Sinoalaria bicornis (Lin, Li & Jaeger , 2014)

Zhang, Jianshuang, Feng, Chengcheng, Yu, Hao & Lin, Yucheng, 2023, A review of the spider genus Sinoalaria (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae), with the descriptions of four new species and two new combinations, ZooKeys 1173, pp. 307-338 : 307

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1173.105123

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scientific name

Sinoalaria bicornis (Lin, Li & Jaeger , 2014)
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Sinoalaria bicornis (Lin, Li & Jaeger, 2014) View in CoL

Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 2 View Figure 2 , 17 View Figure 17

Alaria bicornis Lin, Li & Jäger, 2014: 90, figs 11A-D, 12A-F, 13A-E, 14A-C, 15A-F, 16A-C (♂♀).

Sinoalaria bicornis : Zhao and Li 2014: 41.

Material examined.

2♂ 6♀, Laos: Vien Tiane Province , Vang Vieng District : 13.2 km north of Vieng keo Village, Tham Hoy, 19°02.352'N, 102°25.422'E, 256 m, 3.XII.2012, Z. Yao and S. Li leg. GoogleMaps ; 4♂ 12♀, 11.95 km north of Vieng keo Village, Pha Thao Cave, 19°01.752'N, 102°25.956'E, 290 m, 3.XII.2012, Z. Yao and S. Li leg. GoogleMaps ; 3♂ 8♀, 10.37 km north of Vieng keo Village, Kieo Cave, 19°00.882'N, 102°25.902'E, 286 m, 2.XII.2012, Z. Yao and S. Li leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♂ 7♀, 4.01 km north of Vieng keo Village, Lom Cave, 18°57.456'N, 102°26.244'E, 314 m, 2.XII.2012, Z. Yao and S. Li leg. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis.

Males of S. bicornis resemble those of S. xiaotu sp. nov. in the general shape of the male palp. The palps of the two species share the similarly short median apophysis which is ≤ 1/2 of tegulum length, and the indistinct embolic base (Figs 1A, B View Figure 1 , 15A-C View Figure 15 ) (median apophysis relatively large,> 1/2 of tegulum, embolic base prominently visible in all other congeners, including S. chengguanensis and S. chi sp. nov., etc.; Figs 5 View Figure 5 , 7 View Figure 7 ), but differ in the following: (1) cymbium basally with a cluster of eight setae in S. bicornis (six setae in S. xiaotu sp. nov.) (cf. Fig. 1B View Figure 1 and Fig. 15B View Figure 15 ); (2) median apophysis relatively larger, ca 1/2 of tegulum length in S. bicornis (extremely small, ≤ 1/3 of tegulum length in S. xiaotu sp. nov.) (cf. Fig. 1A, C, D View Figure 1 and Fig. 15A, C View Figure 15 ); (3) conductor with a nearly triangular, relatively blunt apex in S. bicornis (with a needle-shaped, sharper apex in S. xiaotu sp. nov.) (cf. Fig. 1A, C, D View Figure 1 and Fig. 15 A-C View Figure 15 ). Females resemble those of S. cavernicola and S. chi sp. nov. in having a distinctly long, narrow, completely membranous, and rugose scape (scape either relatively short and wide, or heavily sclerotized, not rugose in other Sinoalaria species, such as S. shuidi sp. nov. and S. xiaotu sp. nov.; Figs 14C, D, E View Figure 14 , 16E, F View Figure 16 ), but can be distinguished from S. cavernicola and S. chi sp. nov. by the scape apically with two notch (only with a hood in S. cavernicola and S. chi sp. nov.) (cf. Fig. 2E, F View Figure 2 and Figs 4E, F View Figure 4 , 8E, F View Figure 8 ), ventral and anterior folds of copulatory ducts slightly sclerotized (completely membranous in S. cavernicola and S. chi sp. nov.) (cf. Fig. 2G View Figure 2 and Figs 4G View Figure 4 , 8G View Figure 8 ).

Description.

See Lin et al. (2014). Male palp as in Fig. 1 View Figure 1 , epigyne as in Fig. 2E-G View Figure 2 , and habitus as in Fig. 2A-D View Figure 2 .

Distribution.

Laos (Fig. 17 View Figure 17 ).