Pimoa shoja Zhang & Li, 2021

Pimoa shoja Zhang & Li View in CoL , sp. nov. ( Figs 28A–C View Figure 28 , 29A–G View Figure 29 )

Diagnosis. The male of Pimoa shoja Zhang & Li , sp. nov. resembles P. mainling (see Zhang et al., 2020: 89, fig. 6) and P. samyai Zhang & Li, 2020 (see Zhang et al., 2020: 97, fig. 12) but can be distinguished from P. mainling by the distally pointed PEP ( vs. slightly wider distally in P. mainling ), and from P.samyai by the U-shaped PCS ( vs. L-shaped in P.samyai ), and by the broad CDP, with many cuspules ( vs. CDP short and distally narrow, with few cuspules in P. samyai ). The female of P. shoja Zhang & Li , sp. nov. resembles P.crispa (see Hormiga, 1994: 63, figs 239–247) and P.samyai (see Zhang et al., 2020: 97, fig. 13) but can be distinguished from the nearly round DP of the epigynum ( vs. DP narrow in P.crispa and nearly tongue shaped in P.samyai ), from P.crispa by the nearly round S ( vs. kidney shaped in P.crispa ), and by the S separated by a short distance ( vs. separated by ca. 1/2 width of a spermatheca in P. samyai ).

Description. Male ( holotype, IZCAS-Ar42431, Figs 28A–C View Figure 28 , 29E View Figure 29 ). Total length 7.10. Carapace 2.69 long, 2.56 wide. Abdomen 4.41 long, 2.25 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.11, PME 0.11, PLE 0.12; AME – AME 0.08, AME – ALE 0.21, PME – PME 0.13, PME – PLE 0.24. Leg measurements: Leg I 42.93 (11.88 + 13.80 + 13.84 + 3.41); leg II 38.86 (10.36 + 12.50 + 12.64 + 3.36); leg III 25.53 (7.44 + 7.81 + 7.96 + 2.32); leg IV 32.64 (9.28 + 10.36 + 10.32 + 2.68). Promargin of chelicerae with 3 teeth, retromargin with 3 teeth. Habitus as in Fig. 29E View Figure 29 . Carapace brownish with greyish lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum yellow. Abdomen black, with yellowish transverse chevrons and vertical bands not extending to the distal part. Legs yellowish, without annulations.

Palp ( Figs 28A–C View Figure 28 ): patella short, ca. 1/2 of tibial length, with a macroseta; tibia short, subequal to cymbial length, with several macrosetae and a dorsal process; P short, about 1/3 of cymbial length, hook shaped; PCS U˗shaped, ca. 1/3 of cymbial length; CDP broad, with more than 35 cuspules; MA slender; C distinct; PEP subequal to E length; E beginning at the 6:30 o’clock position; embolic tooth absent.

Female ( paratype, IZCAS-Ar42432, Figs 29A–D, F–G View Figure 29 ). Total length 11.17. Carapace 3.61 long, 3.64 wide. Abdomen 7.56 long, 6.08 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.19, PME 0.19, PLE 0.18; AME–AME 0.18, AME– ALE 0.30, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.28. Leg measurements: Leg I 42.16 (11.64 + 13.56 + 13.08 + 3.88); leg II 37.44 (10.60 + 11.96 + 11.40 + 3.48); leg III 24.93 (7.44 + 7.81 + 7.36 + 2.32); leg IV 31.79 (9.36 + 10.44 + 9.35 + 2.64). Cheliceral teeth as in male. Habitus as in Figs 29F–G View Figure 29 . Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum yellow. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse bands. Legs brownish, without annulations. Epigyne ( Figs 29A–D View Figure 29 ): triangular; VP broad, width subequal to length; DP nearly round; COs distinct; S nearly round, separated by a short distance; FDs yellow, laterally oriented.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, India, Himachal Pradesh, Shoja , unnamed cave ( 31.5300°N, 77.3800°E; elev. ca. 2960 m), 1 October 1999, leg. Klaus Weisshart (IZCAS-Ar42431) GoogleMaps . Paratype. 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar42432), India, Himachal Pradesh, Shoja ( 31.5400°N, 77.3800°E; elev. ca. 3040 m), 1 October 1999, leg. Klaus Weisshart. GoogleMaps

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.