Description
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Carapace orange-brown with small tubercles and sulci. Sternum dark brown. Legs orange. Abdomen subspherical, pale orange, with numerous small sclerotized patches, some baring long setae, male with single orange scutum laterally and posteriorly, female without sclerite around spinnerets (Fig. 83).
Male palp: Median apophysis with two tapered distal processes. Embolus a moderately long, rigid spiral ribbon making a single turn, shape complex, not simply tapered (Fig. 84A).
Vulva: Scape projects ventrally (Figs 76F, 79F), with narrow distal lobe on wider basal lobe (Figs 76G, 79E). Spermathecae separated by half their diameter. Ducts arise from posteromesal part of spermathecae, follow complex path before opening near scape apex (Fig. 76G).
Male (CASENT 9022387): Total length 0.73, carapace 0.35 long, 0.34 wide, clypeus 0.11, sternum 0.25 long, 0.24 wide, coxa IV separated by 2.00 times their width. Leg I: patella d1, tibia d2, p1, metatarsus unmodifi ed; Leg II: patella d1, tibia d2, v2, metatarsus excavated proximoventrally; Leg III: patella d1, tibia d1; Leg IV: patella d1, tibia d1. Metatarsal trichobothria: TmI: 0.42; TmII: 0.42; TmIII: absent. Leg measurements: see Appendix A. Spinnerets (Fig. 85F).
Female (CASENT 9022387): Total length 1.00, carapace 0.41 long, 0.38 wide, clypeus 0.09, sternum 0.25 long, 0.24 wide, coxa IV separated by 1.63 times their width. Leg I: patella d1, tibia d2, p1; Leg II: patella d1, tibia d2; Leg III: patella d1, tibia d1; Leg IV: patella d1, tibia d1. Metatarsal trichobothria: TmI: 0.41; TmII: 0.41; TmIII: absent. Leg measurements: see Appendix A. Spinnerets (Fig. 85A-D).
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- The symphytognathoid spiders of the Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Araneoidea): Systematics and diversity of micro-orbweavers
Distribution
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Holotype: CHINA: Yunnan: Longling Co., Zhen’an Township, Bang Bie village at stream at km 6.8 on Route S317, 24.81333°N, 98.83280°E, 1545- 1560 m, 24 May 2005, shaded embankments along stream, dusting webs in understory, C. Griswold, CGY119 (CASENT 9029323, HNU), 1 ♂.
Paratypes: [same data as holotype] (CASENT 9022387, CAS), 1 ♂, 1 ♀; [same data as holotype] (CASENT 9022388, HNU), 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv.
