Telema bella, Tong & Li, 2008

Tong, Yanfeng & Li, Shuqiang, 2008, The Spiders Of The Genus Telema (Araneae: Telemidae) From Hainan Island, China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (1), pp. 67-74 : 68-69

Telema bella , new species

( Figs. 1A , 2A–G , 6 )

Holotype. – Male ( IZCAS), Mihou Cave (18 ° 56'N 109 ° 04'E), Datian National Natural Reserve, Dongfang City, Hainan Island, China, coll. Y. Song, X. Han, Y. Tong and G. Deng, 28 Mar.2005.

Paratypes. – 22 females, 28 males ( IZCAS), same data as holotype .

Diagnosis. – The new species is similar to T. dongbei and T. liangxi but can be distinguished from T. dongbei by the presence of eyes, the distinctive cheliceral promarginal teeth and the shape of spermathecae of female, from T. liangxi by the presence of eyes, the presence of cheliceral teeth, the distinctive shape of palpal bulb of males, and the shape of spermathecae of female.

Description. – Males. Total length 0.98–1.07. Carapace 0.48– 0.51 long, 0.39–0.47 wide; abdomen 0.53–0.62 long, 0.41– 0.53 wide. Carapace, legs, sternum, labium, endites and chelicerae yellow. Abdomen usually blue, a few specimens gray. Carapace with pair of setae at clypeus behind eyes, and at middle. Six eyes, anterior row of four eyes nearly straight, AM close together, nearly touching, separated from AL by 2/3 diameter of AL, lateral eyes contiguous. Promargin of fang furrow with one large tooth, one relatively small tooth and three barely visible granulous denticles, retromargin with four barely visible denticles. Legs with dorsal spine at distal end of patella as well as at middle of tibia. Leg measurements: I 2.92 (0.88, 0.16, 0.90, 0.54, 0.44); II 2.51 (0.77, 0.16, 0.75, 0.44, 0.39); III 1.85 (0.58, 0.15, 0.49, 0.33, 0.30); IV 2.23 (0.72, 0.16, 0.60, 0.39, 0.36). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Palp with prolateral cymbial apophysis; bulb oval with one simple apophysis.

Females. Total length 1.05–1.10. Carapace 0.47–0.52 long, 0.42–0.48 wide; abdomen 0.59–0.65 long, 0.48–0.55 wide. Eyes and chelicerae as in male. Leg measurements: I 2.79 (0.85, 0.17, 0.85, 0.47, 0.45); II 2.46 (0.75, 0.16, 0.72, 0.44, 0.39); III 1.84 (0.57, 0.14, 0.49, 0.32, 0.32); IV 2.28 (0.72,

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0.15, 0.62, 0.44, 0.35). Leg formula: I-II-IV-III. Epigynum with one row of hairs on epigynal plate. Spermatheca narrow, long, with distal end curved posteriorly.

Etymology. – The specific name is from Latin “ bella = beautiful”, indicates the beautiful color of abdomen of the species.

Figures

Fig. 1. Dorsal views of Telema spiders: A, T. bella, new species, dorsal view; B, T. breviseta, new species, dorsal view; C, T. dengi, new species, dorsal view; D, T. spina, new species, dorsal view.

Fig. 2. Telema bella, new species: A, female endites, labium and sternum in ventral view; B, male left palp in retrolateral view; C, male left palp in prolateral view; D, female genitalia in ventral view; E, colulus; F, female genitalia in dorsal view; G, chelicerae in ventral view. Scale bars: A = 0.2 mm; B, C, F, G = 0.1 mm; D, E = 0.05 mm.

Fig. 6. Collection localities of Telema spiders in Hainan, China.