Pimoa tengchong Zhang & Li, 2021

Xu, Hao, Zhang, Xiaoqing, Yao, Zhiyuan, Ali, Abid & Li, Shuqiang, 2021, Thirty-five new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Pan-Himalaya, ZooKeys 1029, pp. 1-92 : 1

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1029.64080

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E59264E1-F0E6-4792-AE36-BE5A5EEB1083

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scientific name

Pimoa tengchong Zhang & Li
status

sp. nov.

Pimoa tengchong Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 44 View Figure 44 , 45 View Figure 45 , 57 View Figure 57 , 59 View Figure 59

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS-Ar42003), China, Yunnan, Tengchong, Xincheng District, Luoshui Cave, 25.34°N, 98.54°E, ca. 1937 m, 15.VII.2016, Y. Li leg. Paratypes: 2♀ (IZCAS-Ar42004-Ar42005), same data as holotype.

Etymology.

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

Diagnosis.

The male of Pimoa tengchong sp. nov. resembles those of P. binchuanensis (see Zhang and Li 2019: 3, fig. 1A-C) and P. duiba (see Zhang et al. 2020: 84, fig. 3A-C) but can be distinguished from P. binchuanensis by the short, broad cymbial denticulate process (Fig. 57C View Figure 57 ) (vs. broad and long) and by the distally pointed pimoid embolic process (Fig. 57C View Figure 57 ) (vs. tip with fine granulations) and distinguished from P. duiba by the embolus without a spine (Fig. 57C View Figure 57 ) (vs. with a short, slender spine proximally) and by the distally curved pimoid cymbial sclerite (Fig. 57C View Figure 57 ) (vs. nearly V-shaped). The female of P. tengchong sp. nov. resembles P. duiba (see Zhang et al. 2020: 84, fig. 4A-D) but can be distinguished by the triangular dorsal plate (Fig. 45B View Figure 45 ) (vs. tongue-shaped) and by the medially located fertilization ducts separated by ca. 1/2 width of the dorsal plate (Fig. 45B View Figure 45 ) (vs. smaller separation).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length -. Carapace missing. Abdomen 2.31 long, 1.22 wide. Abdomen black with yellow transverse chevrons, nearly oval. Legs missing. Palp (Figs 44A, B View Figure 44 , 57C View Figure 57 ): patella short, ca. 1/2 of tibial length; tibia short, ca. 1/2 of cymbial length, with several macrosetae and a dorsal process; paracymbium short, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length, hook shaped; pimoid cymbial sclerite L-shaped, distally curved, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length; cymbial denticulate process short and broad, with more than 11 cuspules; median apophysis slender; conductor distinct; pimoid embolic process distally pointed, longer than embolus; embolus beginning at the 7:30 o’clock position, suddenly narrowing distally; embolic tooth absent.

Female (paratype): Total length 4.91. Carapace 2.28 long, 1.80 wide. Abdomen 2.63 long, 2.66 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.18, PME 0.16, PLE 0.15; AME-AME 0.11, AME-ALE 0.07, PME-PME 0.11, PME-PLE 0.12. Leg measurements: I: 11.62 (3.28, 4.31, 2.97, 1.06); II: 9.92 (2.97, 3.44, 2.56, 0.95); III: 7.05 (2.15, 2.24, 1.72, 0.94); IV: 9.68 (2.81, 3.23, 2.44, 1.20). Habitus as in Fig. 45E-G View Figure 45 . Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands. Legs yellowish with black annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 45A-D View Figure 45 ): triangular; ventral plate broad, width subequal to length; dorsal plate triangular, with a tip distally; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae oval, with small separation; fertilization ducts membranous, laterally oriented.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality, Yunnan, China (Fig. 59 View Figure 59 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pimoidae

Genus

Pimoa