Three new genera of the family Nesticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China
Author
Ballarin, Francesco
Author
Li, Shu-Qiang
text
Zoological Systematics
2015
40
2
179
190
http://zoobank.org/7b3cf8c2-4af0-44c3-9048-f927c4ddd4bc
journal article
10.11865/zs.20150203
2095-6827
7176404
7B3CF8C2-4AF0-44C3-9048-F927C4DDD4BC
Genus
Wraios
gen. nov.
Type
species:
Wraios longiembolus
sp. nov.
Etymology. The generic name is derived from the Greek word "ωραίος - wraios" meaning "lovely, nice", referring to the colorful pattern of the nominal species. The gender is masculine.
Diagnosis. The new genus has peculiar characters in the palpal, epigynal and vulval structure that clearly separate it from any other known genus of the family
Nesticidae
. Distinctive characters in the male are the extremely long and coiled embolus, the general shape of the paracymbium, the conductor and the axe-head shaped tegular apophysis. The wide, trapezoidal epigynal plate of the female, its coiled screw-shaped insemination ducts and the small spermathecae have no close similarities with any other nesticids genus.
Distribution.
China
(
Yunnan
).