Tmarus qinlingensis Song & Wang, 1994

Zhang, Rui & Zhang, Feng, 2023, Diversity of the genus Tmarus Simon, 1875 from Xiaolong Mountains in western China (Araneae: Thomisidae), Zootaxa 5301 (1), pp. 75-93 : 82

Tmarus qinlingensis Song & Wang, 1994

Figs 22–29

Tmarus qinlingensis Song & Wang, 1994: 48 , figs 3A–C. Tang, Song & Zhu 1995: 17, figs 1A–D; Song & Zhu 1997: 52, figs 29A–D; Song, Zhu & Chen 1999: 500, figs 283L, 284D; Zhu & Zhang 2011: 462, figs 333A–D; Zhang, Peng & Zhang 2022: 302, figs 229A–F.

Material examined. CHINA: Gansu Province: 3♁ 4♀, Tianshui City, Qinzhou district, Niangniangba Town , Baiyin Village , 34°11′39″N, 105°54′1″E, 1648m, 8 August 2021, Rui Zhang leg. ; 2♁ 6♀, Qingshui County, Shanmen Town, Shanmen Village , 34°40′35″N, 106°20′43″E, 1811m, 4 August 2021, Zhaoyi Li leg. ; 1♁ 1♀, Qingshui County, Shanmen Town, Shanmen Village , 34°41′24″N, 106°21′43″E, 1630m, 24 June 2022, Xinyuan Bai leg. ; 5♁ 2♀, Hui County, Jialing Town, Donggou Gorge , 33°38′51″N, 106°17′47″E, 1007m, 8 July 2022, Rui Zhang leg. ; 1♁ 1♀, Liangdang County, Zhangjia Town, Majiayuan Village , 34°7′8″N, 106°28′25″E, 1625m, 17 July 2022, Zhaoyi Li leg. ; 2♁ 2♀, Liangdang County, Jindong Town, Washi gully, 33°54′37″N, 106°20′17″E, 1223m, 21 July 2022, Xinyuan Bai leg.

Diagnosis. See the Tmarus orientalis Schenkel, 1963 diagnosis in this paper.

Description. See Zhang et al. 2022. Male palp as in Figs 26, 27 ; epigyne as in Figs 28, 29 ; habitus as in Figs 22–25 .

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan). Habitat as in Fig. 4 .

Figures

FIGURES 22–25. Tmarus qinlingensis Song & Wang, 1994. 22–23 Male habitus (22 dorsal, 23 ventral); 24–25 Female habitus (24 dorsal, 25 ventral).

FIGURES 26–29. Tmarus qinlingensis Song & Wang, 1994. 26–27 Male palp (26 ventral, 27 retrolateral); 28 Epigynum, ventral view; 29 Vulva, dorsal view.A = atrium; CO = copulatory opening; CD = copulatory duct; E = embolus; FD = fertilization duct; RTA = retrolateral tibial apophysis; S = spermatheca; T = tegulum; VTA = ventral tibial apophysis.

FIGURES 2–9. Habitats of Tmarus speicies treated in this paper. 2 T. orientalis Schenkel, 1963; 3 T. piger Walckenaer, 1802; 4 T. qinlingensis Song & Wang, 1994; 5 T. rimosus Paik, 1973; 6 T. subqinlingensis sp. nov.; 7, 9 T. taibaiensis Song & Wang, 1994; 8 T. zhui Sherwood & Li, 2021.