, ALE 0.04, PME 0.11, PLE 0.10, AME–AME 0.06, AME–ALE 0.13, PME–PME 0.13, PME–PLE 0.12, AME–PME 0.05, ALE–PLE 0.09. Legs yellow-brown, with black stripe. Leg measurements: leg I: 13.28 (3.76 + 3.82 + 3.06 +2.03 + 0.61), leg II: 14.42 (4.04 + 4.36 + 3.33 + 2.14 + 0.55), leg III: 5.00 (1.57 + 1.62 + 1.14 + 0.67), leg IV: 12.47 (3.59 + 3.43 + 3.07 + 1.79 + 0.59). Leg formula: 2143. Abdomen 3.12 long, 4.29 wide, yellow-brown, middle with a black horizontal stripe; laterally black.
Epigyne ( Fig. 8 View Figure 8 ). Epigynal field triangular. Median septum absent. Copulatory openings located posteriorly, conspicuous, separated. Copulatory ducts long and slender. Two pairs of spermathecae; primary spermathecae slender, complexly coiled, secondary spermathecae short; spermathecal ducts short. Fertilization ducts paddle-shaped.
Etymology. The species is named after Caishen, the god of prosperity and profit in Chinese culture; noun.
Distribution. Known only from the type locality.
Funding The study was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (31972869).
Acknowledgements The English was checked by Sarah Crews. Guo Tang, Guo Zheng, Qingyuan Zhao, Zhigang Chen, Jianglang Wu, Francesco Ballarin and Yunchun Li helped in field collections. Wenhui Zhu helped checking paratypes of Hersilia yunnanensis .
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