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Author
Mu, Yannan
The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, Institute of Life Science and Green Developed, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China & 15188605531 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2504 - 673 X
Author
Zhang, Feng
The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, Institute of Life Science and Green Developed, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-08-25
5338
1
1
104
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1
11755334
CAA37212-3008-43F4-98DE-94D7A3FFD3B6
Otacilia wugongshanica
Liu, 2020
(ǨĖƜŴṚff)
Otacilia wugongshanica
Liu, 2020: 17
, fig. 12–14; Liu
et al.
, 2022: Suppl. 2: 68, figs 128C, 137J, 138J, 139J, 140J, 141K, 142K, 143K.
Otacilia dawushan
Liu & Li, 2022: 354
, Suppl. 2: 50, figs 75–
77, 125E
–F.
syn. nov.
Otacilia xingguo
Liu & Li, 2022: 355
, Suppl. 2: 72, figs 116, 129.
syn. nov.
Otacilia zhonglong
Liu & Li, 2022: 355
, Suppl. 2: 74, figs 120–124.
syn. nov.
Comments:
With the discovery of
Otacilia
species
, our study found that the difference between
O. dawushan
and
O. wugongshanica
exists in the abdominal color pattern, the angle of the retrolateral tibial apophysis curvature, and the size of the sclerotized fovea on the epigynal plate. The differences between
O. zhonglong
and
O. dawushan
are only based on the abdominal color pattern and curvature of the retrolateral tibial apophysis. The differences between
O. xingguo
and
O. zhonglong
are recorded as “…by the ventral abdomen lacking an H-shaped dark brown mark (Fig. 116C) (vs present) and the connecting tubes are transverse posteriorly (Fig. 116D) (vs obliquely)” by
Liu & Li (2022)
. Our study found that these four species share the same characteristics in the male palp and female epigyne, e.g., the shape of the embolus, tegular apophysis, retrolateral tibial apophysis, and femoral apophysis in the male palp, and the atrium, median septum, copulatory openings, copulatory ducts, connecting tubes, and spermathecae in the female epigyne. As a result, we suggest that
O. dawushan
,
O. xingguo
, and
O. zhonglong
should be considered junior synonyms of
O. wugongshanica
.