Pholcus qiaojia Li, Li & Yao, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1240.147905 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15586514 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF49E1FC-8661-5A9D-9643-12E11B9376AE |
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Pholcus qiaojia Li, Li & Yao |
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sp. nov. |
Pholcus qiaojia Li, Li & Yao sp. nov.
Figs 2 View Figure 2 , 3 View Figure 3 , 14 A View Figure 14
Type material.
Holotype: China • ♂; Yunnan, Zhaotong, Qiaojia County, Laodian Town, Dingjia Village ; 26.938345 ° N, 103.276833 ° E; alt. 1713 m; 2 Jun. 2024; X. Zhang, Y. Wang & Q. Meng leg.; SYNU -Ar 00471 GoogleMaps . Paratypes: China • 1 ♂; same data as for the holotype; SYNU -Ar 00472 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for the holotype; SYNU -Ar 00473 GoogleMaps .
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.
Diagnosis.
The new species resembles P. bidentatus Zhu, Zhang, Zhang & Chen, 2005 ( Yao and Li 2012: 11, figs 33 A – D, 34 A – C; Huber 2011: 420, figs 1930, 1931, 1961, 1962, 2028–2033) by having similar uncus (Figs 3 C View Figure 3 , 14 A View Figure 14 ) and epigyne (Fig. 3 A View Figure 3 ), but can be distinguished by procursus with blunt distal apophysis (arrow 1 in Fig. 2 C View Figure 2 vs absent) and sclerotized sawtooth apophyses (arrow 1 in Fig. 2 D View Figure 2 vs absent), by male chelicerae with two pairs of frontal apophyses (fa in Fig. 3 D View Figure 3 vs absent), by appendix without angular median apophyses (a in Figs 3 C View Figure 3 , 14 A View Figure 14 vs with two), and by vulval pore plates 2 × longer than wide (pp in Fig. 3 B View Figure 3 vs 3 ×).
Description.
Male (holotype): Measurements: Total length 6.88 (6.99 with clypeus), carapace 1.62 long, 1.84 wide, opisthosoma 5.26 long, 1.54 wide. Leg I: 51.81 (13.46, 0.78, 12.18, 22.76, 2.63), leg II: 33.82 (9.42, 0.75, 8.40, 13.65, 1.60), leg III: 23.79 (6.64, 0.70, 5.90, 9.30, 1.25), leg IV: missing; tibia I L / d: 81. Eye interdistances and diameters: PME – PME 0.40, PME 0.20, PME – ALE 0.06, AME – AME 0.09, AME 0.09. Sternum width / length: 1.16 / 0.94.
Color: Carapace yellowish, with brown radiating marks; ocular area yellowish, with median and lateral brown bands; clypeus yellowish, with indistinct brown marks; sternum brown. Legs yellowish, but dark brown on patellae and whitish on distal parts of femora and tibiae, with darker rings on subdistal parts of femora and proximal and subdistal parts of tibiae. Opisthosoma yellowish, with dorsal and lateral brown spots.
Body: Habitus as in Fig. 3 E, F View Figure 3 ; ocular area elevated, each eye triad on top of laterally directed eye-stalk.
Chelicerae: As in Fig. 3 D View Figure 3 , with pair of proximo-lateral apophyses, pair of distal apophyses, and two pairs of frontal apophyses.
Palp: As in Fig. 2 A, B View Figure 2 ; trochanter with long (3 × longer than wide), retrolaterally bulged ventral apophysis; femur with retrolatero-proximal protrusion (arrow 1 in Fig. 2 B View Figure 2 ) and distinct ventral protrusion; procursus simple proximally but complex distally, with raised, prolatero-subdistal membranous edge bearing blunt distal apophysis (arrow 1 in Fig. 2 C View Figure 2 ) with sclerotized sawtooth apophyses, sclerotized flat apophysis and sclerotized pointed apophysis (arrows 1–3 in Fig. 2 D View Figure 2 ), retrolatero-distal membranous process (arrow 2 in Fig. 2 B, C View Figure 2 ), distal membranous process (arrow 3 in Fig. 2 C View Figure 2 ), sclerotized, proximally wide and distally pointed dorso-distal apophysis (arrow 4 in Fig. 2 D View Figure 2 ), and strong dorsal spine (arrow 5 in Fig. 2 D View Figure 2 ); uncus with scales, proximal apophysis, and distinct latero-median protrusion (arrows 1, 2 in Figs 3 C View Figure 3 , 14 A View Figure 14 ); appendix hooked, with slender subdistal branch (arrow 3 in Figs 3 C View Figure 3 , 14 A View Figure 14 ); embolus weakly sclerotized, with some transparent distal projections (Figs 3 C View Figure 3 , 14 A View Figure 14 ).
Legs: Retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia I at 2 % proximally; legs with short vertical setae on tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi; tarsus I with 42 distinct pseudosegments.
Female (paratype, SYNU -Ar 00473 ): Similar to male, habitus as in Fig. 3 G, H View Figure 3 . Total length 6.46 (6.62 with clypeus), carapace 1.52 long, 1.70 wide, opisthosoma 4.94 long, 2.64 wide; leg I missing. Eye interdistances and diameters: PME – PME 0.25, PME 0.18, PME – ALE 0.04, AME – AME 0.04, AME 0.09. Sternum width / length: 1.10 / 1.03. Ocular area without eye-stalks. Epigyne nearly trapezoidal, laterally strongly sclerotized, with knob (Fig. 3 A View Figure 3 ). Vulva with curved, posteriorly sclerotized anterior arch and pair of nearly quadrilateral pore plates (Fig. 3 B View Figure 3 ).
Variation.
Unknown. Leg I missing in paratype male ( SYNU -Ar 00472 ).
Habitat.
Underside of overhang on rocky cliffs in the mountain area.
Distribution.
China (Yunnan, type locality; Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ).
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