Meotipa menglun Lin & 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 : 148

Meotipa menglun Lin & Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 49A–C , 50A–D, 53I–J )

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Meotipa vesiculosa Simon, 1895 but can be distinguished by the distally projected conductor and the distally curved E, mostly covered by the C. M. vesiculosa has a glossy, unprojected C ( Zhu, 1998; Yoshida, 2003).

Description. Male (holotype, IZCAS-Ar42469, Figs 49A–C , 50A–D, 53I–J ). Total length 2.25. Prosoma 0.95 long, 0.75 wide, pale yellow, flat. Sternum 0.53 long, 0.50 wide, pale yellow. Opisthosoma 1.23 long, 1.08 wide, pale yellow, with large white spots and tiny dark spots in dorsal view, with 4 strong distal spines. Eyes developed: AME 0.08, ALE 0.08, PME 0.06, PLE 0.06, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.08, PME–PLE 0.06. Clypeus height about 3.13 times AME diameter. Chelicerae with 1 promarginal tooth, retromarginal tooth absent. Leg I femur 2.25, patella 0.45, tibia 0.23, metatarsus 2.58, tarsus 0.75. Patella and tibia II–IV: 1.50, 0.75, 1.52. Leg I pale yellow, femur, tibia and metatarsus with ventral dark spots; femur with lines of weak spines and a strong distal spine; patella with a strong spine; tibia with 2 strong spines. Legs II, III, IV same as leg I.

Palp ( Figs 49A–C , 50A–D) patella and tibia with a strong retrolateral spine; Sp curved in ventral view; C with a distal projection; E curved distally, with a lateral protuberance, mostly covered by C.

Female. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, China: Yunnan, Menglun Nature Reserve (21.9090°N, 101.2867°E; elev. ca. 713 m) 10 August 2007, leg. Guo Zheng (IZCAS-Ar42469).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

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

Figures

Figure 49. Meotipa menglun Lin & Li, sp. nov., holotype male, left palp. A. Prolateral view; B. Ventral view; C. Retrolateral view. Scale bars=0.1mm.

Figure 53. Habitus of six new Theridiidae species, male dorsal view (A–C, E, G–L), lateral view (H, J, L) and female dorsal view (B, D, F, H). A–B. Episinus bonjovi Lin & Li, sp. nov.; C–D, E. jiangweni Lin & Li, sp. nov.; E–F. E. tongyani Lin & Li, sp. nov.; G–H. Meotipa luoqiae Lin & Li, sp. nov.; I–J. M. menglun Lin & Li, sp. nov.; K–L. M. zhengguoi Lin & Li, sp. nov. Scale bars= 1.0mm.