A survey of Agroeca Westring, 1861 from China (Araneae: Liocranidae) Author Mu, Yannan The Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China Author Jin, Chi College of Landscape and Ecological Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, Heibei 056006, P. R. China Author Zhang, Feng The Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China & The Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China dudu06042001@163.com text Zootaxa 2019 2019-06-12 4615 1 91 112 journal article 21180 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.1.4 e10913e0-44a0-4eab-9d19-cc655e790372 1175-5326 3995359 0C472D3D-A849-4BED-87D7-127683FFF524 Agroeca mainlingensis sp. n. Figs 6–8 Type material. Holotype ♂ , CHINA : Xizang Autonomous Region , Nyingchi City , Mainling County (Dongshan) ( 29°30.589′N , 94°52.868′E ), 2946 m a.s.l. , 12 Sep 2013 , leg. Panlong Wu. Paratypes : 2♀ 6♂ , same data as the holotype ; 1♀ , Xizang Autonomous Region , Nyingchi City , Mainling County , Pai Town , 9 Sep 2013 , leg. Panlong Wu. Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality; adjective. Diagnosis. The new species is similar to A. proxima (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 ) , but the male can be distinguished by: 1) the membranous, narrow base of the median apophysis ( vs sclerotized and wide); 2) the long RTA ( vs short); and 3) the downward bending conductor ( vs upward). The female can be distinguished from A. proxima by: 1) the wide septum ( vs narrow); 2) the presence of two hoods on anterior septum ( vs without hoods); and 3) the direction of the large copulatory openings, which are directed obliquely upwards. FIGURE 3. Agroeca lata sp. n. male: A habitus, dorsal view; B same, ventral view; C cephalothorax, ventral view; D cephalothorax, frontal view; E male left palp, prolateral view; F same, ventral view; G same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–B); 0.2 mm (C–G). FIGURE 4. Agroeca lata sp. n. female: A habitus, dorsal view; B same, ventral view; C cephalothorax, ventral view; D cephalothorax, frontal view; E epigyne, ventral view; F same, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–B); 0.2 mm (C–F). FIGURE 5. Agroeca lata sp. n. : A male left palp, ventral view; B same, retrolateral view; C epigyne, ventral view; D epigyne, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.25 mm (A–D). Abbreviations: C, conductor; CD, copulatory duct; CO, copulatory opening; E, embolus; FD, fertilization duct; H, hood; MA, median apophysis; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis; S, spermatheca; SD, sperm duct; T, tegulum. FIGURE 6. Agroeca mainlingensis sp. n. male: A habitus, dorsal view; B cephalothorax, ventral view; C cephalothorax, frontal view; D male left palp, prolateral view; E. same, ventral view; F. same, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B); 0.2 mm (C–F). FIGURE 7. Agroeca mainlingensis sp. n. female, A habitus, dorsal view; B cephalothorax, ventral view; C cephalothorax, frontal view; D epigyne, ventral view; E. epigyne, dorsal view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B–C); 0.2 mm (D–E). FIGURE 8. Agroeca mainlingensis sp. n. : A male left palp, ventral view; B same, retrolateral view; C epigyne, ventral view; D same, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.25 mm (A–D). Abbreviations: C, conductor; CD, copulatory duct; CO, copulatory opening; E, embolus; FD, fertilization duct; H, hood; MA, median apophysis; RTA, retrolateral tibial apophysis; S, spermatheca; SD, sperm duct; T, tegulum. Description. Male. Holotype ( Figs 6 A–C) total length 2.71. Carapace 1.34 long, 1.10 wide; abdomen 1.37 long, 0.97 wide. Carapace fuscous, lighter medially than laterally; lateral fringe darker, cervical groove indistinct. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.08, PLE 0.07, PME 0.06, AME 0.04, AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.02, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.05. MOA 0.21 long, 0.20 posterior wide, 0.10 anterior wide. Sternum yellow, margin fuscous, longer than wide. Legs fuscous; tibia I with 3 pairs of ventral spines, tibia II ventral with one prolateral spine and three retrolateral spines. Metatarsi I and II with two pairs of ventral spines. Measurements of legs: leg I 3.74 (1.03+0.54+0.91+0.73+0.53), leg II 3.43 (0.94+0.52+0.78+0.68+0.51), leg III 3.28 (0.88+0.49+0.63+0.78+0. 50), leg IV 4.73 (1.19+0.56+1.04+1.30+0.64). Palp ( Figs 6 D–F, 8A–B): palp light yellow, tegulum brown. RTA long, distally blackish; embolus with broad base, curved, with thin tip; conductor membranous, behind embolus; base of median apophysis membranous, narrow, tip hook-shaped. Tegulum wide, with faint sperm duct. Female: Total length 2.87–3.26 (n=3). Paratype ( Figs 7 A–C) total length 3.09, carapace 1.50 long, 1.23 wide; abdomen 1.59 long, 1.17 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.08, PLE 0.08, PME 0.08, AME 0.04, AME– AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.03; PME–PME 0.07, PME–PLE 0.07. MOA 0.23 long, 0.22 posterior wide, 0.12 anterior wide. Tibia II with two prolateral ventral spines and three retrolateral ventral spines. Measurements of legs: leg I 3.82 (1.07+0.60+0.89+0.73+0.53), leg II 3.48 (1.01+0.54+0.78+0.66+0.49), leg III 3.37 (0.92+0.47+0.67+0.80+0. 51), leg IV 4.80 (1.23+0.59+1.04+1.28+0.66). Other characters as in male. Epigyne ( Figs 7 D–E, 8C–D) as wide as long; septum present; copulatory openings wide; copulatory ducts short and simply folded; epigynal plate with two anterior hoods; spermathecae almost spherical, close to each other; fertilization ducts short. Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 17 ).