The orb-weaving spider genus Eriovixia (Araneae: Araneidae) in the Gaoligong Mountains, China Author Mi, Xiao-Qi Author Peng, Xian-Jin Author Yin, Chang-Min text Zootaxa 2010 2488 39 51 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.195544 1b780b78-bb85-4c53-a68b-607524333efc 1175-5326 195544 Genus Eriovixia Archer, 1951 Eriovixia Archer, 1951a : 18 Simonarachne Archer, 1951b : 28 (Synonymy by Grasshoff, 1986 : 118 , contra Yaginuma & Archer, 1959 : 36 ) Type species: Araneus rhinura Pocock, 1899 (removed from the synonymy of Neoscona Simon, 1864 by Grasshoff, 1986 : 4) Diagnosis. Representatives of the genus Eriovixia are small to medium-sized orb-weaving spiders. This genus differs from all other araneid genera by the following combination of characters: absence of macroseta in the male pedipalp patella; absence of male coxa I hook; epigyna nearly triangular, with copulatory openings wide and opening dorsally; and by the female abdomen which extends beyond the spinnerets, and appears as a “tail”. Description. Total length: 3.00–5.70 (females), 2.60–3.90 (males). Carapace piriform, slightly longer than wide, narrow in eye region, covered with white seta, cervical groove deep in females and inconspicuous in males, cephalic region slightly elevated in females ( Figs 1 , 9 , 17 , 25 ). Legs yellowish with dark annuli ( Figs 1–2 , 9–10 , 17–18 , 25–26 ). Abdomen triangular, pointed posteriorly ( Figs 1–2 , 9–10 , 17–18 , 25–26 ). Epigyna subtriangular, with rimmed scape ( Figs 3–4 , 11–12 , 19–20 , 27–28 ); copulatory openings situated on the dorsal surface of the scape, copulatory ducts twisted; spermathecae touching ( Figs 5 , 13 , 21 , 29–30 ). Pedipalpal of male with small paracymbium, median apophysis large, with one or two pointed spurs; conductor usually wide; embolus slender and short ( Figs 6–7 , 14–15 , 22–23 , 30–31 ); terminal apophysis present ( Figs 14 , 31 ) or fused with embolus ( Figs 6 , 22 ).