Khorata qianlei Li, Li & Yao, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1244.154422 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15865507 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF88E5AB-C2E1-5000-AD51-92397912BF9B |
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Khorata qianlei Li, Li & Yao |
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sp. nov. |
Khorata qianlei Li, Li & Yao sp. nov.
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Type material.
Holotype: China • ♂; Guangxi Prov., Yulin, Rong Co., Duqiaoshan Forest Park ; 22.821559 ° N, 110.642871 ° E; alt. 187 m; 5 Oct. 2023; Q. Lu leg.; SYNU -Ar 00493 GoogleMaps . Paratypes: China • 1 ♂; same data as for the holotype; SYNU -Ar 00494 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; same data as for the holotype; SYNU -Ar 00495 GoogleMaps .
Etymology.
The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector Qianle Lu (Shenzhen, China).
Diagnosis.
The new species can be distinguished from K. yuhaoi by the procursus with a bifurcated prolatero-distal apophysis (pda 1) (Fig. 2 C View Figure 2 vs psa not bifurcated, Fig. 4 E View Figure 4 ), by the male cheliceral frontal apophyses (fa 1) wedge-shaped (pointed in lateral view, Fig. 3 D View Figure 3 vs blunt, arrow in fig. 6 D in Xu et al. 2020), by the anterior arch (aa) lacking sclerites (as) (Fig. 3 B View Figure 3 vs present, Fig. 4 F View Figure 4 ), and by the pore plates (pp) nearly triangular (Fig. 3 B View Figure 3 vs nearly elliptical, Fig. 4 F View Figure 4 ).
Description.
Male (holotype): Measurements: Total length 2.28 (2.34 with clypeus), carapace 0.87 long, 1.04 wide, opisthosoma 1.41 long, 0.91 wide. Leg I: 22.69 (5.51, 0.43, 5.45, 8.72, 2.58), leg II: 14.23 (4.00, 0.41, 3.28, 4.94, 1.60), leg III: 10.60 (3.08, 0.38, 2.38, 3.76, 1.00), leg IV: 13.82 (4.15, 0.39, 3.16, 5.10, 1.02); tibia I L / d: 61. Eye sizes and interdistances: PME – PME 0.10, PME 0.13, PME – ALE 0.04. Sternum width / length: 0.65 / 0.52.
Color: Carapace yellowish, with dark brown lateral margins and narrow, dark median line; sternum brown. Legs brownish, slightly 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 dark brown bands.
Body (Fig. 3 E, F View Figure 3 ): Thoracic furrow shallow, but distinct; clypeus unmodified.
Chelicera (Fig. 3 C, D View Figure 3 ) with 4 apophyses: Proximo-lateral (pa), distal on front-lateral surface (da), wedge-shaped frontal (fa 1), and hooked frontal (fa 2).
Palp (Fig. 2 A – D View Figure 2 ): Trochanter with short retrolateral apophysis (tra) (as long as wide) and ventral apophysis (va); femur 1.5 × longer than patella and 2 × longer than tibia; femur with retrolateral apophysis (fra); procursus (pr) simple proximally but complex distally, with bifurcated prolatero-distal apophysis (pda 1), angular distal sclerite (ds), blunt prolatero-distal apophysis (pda 2) (bearing pointed branch), pointed dorso-subdistal apophysis (dsa), and blunt retrolatero-distal apophysis (rda); bulb simple, no other apophyses except for embolus; embolus distally pointed, 8 × longer than wide.
Legs: Retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia I situated at 4 % proximally; legs with short erected setae on metatarsi and tarsi; tarsus I with 16 distinct pseudosegments.
Female (paratype, SYNU -Ar 00495 ): Similar to male, habitus as in Fig. 3 G, H View Figure 3 . Total length 3.13 (3.26 with clypeus), carapace 0.80 long, 0.92 wide, opisthosoma 2.33 long, 1.50 wide; tibia I: 4.40; tibia I L / d: 55. Eye sizes and interdistances: PME – PME 0.08, PME 0.12, PME – ALE 0.03. Sternum width / length: 0.65 / 0.63. Epigyne (Fig. 3 A View Figure 3 ) externally elliptical (2 × wider than long), posteriorly slightly curved, with pair of posterior pockets (ep) 0.05 apart. Endogyne (Fig. 3 B View Figure 3 ) with curved anterior arch (aa) and pair of nearly triangular pore plates (pp) on lateral part.
Variation.
Tibia I in male paratype ( SYNU -Ar 00494 ): 5.38.
Habitat.
The species was found on the web between rocks in primary forest.
Distribution.
China (Guangxi, type locality; Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ).
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