Description
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Carapace orange with small tubercles and sulci, less pronounced in female. Sternum dark brown. Legs orange, darker distally on tibiae and metatarsi, femora I and II slightly swollen basally in female. Abdomen subspherical, light to dark gray, with numerous small sclerotized patches, some baring long setae, male with single orange scutum laterally and posteriorly, female without sclerite around spinnerets (Fig. 86A-C).
Male palp: Median apophysis with one tapered process. Embolus long, flexible, tapered, makes a half turn, tip curved more strongly (Fig. 87A).
Vulva: Scape projects ventrally (Fig. 86A). Spermathecae separated by their diameter. Ducts arise from posteromesal part of spermathecae, follow complex path, meet between spermathecae before running to opening near scape apex (Fig. 76I).
Male (CASENT 9029321): Total length 0.75, carapace 0.35 long, 0.35 wide, clypeus 0.14, sternum 0.24 long, 0.24 wide, coxa IV separated by 2.08 times their width. Leg I: patella d1, tibia d2, 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: 0.46; TmII: 0.40; TmIII: absent. Leg measurements: see Appendix A.
Female (CASENT 9020752): Total length 0.94, carapace 0.42 long, 0.36 wide, clypeus 0.09, sternum 0.26 long, 0.24 wide, coxa IV separated by 2.00 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: 0.43; TmII: 0.45; TmIII: absent. Leg measurements: see Appendix A.
- bibliographic citation
- The symphytognathoid spiders of the Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Araneoidea): Systematics and diversity of micro-orbweavers
Distribution
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Holotype: CHINA: Yunnan: Fugong Co., S Fork, Yamu He, 1.51 km 150° SW of confl uence [with N Fork], Gaoligongshan, 27.11905°N, 98.83108°E, 1723 m, 26 April 2004, moist shaded embankments, C. Griswold, CGY13 (CASENT 9029321, HNU), 1♂.
Paratypes: [same data as holotype] (CASENT 9020751, CAS), 1♀; [same data as holotype] (CASENT 9020752, HNU), 1 ♀, 1 juv; Fugong Co., Shilajia village on N fork, Yamu He, Gaoligongshan, 27.13440°N, 98.82625°E, 1792 m, 24 April 2004, moist steep stream banks, C. Griswold, CGY09 (CASENT 9029348, CAS), 1 ♀; 10 rd km W NuJiang on Shibali Rd., N fork, Yamu He, Gaoligongshan, 27.13795°N, 98.82240°E, 1850 m, 25 April 2004, moist earthen embankments, C. Griswold, CGY11 (CASENT 9029291, with prey, CAS), 1 ♀; [same data] (CASENT 9020735, CAS), 2 ♀; [same data] (CASENT 9020736, HNU), 2 ♀.
