Clubiona tiane Yu & Li 2019
- Dataset
- On further species of the spider genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Clubionidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, southwestern China
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Yu, Hao, Li, Shuqiang (2019): On further species of the spider genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Clubionidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, southwestern China. Zootaxa 4679 (2): 201-230, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4679.2.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Clubionidae
- genus
- Clubiona
- species
- Clubiona tiane
description
Description. Male (holotype): Total length 2.93; prosoma 1.34 long, 1.03 wide; opisthosoma 1.52 long, 0.95 wide. Prosoma (Figs 4 A – C), oval, ocular region narrowed, widest between coxae II and III; in profile highest just behind longitudinal fovea; integument smooth, clothed with short fine hairs. Carapace nearly pure white, without distinct color pattern; fovea dark. Chelicerae brown, with six promarginal and four retromarginal teeth. Labium and endites light brown, longer than wide. Sternum coloured as carapace. Eyes: both AER and PER recurved in dorsal view. AME dark, other eyes light; with black rings. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.11, PME 0.11, PLE 0.11, AME – AME 0.04, AME – ALE 0.02, PME – PME 0.14, PME – PLE 0.29, MOQL 0.26, MOQA 0.23, MOQP 0.37. Legs yellowish white, without distinct color markings. Leg formula: IV, II, I, III; leg measurements: I 3.36 (0.93, 1.34, 0.69, 0.41), II 3.95 (1.07, 1.57, 0.84, 0.47), III 3.12 (0.91, 1.05, 0.83, 0.32), IV 4.30 (1.17, 1.53, 1.24, 0.36). Opisthosoma (Figs 4 A – C) elongate-oval, white, with inconspicuous anterior tufts of hairs, dorsum with two pairs of inconspicuous muscular depressions; venter white. Palp (Figs 3 A – E): tibia short, only with retrolateral apophysis; RTA short, narrow and fin-shaped, with partly membranous tip; bulb oval and strongly bulged, sperm duct inconspicuous; embolus with basal torsion and distal claw-like bend, shape like a swan; embolic base represented by enlarged tubercle; conductor absent. Female: Unknown.
description
Figs 3 – 4
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Clubiona tiane sp. nov. resembles C. subyaginumai Yu & Li, 2019 (Yu & Li 2019 a: 158, figs 5 A – E, 6 D – E) with similar pale coloured habitus (Figs 4 A – C) and the general shape of palp (Figs 3 A – E), but can be distinguished by: (1) palpal tibia without prolateral apophysis (Fig. 3 A); (2) embolus curved and swan-shaped (Figs 3 C – E) (embolus straight and needle-shaped in C. subyaginumai); (3) the retrolateral tibial apophysis smaller and fin-shaped (Fig. 3 B) (wider and thumb-like in C. subyaginumai).
distribution
Distribution. Presently known only from the type locality.
etymology
Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Chinese pinyin ' tiân é', which means ' swan', referring to the curved embolus, shape like a swan; noun in apposition.
materials_examined
Type material. Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS Ar 34703), CHINA: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, G 213 roadside, Bamboo plantation (N 21 º 53.642 ′, E 101 º 16.940 ′, 589 m), 22 July 2018, leg. H. Yu and Z. G. Chen (Yu _ 20180722 - 1 _ Searching- 16); Paratype: CHINA: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, 1 ♂ (IZCAS Ar 34704), Rubber-Tea Plantation (N 21 º 55.238 ′, E 101 º 15.51 ′, 572 m), 18 July 2007, leg. H. Yu and Z. L. Bai (Yu _ 20180718 - 1 _ Searching- 5).
Name
- Homonyms
- Clubiona tiane Yu & Li 2019