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Carapace brownish yellow in males, brown in females. Sternum yellow with dark brown margins. Legs yellow. Abdomen beige in males, dark grey in females with silver pecks forming a transverse belt. Male pedipalp: Patella with macroseta. Tibia with one trichobothrium. Paracymbium hooked with short, pointed tip (Fig. 28B). Median apophysis lightly sclerotized, similar to Zoma didaiyin (Miller et al. 2009: fig. 10D). Conductor translucent. Embolic apophysis filiform, with triangular tip (Fig. 28C). Vulva: Epigyne a flat orange plate with a low median pit. Spermathecae subspherical, juxtaposed. Copulatory ducts follow simple curve (Fig. 29A, B) . Male: Total length 1.52, carapace 0.72 long, 0.60 wide, clypeus 0.14, sternum 0.37 long, 0.31 wide, coxae IV separated by their width. Posterior median eyes separated by less than half their diameter. Macrosetae: Leg I: femur p 1, patella d 1, tibia d 1, p 1, r 1; Leg II: patella d 2, tibia d 3, v 2, r 1; Leg III: patella d 1, tibia d 1; Leg IV: patella d, tibia d 1. Metatarsal trichobothria: Tm I: 0.21; Tm II: 0.20; Tm III: 0.27. Leg measurements: I 2.19 (0.70, 0.25, 0.50, 0.47, 0.27); II 1.99 (0.63, 0.23, 0.44, 0.39, 0.30); III 1.16 (0.31, 0.23, 0.22, 0.23, 0.17); IV 1.45 (0.39, 0.21, 0.31, 0.31, 0.23). Female: Total length 1.80, carapace 0.88 long, 1.00 wide, clypeus 0.18, sternum 0.50 long, 0.30 wide, coxae IV separated by their width. Posterior median eyes separated by less than half their diameter. Macrosetae as in male. Metatarsal trichobothria: Tm I: 0.30; Tm II: 0.19; Tm III: 0.27. Leg measurements: I 2.11 (0.63, 0.31, 0.47, 0.39, 0.31); II 1.97 (0.63, 0.31, 0.39, 0.39, 0.25); III 1.47 (0.47, 0.23, 0.31, 0.25, 0.21); IV 1.16 (0.31, 0.23, 0.23, 0.23, 0.16).
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Qingyuan Zhao, Shuqiang Li
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Zhao Q, Li S (2012) Eleven new species of theridiosomatid spiders from southern China (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae) ZooKeys 255: 1–48
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