Rhyssoleptoneta lishan Tong, 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

Rhyssoleptoneta lishan Tong, 2024

Figs 10 A-I , 11 A-D , 12 E, F

Rhyssoleptoneta lishan Tong, in Li, Chen and Tong 2024: 111, figs 10 A-F, 11 A-E, 12 A-D, 13 D (♂, holotype male from Anhui Province).

Additional material examined. •

3 ♂, China: Jiangsu Province, Wuxi City, Binhu District, Baojie Forest Park , 31°30'44.17"N, 120°14'19.02"E, 22 January 2025, Z. Lyu leg. (Lep-23, ASM-JGSU) .

Description.

See Li et al. (2024); habitus is shown in Fig. 10 A, B and the palp is shown in Figs 10 C – I , 11 A – D .

Biology.

Sampled on the woodland floor.

Distribution.

Known from Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces, China (Fig. 13 ).

Figures

Figure 10. Rhyssoleptoneta lishan Tong, 2024, male. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Same, ventral view; C. Palp, prolateral view; D. Same, ventral view; E. Same, retrolateral view; F. Left bulb, prolateral view; G. Same, ventral view; H. Same, retrolateral view; I. Same, dorsal view. Abbreviations: Em – embolus, PL – prolateral lobe, PS – prolateral sclerite, RL – retrolateral lobe, SPr – short projection, SRS – spine-like retrolateral sclerites. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B), 0.1 mm (C – I).

Figure 11. SEM micrographs of Rhyssoleptoneta lishan Tong, 2024, male paratype. A. Left palp, prolateral view; B. Same, detail of bulb; C. Same, ventral view; D. Same, detail of median outgrowth and median sclerite. Abbreviations: Em – embolus, MO – median outgrowth, MS – median sclerite, PL – prolateral lobe, PS – prolateral sclerite, SRS – spine-like retrolateral sclerites. Scale bars: 10 μm (A, B, D), 20 μm (C).

Figure 12. Photographs of living specimens from China. A. Pararana gaofani Lin & Li, 2022, male; B. Same, female; C. P. jiufushanensis sp. nov., male; D. Same, female; E, F. Rhyssoleptoneta lishan Tong, 2024, male.

Figure 13. Records of Leptonetela zhaoruii sp. nov., Pararana gaofani Lin & Li, 2022, P. jiufushanensis sp. nov., P. songyuani sp. nov., P. mingxuani Yao & Liu, 2024, Rhyssoleptoneta lishan Tong, 2024 from China.