Nuconarius brevipatellatus Zhao & S.Q.Li, 2018
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Li, B., Zhao, Z., Zhang, C. T., Li, S. Q. Nuconarius gen. n. and Hengconarius gen. n., two new genera of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) spiders from southwest China. Zootaxa 4457(2): 237-262. (2018).
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Agelenidae
- genus
- Nuconarius
- species
- Nuconarius brevipatellatus
diagnosis
Diagnosis. MALeS OF THIS SPeCIeS CAN Be DISTINGUISHeD FROM N. pseudocapitulatus BY THe TRIANGULAR ReTROLATeRAL TIBIAL APOPHYSIS AND THe PReSeNCe OF A MeDIAN APOPHYSIS (FIGS 1 C, 5 C). THeY CAN ALSO Be DISTINGUISHeD FROM N. capitulatus BY A SHORTeR PATeLLAR APOPHYSIS, ABOUT ⅓ THe LeNGTH OF PATeLLAR APOPHYSIS IN N. capitulatus; AND THe SHORTeR CYMBIAL FURROW, ABOUT ⅓ THe LeNGTH OF CYMBIUM BUT eqUAL TO ½ AS IN N. capitulatus (FIGS 1 C, 3 C). FeMALeS OF THIS SPeCIeS CAN Be DISTINGUISHeD FROM N. capitulatus BY THe BROADeR SPeRMATHeCAL BASeS, THe WIDTH OF BASeS IS SUBeqUAL TO 1 ½ THe WIDTH OF ANTeRIOR SPeRMATHeCA, WHILe IT IS ABOUT ½ IN N. capitulatus (FIGS 2 B, 4 B). THeY CAN ALSO Be DISTINGUISHeD FROM N. pseudocapitulatus BY THe exTeNDeD POSTeRIOR eDGe OF ATRIUM WHICH COVeReD THe MIDDLe PART OF POSTeRIOR ePIGYNAL SCLeRITe, WHILe THe POSTeRIOR ePIGYNAL SCLeRITe SeMICIRCULAR UNCOVeReD IN N. pseudocapitulatus (FIGS 2 A, 6 A).
etymology
Etymology. THe SPeCIFIC NAMe IS DeRIVeD FROM THe SHORT MALe PATeLLAR APOPHYSIS (LATIN PReFIx " BReVI- " (SHORT), NOUN " PATeLLA " AND AFFIx " - TUS "); ADjeCTIVe.
materials_examined
Type material. Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS-AR 33966), 3 KM E OF MURUO VILLAGe (28.575430 ° N, 98.038890 ° E, eLeV. 3710 M), ZHOWAGOIN TOWNSHIP, ZAYü, Tibet, China, 3 SePTeMBeR 2014, J. LIU LeG. Paratypes: 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (IZCAS-AR 33967, 33968), same data as holotype; 1 ♀ (IZCAS-Ar 33969), 7 km W of Jumuchang (28.584870 ° N, 98.123070 ° E, eLeV. 3680 M), CAWARONG TOWNSHIP, ZAYü, Tibet, China, 6 SePTeMBeR 2014, J. LIU LeG.