Pararana mingxuani Yao & Liu, 2024

Wang, Zhong-Jing, Liu, Bin-Lu, Yao, Yan-Bin, Shi, Ying-Ying & Liu, Ke-Ke, 2025, Preliminary survey of midget cave spiders (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from forest ecosystems in southern China with the description of three new species, ZooKeys 1247, pp. 187-205 : 187-205

Pararana mingxuani Yao & Liu, 2024

Fig. 9 A-D

Pararana mingxuani Yao & Liu, in Liu et al. 2024: 317, figs 25 A-D, 26 A-E, 27 A-C, 28 G, H (♂, holotype male from Fujian Province, type deposition in ASM-JGSU).

Material examined.

Holotype: • ♂, China: Fujian Province, Fuzhou City, Yongtai County, Geling Town, Xiyang Village, Tianmen Mountain , 25°49'7.6"N, 119°1'5.07"E, 10. IV. 2023, R. Zhao, J. Gong & M. Wu leg. (Lep-9, ASM-JGSU) . Paratypes: • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Fujian Province, Fuzhou City, Minhou County, Nanyu Town , 25°58'24.05"N, 119°13'15.87"E, 5. VI. 2023, Y. Yao, W. Zhang, M. Wu & R. Zhao leg. (Lep-9, ASM-JGSU) .

Description.

See Liu et al. (2024), palp as in figs 25 B-D, 26 A-E. Palpal bulb as in Fig. 9 A-D : prolateral lobe banded, long; prolateral sclerite slender, gradually tapers distally, approximately two-thirds the length of the conductor; embolus tube-like, short, slightly curved, with a broad base, behind the conductor; median apophysis lamellar, with a net-shaped surface, almost same length as conductor; conductor membranous, with serrulate margin; retrolateral lobe membranous, crescent.

Figures

Figure 9. Pararana mingxuani Yao & Liu, 2024, male paratype. A. Left bulb, prolateral view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Same, retrolateral view; D. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: Con – conductor, Em – embolus, MA – medial apophysis, PL – prolateral lobe, PS – prolateral sclerite, RL – retrolateral lobe. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A – D).