Telema malaysiaensis, Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2010

Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Four new species of the spider genus Tel e ma (Araneae, Telemidae) from Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 2719, pp. 1-20 : 10-19

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.199815
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6212180
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C87AC-0277-FFB8-FF6C-3EB3E9A509B9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Telema malaysiaensis
status	sp. nov.

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Telema malaysiaensis View in CoL sp. nov.

Figs 12–15 View FIGURE 12 View FIGURE 13 View FIGURE 14 View FIGURE 15 , 16 View FIGURE 16

Type material. Holotype: male ( RMNH), Swampy lowland rainforest of Bako National Park [1°43'00.00ʺN, 110°28'00.00ʺE], Sarawak Province, Malaysian Borneo, 29 March 1985, P.R. & C.L. Deeleman-Reinhold leg. Paratypes: 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to T. fabata sp. nov., but male can be distinguished by the distinct shape of embolus ( Figs 12 View FIGURE 12 A–C, 13A–B, 14C), and female by the plate-shaped genitalia ( Figs 12 View FIGURE 12 D, 15A–B).

Description. Male ( holotype). Total length 0.90. Prosoma 0.35 long, 0.35 wide. Opisthosoma 0.50 long, 0.36 wide. Sternum 0.20 long, 0.20 wide. Prosoma yellowish. Legs, labium, and endites, whitish. Six eyes. Chelicerae ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 F) longer than endites, yellowish, with two teeth and three denticles on the promargin, and two small teeth on the retromargin. Palp and leg measurements: palp 0.56 (0.15, 0.05, 0.11, –, 0.25); I 1.99 (0.60, 0.08, 0.55, 0.42, 0.34); II 1.69 (0.50, 0.08, 0.46, 0.35, 0.30); III 1.23 (0.36, 0.06, 0.32, 0.25, 0.24); IV 1.80 (0.52, 0.08, 0.48, 0.40, 0.32). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Male palp ( Figs 12 View FIGURE 12 A–C, 13A–B, 14C): bulb whitish, globular; embolus tip curved, approximately 0.3 the length of bulb. Opisthosoma oval, whitish, covered with long setae.

Female ( paratype). Similar to male in coloration and general features, but with a larger body size and shorter legs. Total length 0.98. Prosoma 0.37 long, 0.36 wide. Opisthosoma 0.52 long, 0.44 wide. Sternum 0.22 long, 0.23 wide. Palp and leg measurements: palp 0.44 (0.15, 0.05, 0.07, –, 0.17); I 1.85 (0.55, 0.08, 0.51, 0.40, 0.31); II 1.58 (0.50, 0.08, 0.44, 0.30, 0.28); III 1.71 (0.37, 0.06, 0.30, 0.25, 0.22); IV 1.68 (0.52, 0.08, 0.46, 0.32, 0.30). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Genitalia ( Figs 12 View FIGURE 12 D, 15A–B) plate-shaped in dorsal view.

Variation. Total length: males: 0.90–0.94 (n = 2).

Distribution. Malaysian Borneo ( Sarawak Province) ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 ).