Sinopoda konglor, Grall & Jäger, 2020

Grall, Elena & Jäger, Peter, 2020, Forty-seven new species of Sinopoda from Asia with a considerable extension of the distribution range to the South and description of a new species group (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae), Zootaxa 4797 (1), pp. 1-101 : 37

Sinopoda konglor spec. nov.

Figs 23 a–b, 59 g–h

Type material: Holotype: female ( SD 1586 ), LAOS: Khammouan Province: Phou Hin Boun NPA, Tham Kong Lor , N17°57’18’’, E104°45’47’’, 200 m, ca. 3 km inside limestone cave with underground river, 27 September 2010, P. Schwendinger leg., field number LT-10/19 ( MHNG).

Etymology: The species name is derived from the name of the Kong Lor Cave in Laos where the type was recorded; term in apposition.

Diagnosis: Females of S. konglor spec. nov. are similar to those of S. mi and S. nuda in having the glandular appendages situated medially. They can be distinguished from them by 1. lateral lobes with additional rims (without rims in S. mi and S. nuda ), 2. spermathecae with anterior part wider than posterior part (posterior part wider than anterior part in S. mi and S. nuda ), 3. fertilization ducts situated postero-laterally (situated postero-medially in S. mi and S. nuda ) and 4. presence of a sclerotized structure between the anterior part of the spermathecae (missing in S. mi and S. nuda ).

Description: Female (holotype): Total length 11.00; prosoma 5.50 long, 4.60 wide, anterior width of prosoma 3.20; opisthosoma 5.50 long, 3.00 wide. Eye measurements: AME 0.14; ALE 0.18; PME 0.10; PLE 0.21; AME– AME 0.23; AME–ALE 0.14; PME–PME 0.34; PME–PLE 0.55; AME–PME 0.32; ALE–PLE 0.48; clypeus AME 0.31; clypeus ALE 0.32. Leg formula: 2143. Measurements of palp and legs: palp: 9.50 (2.90, 1.60, 2.20, 2.80); I: 26.60 (7.20, 3.10, 7.60, 6.70, 2.00); II: 29.10 (8.00, 3.20, 8.60, 7.10, 2.20); III: 25.30 (7.30, 2.70, 7.00, 6.40, 1.90); IV: 26.40 (7.40, 2.60, 7.30, 6.90, 2.20). Spination: palp: 131, 101, 2121, 2124; legs: Fe I–III 323, IV 331; Pa I–IV 000; Ti I–II 1026, III–IV 2026; Mt I–II 0004, III 2016, IV 3036. Cheliceral furrow with 3 anterior and 4 posterior teeth.

Colouration in ethanol: Prosoma yellow, anterior part darker, antero-lateral margin reddish-brown. Sternum yellowish-white with brown margin. Opisthosoma grey, anterior part with white longitudinal stripe, medially with brown spots, posterior part without pattern, lateral part yellow, ventrally greyish-brown. Chelicerae brown. Palps and legs yellow.

Copulatory organ as in diagnosis. Epigynal field wider than long with two long anterior bands and two slit sensilla. Epigynal pockets running from latero-posterior to medio-anterior. Lateral lobes distinctively bulged ventrally at posterior half. Fusion bubbles situated anteriorly and posteriorly on epigyne. Internal duct system longer than wide. Spermathecae fused along median line on posterior half. Glandular appendages short, extending posteriorly on posterior half of the internal duct system and bent postero-laterally. Hourglass-shaped sclerotized structure between anterior part of spermathecae. Fertilization ducts slender and curved.

Male: Unknown.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 23 a–b. Sinopoda konglor spec. nov., holotype female from Tham Kong Lor, copulatory organ. A Epigyne, ventral; b Vulva, dorsal.