New species of the coelotine spider genus Lineacoelotes (Araneae: Agelenidae) from China
Author
Li, Bing
Author
Zhao, Zhe
Author
Chen, Haifeng
Author
Wu, Zhiyan
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-25
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2
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journal article
26406
10.11646/zootaxa.4623.2.9
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1175-5326
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Lineacoelotes tiantaiensis
Z. Zhao & S. Li
,
sp. n.
Figs 3
,
8
Type material.
Holotype
♀
(IZCAS-Ar39285):
Tiantai National Forest
Park
(
N33.249180°
,
E107.054280°
,
1074 m
),
Wuxiang Township
,
Hantai District
,
Hanzhong City
,
Shaanxi Province
,
China
,
25. X. 2013
,
Y. Li
and
J. Liu
leg.
Paratypes
:
2♀
(IZCAS-Ar39286
-
Ar39287): same data as holotype
.
Etymology.
The specific name referring to the
type
locality: Tiantai National Forest Park.
Diagnosis.
Females of
L. tiantaiensis
sp. n.
are similar to those of
L. funiushanensis
. They can be distinguished from the latter species by the atrium thin and long, and epigynal teeth long (
Fig. 3A
)
vs.
atrium wide and short, and epigynal teeth short in
L. funiushanensis
(fig.
5 in
Xu
et al
., 2008
).
Description. Female (
holotype
).
Carapace and clypeus brown-yellow, endites and labium dark brown, sternum brown-yellow, the colour of legs lighter than that of carapace, with a grey ring of hair, femur surrounded by two ring hair, patella surrounded by one ring of hair, tibia surrounded by one ring of hair. Abdomen blue-brown, dorsal view of abdomen with five chevron-shaped patterns; the colour of spinnerets and abdomen are the same. Total length 7.04. Carapace 3.40 long, 2.66 wide. Abdomen 3.64 long, 2.38 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.12, ALE 0.19, PME 0.16, PLE 0.18; AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.07, AME-PME 0.09, ALE-PLE 0, PME-PME 0.11, PME-PLE 0.15. Leg measurements: I 11.62 (3.37, 3.84, 2.74, 1.67); II 10.19 (3.01, 3.43, 2.12, 1.63); III 9.76 (3.07, 3.08, 2.44, 1.17); IV 12.54 (3.37, 3.92, 3.43, 1.82). Chelicera with 3 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth. Epigyne: plate 1.3 times wider than high; epigynal teeth long and wide, bent at tips; originating from anterior margin of the atrium and extending over its posterior margin, about 1/2 the height of plate, with 2.8 times longer than wide; the distance between the base of the tooth is shorter than the distance between the tip of the tooth (2.5 times of their width); epigynal atrium situated at the central part of the plate, longer than wide, with their posterior part more sclerotized than other parts of the plate; copulatory ducts large; spermathecae oval, separated from each other; spermathecal heads long, originating from the middle part of the spermathecae; fertilization duct pointing to the front, hook-shaped at the tips (
Fig. 3
A–B).
Male.
Unknown.
Variation.
Total length of females 6.09–8.33. Carapace length 2.36–2.82.
Distribution.
Known only from
Shaanxi Province
,
China
(
Fig. 8
).