Pimoa miero 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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scientific name

Pimoa miero Zhang & Li
status

sp. nov.

Pimoa miero Zhang & Li sp. nov. Figures 28 View Figure 28 , 29 View Figure 29 , 56 View Figure 56 , 59 View Figure 59

Type material.

Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS-Ar41973), China, Sichuan, Li County, Miero Town, Siboguo Village, 31.67°N, 102.72°E, ca. 3029 m, 21.XI.2019, Z. Chen leg. Paratypes: 1♂2♀ (IZCAS-Ar41974-Ar41976), China, Sichuan, Gakog County, Sajinse Town, on the way from Mt. Zhegu to Shuama Crossing, 31.93°N, 102.65°E, ca. 3458 m, 20.XI.2019, Z. Chen leg.

Etymology.

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

Diagnosis.

The male of Pimoa miero sp. nov. resembles those of P. jinchuan sp. nov. (Figs 19A, B View Figure 19 , 55C View Figure 55 ), P. trifurcata (see Xu and Li 2007: 496, figs 48-54), and P. yele sp. nov. (Figs 49A, B View Figure 49 , 58A View Figure 58 ) but can be distinguished by the short and broad cymbial denticulate process (Fig. 56B View Figure 56 ) (vs. narrow and longer in P. jinchuan sp. nov. and P. trifurcata and distally pointed in P. yele sp. nov.), and it can also be distinguished from P. jinchuan sp. nov. by a slender spine proximally on the embolus (Fig. 56B View Figure 56 ) (vs. without a spine), from P. trifurcata by the distally bifurcate apex of the pimoid embolic process (Fig. 56B View Figure 56 ) (vs. trifurcate apex), and from P. yele sp. nov. by the embolus beginning at the 5:00 o’clock position (Fig. 56B View Figure 56 ) (vs. 7:00). The female of P. miero sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners except for P. danba sp. nov. (Fig. 7A-D View Figure 7 ) by the length of dorsal plate significantly longer than width (Fig. 29A, B View Figure 29 ) (vs. length subequal to width), and from P. danba sp. nov. by the posterior part of epigyne with two tips (Fig. 29A View Figure 29 ) (vs. without tip).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length 5.25. Carapace 2.47 long, 2.27 wide. Abdomen 2.78 long, 2.44 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.12, ALE 0.14, PME 0.13, PLE 0.15; AME-AME 0.11, AME-ALE 0.13, PME-PME 0.12, PME-PLE 0.16. Leg measurements: I: 28.27 (7.76, 9.57, 8.56, 2.38); II: 22.67 (6.26, 7.84, 6.44, 2.13); III: 15.06 (4.52, 4.76, 4.31, 1.47); IV: 19.01 (5.88, 6.12, 5.38, 1.63). Habitus as in Fig. 29C View Figure 29 . Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen grayish with yellow transverse chevrons, nearly oval. Legs brownish without annulations. Palp (Figs 28A, B View Figure 28 , 56B View Figure 56 ): patella short, ca. 1/2 tibial length, with one retrolateral macroseta; tibia short, ca. 1/2 of cymbial length, with several macrosetae and a dorsal process; paracymbium short, ca. 1/4 of cymbial length, finger-shaped; pimoid cymbial sclerite V-shaped, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length; cymbial denticulate process short and broad, with more than 10 cuspules; median apophysis slender; conductor distinct; pimoid embolic process broad, robust, with distally bifurcate apex with scales, longer than embolus; embolus beginning at 5:00 o’clock position, with a short, slender spine proximally; embolic tooth absent.

Female (paratype): Total length 6.10. Carapace 2.47 long, 2.13 wide. Abdomen 3.63 long, 2.78 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.17, ALE 0.17, PME 0.13, PLE 0.16; AME-AME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.11, PME-PME 0.14, PME-PLE 0.15. Leg measurements: I: 16.18 (4.53, 5.68, 4.28, 1.69); II: 14.11 (3.88, 4.79, 3.78, 1.66); III: 10.90 (3.28, 3.50, 2.84, 1.28); IV: 13.97 (4.19, 4.72, 3.59, 1.47). Habitus as in Fig. 29D, E View Figure 29 . Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands. Legs brownish without annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 29A, B View Figure 29 ): rocket-shaped; ventral and dorsal plate narrow, width ca. 1/3 of length; copulatory openings distinct; spermathecae oval, unseparated; fertilization ducts yellowish, laterally oriented.

Distribution.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Pimoidae

Genus

Pimoa