Pimoa gagna Zhang & Li, 2021

Lin, Yejie, Marusik, Yuri M., Gao, Caixia, Xu, Hao, Zhang, Xiaoqing, Wang, Ziyi, Zhu, Wenhui & Li, Shuqiang, 2021, Twenty-three new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia, Zoological Systematics 46 (2), pp. 91-152 : 120

Pimoa gagna Zhang & Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 25A–G )

Diagnosis. The species P. gagna Zhang & Li , sp. nov. resembles P. indiscreta Hormiga, 1994 (see Hormiga, 1994: 66, figs 248–255) and P. nyingchi Zhang & Li, 2020 (see Zhang et al., 2020: 91, fig. 9) but can be distinguished from P. indiscreta by the laterally oriented pair of FDs (vs. medially oriented in P. indiscreta ) and from P. nyingchi by the S, which are separated by ca. 1/3 of the width of a S (vs. close to each other in P. nyingchi ), and by the distally blunt DP (vs. pointed in P. nyingchi ).

Description. Female (holotype, IZCAS-Ar42426, Figs 25A–G ). Total length 8.64. Carapace 4.16 long, 3.44 wide. Abdomen 4.48 long, 3.96 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.21, ALE 0.20, PME 0.22, PLE 0.22; AME–AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.24, PME–PME 0.19, PME–PLE 0.29. Leg measurements: Leg I 31.09 (8.72 +10.24 + 8.77+ 3.36); leg II 26.85 (7.81 + 8.92 + 7.52 + 2.60); leg III 18.16 (5.64 + 5.84 + 4.92 + 1.76); leg IV 23.97 (7.56 + 7.97 + 6.32 + 2.12). Promargin of chelicerae with 3 teeth, retromargin with 3 teeth. Habitus as in Figs 25E–G . Carapace yellowish; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands. Legs brownish, with black annulations. Epigyne ( Figs 25A–D ): triangular; VP broad, length subequal to width; DPs tongue shaped, longer than wide; C distinct; S nearly oval, separated by ca. 1/3 width of a spermatheca; FDs yellowish, laterally oriented.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ♀, India: Himachal Pradesh, Gagna (28.3000°N, 99.1500°E; elev. ca. 2540 m), 29 September 1999, leg. Klaus Weisshart (IZCAS-Ar42426) . Paratype. 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar42427), same data as holotype .

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

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

Figures

Figure 25. Epigyne and habitus of Pimoa gagna Zhang & Li, sp. nov., female holotype.A.Epigyne, ventral view; B. Schematic course of internal duct system, ventral view; C. Vulva, dorsal view; D. Schematic course of internal duct system, dorsal view; E. Female habitus, dorsal view; F. Female habitus, lateral view; G. Female habitus, ventral view. Scale bars:A–D=0.1mm; E–G=1.0mm.