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| Khorata danxia Sheng & Xu, in Sheng, Xu, Yin & Irfan, 2021. |
ABSTRACT
A new species of pholcid spider, Khorata danxia Sheng and Xu, sp. nov. (♂♀), is described from Danxiashan National Nature Reserve in Guangdong, China. The new species is diagnosed, described and illustrated with photographs.
Key words: Taxonomy, Morphology, Long-legged spiders, Danxia Mountain, Guangdong
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| Khorata danxia sp. nov. holotype male (C–F) and paratype female (A, B, G). A, Epigynum, ventral view; B, Vulva, dorsal view; C, Chelicerae, frontal view; D, Ditto, lateral view; red arrows point at mildly sclerotized frontal apophysis; E–G, Habitus Dorsal view; F, Ventral view. da, distal apophysis; fa, frontal apophysis; pa, proximo-lateral apophysis, pp, pore plate. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. holotype male. A, Pedipalp, prolateral view; B, Ditto, retrolateral view; C, Distal part of procursus, prrolateral view; D, Ditto retrolateral view; E, Ditto, ventral view. b, bulb; e, embolus; pr, procursus. Scale bars: 0.1 mm. |
Huijuan Sheng, Xiang Xu, Haiqiang Yin and Muhammad Irfan. 2021. A New Species of Spider Genus Khorata Huber, 2005 from China (Araneae: Pholcidae). Pakistan Journal of Zoology (Pakistan J. Zool.). 53(6); 2463-2466. DOI: 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200309140344
