Jingneta qishan Tong 2024, sp. nov.

Jingneta qishan Tong sp. nov. Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 13 A, 14 Type material. Holotype China • ♂ (SYNU -1168); Anhui, Chizhou City, Guichi District, Qishan Scenic Area; 30°38'19"N, 117°29'57"E, 70 m; 12.I.2022; H. Fu & K. Yang leg. Paratype: China • ♀ (SYNU -1169), same data as holotype. Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality and is a noun in apposition. Diagnosis. This new species is similar to Jingneta exilocula (Tong and Li 2008: fig. 2 A-H) in the horn-shaped apophysis of palpal tibia, but can be distinguished by the chelicerae lacking a stridulatory file on the lateral margin (Fig. 13 A) vs. with a stridulatory file, palpal femur with six long setae retrolaterally (Fig. 1 D) vs. eight long setae, tip of bulb with a spine-like prolateral sclerite (Fig. 2 A, C) vs. lacking and female genital area with a scape (Fig. 3 C) vs. lacking. Description. Male (holotype). Habitus as in Fig. 1 A, B. Total length 1.55. Carapace 0.62 long, 0.59 wide. Abdomen 0.99 long, 0.68 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.05, PLE 0.05, PME 0.04; ALE – PME 0.06, PLE – PLE 0.02, PLE – PME 0.03; AER 0.08, PER 0.10. Carapace light yellow. Median groove, cervical grooves and radial furrows distinct. Chelicerae with eight large promarginal and five small retromarginal teeth. Labium rectangular; endites with serrula anterolaterally; sternum light yellow, longer than wide, heart shaped, smooth. Abdomen whitish, ovoid. Leg measurements: I - (1.15, 0.19, 1.16, 0.90, -); II - (0.94, 0.19, 0.95, 0.73, 0.59); III - (-, 0.19, 0.72, 0.64, 0.48); IV - (1.26, -, -, -, -). Metatarsus III with row of fine hairs ventrally (preening comb, arrow in Fig. 4 H). Palp (Figs 1 C – D, 2 A – D, 4 A – E): femur with six long setae retrolaterally; tibia with one horn-shaped apophysis distally; tip of bulb with triangular embolus, a spine-like prolateral sclerite and several outgrowths, including a leaf-shaped prolateral outgrowth, a median triangular outgrowth, a small outgrowth and a ribbon-shaped retrolateral outgrowth. Female (paratype). Similar to male in general features. Habitus as in Fig. 3 A, B. Total length 1.37. Carapace 0.61 long, 0.49 wide. Abdomen 0.77 long, 0.55 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.05, PLE 0.05, PME 0.04; ALE – PME 0.10, PLE – PLE 0.03, PLE – PME 0.02; AER 0.08, PER 0.11. Leg measurements: I 2.19 (0.59, 0.21, 0.57, 0.45, 0.37); II 1.85 (0.50, 0.18, 0.46, 0.37, 0.34); III 1.64 (0.45, 0.18, 0.36, 0.35, 0.30); IV 2.38 (0.70, 0.18, 0.69, 0.46, 0.35). Genital area (Fig. 3 C) with a scape on the posterior edge. Internal genitalia (Fig. 3 D) with a pair of coiled spermathecae and sperm stalk; atrium oval. Distribution. China (Anhui).