Pararana gaofani Lin & Li, 2022

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1247.154546
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16533190
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scientific name	Pararana gaofani Lin & Li, 2022
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Pararana gaofani Lin & Li, 2022 View in CoL

Figs 3 A-C View Figure 3 , 4 A-I View Figure 4 , 12 A, B View Figure 12

Pararana gaofani Lin & Li, in Lin et al. 2022: 217, figs 17 A-C, 18 A, B (♂, holotype male from Jiangsu Province). View in CoL

Material examined.

• 1 ♂, 1 ♀, China: Anhui Province, Tongling City, Tongguan District, Tianjing Lake Scenic Spot , 30°56'54.15"N, 117°47'53.29"E, 8 January 2025, M. Wu and R. Zhao leg. (Lep-22, ASM-JGSU) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

The female of this species is similar to that of Pararana mingxuani Yao & Liu, 2024 ( Liu et al. 2024: 317, fig. 27 C) in having spheroidal spermathecae, but can be distinguished from it by the slightly vertical spermathecal stalk (vs S-shaped spermathecal stalk including two turns) (Fig. 3 C View Figure 3 ).

Description.

Female. Habitus as in Fig. 3 A, B View Figure 3 . Total length 1.82, carapace 0.72 long, 0.61 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances (Fig. 3 A View Figure 3 ): ALE 0.05, PME 0.03, PLE 0.04, ALE - PME 0.08, PLE - PLE 0.08, PLE - PME 0.04; AER 0.1, PER 0.15. Clypeus 0.09 high. Chelicerae with seven promarginal and five retromarginal teeth. Endites oval-shaped, longer than wide, with eight club-shaped setae on the upper inner side and dense long setae on the lower inner side. Labium nearly semicircular, wider than long, with a few setae on the upper side. Sternum (Fig. 3 B View Figure 3 ) shield-shaped, nearly as long as wide, with a few setae. Legs (Fig. 3 A, B View Figure 3 ): with short setae; measurements: I 5.03 (1.35, 0.24, 1.48, 1.17, 0.79); II 3.82 (1.06, 0.25, 1.02, 0.81, 0.68); III 3.05 (0.79, 0.21, 0.8, 0.69, 0.56); IV 4.26 (1.23, 0.21, 1.35, 1.00, 0.47). Pedicel 0.06. Abdomen (Fig. 3 A, B View Figure 3 ) 1.04 long, 0.65 wide.

Coloration (Fig. 3 A, B View Figure 3 ). Carapace yellow to brown, outer edge darker, with several radially arranged dark brown stripes on both sides. Chelicerae yellow. Endites and labium dark yellow. Sternum yellow to dark brown, with many ruleless dark brown spots on the surface. Legs yellow to brown, coxa and trochanter with some brown spots. Abdomen yellowish to brown, with dense brown patches and spots; venter yellow to black, with large areas of brown and black spots.

Endogyne (Fig. 3 C View Figure 3 ). Internal genitalia with spheroidal spermathecae, and slightly vertical spermathecal stalk.

Note. The right side of the female epigyne was damaged during preparation, but the remaining structures (e. g., spermathecae, spermathecae stalk) on the left side remain intact and allow for morphological identification.

Male. See Lin et al. (2022); habitus is shown in Fig. 4 A, B View Figure 4 and the palp is shown in Fig. 4 C – I View Figure 4 .

Distribution.

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