Nasoona sabah Tanasevitch 2018, sp. nov.

Nasoona sabah sp. nov. Figs 10-13, 20-21, 56-63 Holotype: Male; EAST MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sabah, Kinabalu N.P., Mt Kinabalu, 1550 -1650 m a.s.l., Silau-Silau Trail, Lithocarpus-Castanopsis forest, sifting decomposing wood and dead leaves in humid ravine; 24.IV.1987; leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl [#2a]. Paratypes: 2 males, 5 females; collected together with the holotype. – 1 male, 2 female; Mt Kinabalu, 1540 m a.s.l., Liwagu Trail, sifting leaf litter in small ravine and at base of old trees; 29.IV.1987; leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl [#8a]. – 1 female; Mt Kinabalu, 1750 m a.s.l., Liwagu Trai... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
Dokumenttyp: other
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Schlagwörter: Biodiversity / Taxonomy / Animalia / Arthropoda / Arachnida / Araneae / Linyphiidae / Nasoona / Nasoona sabah
Sprache: unknown
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Nasoona sabah sp. nov. Figs 10-13, 20-21, 56-63 Holotype: Male; EAST MALAYSIA, Borneo, Sabah, Kinabalu N.P., Mt Kinabalu, 1550 -1650 m a.s.l., Silau-Silau Trail, Lithocarpus-Castanopsis forest, sifting decomposing wood and dead leaves in humid ravine; 24.IV.1987; leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl [#2a]. Paratypes: 2 males, 5 females; collected together with the holotype. – 1 male, 2 female; Mt Kinabalu, 1540 m a.s.l., Liwagu Trail, sifting leaf litter in small ravine and at base of old trees; 29.IV.1987; leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl [#8a]. – 1 female; Mt Kinabalu, 1750 m a.s.l., Liwagu Trail, sifting bark, decomposing wood and leaf litter next to a log and at base of tree stumps; 27.IV.1987; leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl [#5a]. – 6 females; Mt Kinabalu, 1500 m a.s.l., Liwagu Trail, section 2, Lithocarpus & Podocarpus forest, Silau-Silau Trail, Lithocarpus-Podocarpus forest, sifting moss and dead leaves along Silau-Silau Trail; 21. V.1987; leg. D. Burckhardt & I. Löbl [#34b]. Other material examined: Male holotype of Pronasoona sylvatica Millidge, 1995; Kinabalu N.P., Poring Hot Springs. Diagnosis: The new species is characterized by the shape of the postocular elevation on the male carapace which looks like a transverse ridge similar to that in Pronasoona sylvatica, but P. sylvatica, has only one row of spines on the elevation, N. sabah sp. nov. has two rows of bent, stout spines. According to the male palp structure the new species appears most similar to N. kinabalu sp. nov. (see above). The epigyne of N. sabah sp. nov. resembles that of N. chrysanthusi, but differs by the shape of the translucent seminal ducts. Etymology: The specific epithet is a name in apposition referring to the “terra typica”, the Sabah State of East Malaysia on Borneo Island. Description: Male (paratype from Silau-Silau Trail): Total length 2.02. Carapace 0.93 long, 0.70 wide, pale brown, with grey radial stripes and a narrow margin. A transverse postocular ridge slightly bent forward and bearing two rows of curved, stout ...