Paramolotra metok
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Ordo: Araneae
Familia: Oonopidae
Genus: Paramolotra
Name
Paramolotra metok Tong & Li sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Type materials
Holotype ♂: China, Tibet, Nyingchi, Metok County, Metok Town; 29°19.399'N, 95°20.448'E; 1300 m a.s.l.; 3.VIII.2013; Y. Lin leg. (SYNU-441). Paratypes 1♂2♀: same data as for holotype (SYNU-442-444); 1♀: same data as for holotype (SYNU-446); 1♀: Metok County, Yadang Village; 29°20.605'N, 95°20.807'E; 1360 m a.s.l.; Y. Lin leg. (SYNU-445); 2♀: Metok County, Metok Town, Countryside Tour, back hills; 29°19.087'N, 95°18.876'E; 1280 m a.s.l.; Y. Lin leg. (SYNU-447-448); 1♂: Metok County, Metok Town; 29°19.382'N, 95°19.016'E; 980 m a.s.l.; Y. Lin leg. (SYNU-449).
Diagnosis
This new species is similar to Paramolotra pome sp. nov., but can be distinguished by the long, curved hook like anterior protrusion (ap) of embolar region (Fig. 5), and the very short anterior arm of T-shaped sclerite of endogyne (Fig. 9D). Paramolotra pome sp. nov. males have the narrow anterior protrusion (ap) of embolar region (Fig. 2), and females have very long anterior arm of T-shaped sclerite of endogyne (Fig. 9B).
Description
Male (holotype). Body: dark brown; habitus as in Fig. 4A, C, E; body length 2.16. Carapace (Fig. 4B, F): 1.06 long, 0.87 wide. Clypeus (Fig. 4G): ALE separated from edge of carapace by 1.3 times their diameter. Abdomen (Fig. 4H, I): 0.99 long, 0.79 wide. Palp (Figs 5, 7C, D): femur 0.24 long, patella 0.17 long, tibia 0.13 long; cymbiobulbus 0.52 long, 0.28 wide, length/maximal width = 1.86; embolar region with an ear-shaped basal protrusion (bp), a long, curved hook like anterior protrusion (ap), a basally broad, distally finger like posterior protrusion (pp), an anterior membrane (am) and a posterior membrane (pm).
Female (paratype, SYNU-443). As in male except as noted. Body: length 2.48; habitus as in Fig. 6A, C, E. Carapace (Fig. 6B, F, G): 1.12 long, 0.89 wide. Abdomen: 1.28 long, 0.98 wide. Epigastric area (Figs 6H, 9C): genital atrium relatively wide, broadly oval. Endogyne (Fig. 9D): with a T-shaped sclerite; the anterior arm of the T-shaped sclerite very small.
Etymology
The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Fig. 10).
Original Description
- Cheng, W; Bian, D; Tong, Y; Li, S; 2021: A new genus and two new species of oonopid spiders from Tibet, China (Araneae, Oonopidae) ZooKeys, 1052: 55-69. doi
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