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 lata sp. n. Figs 3–5 Type material. Holotype ♂ , CHINA : Yunnan Province , Baoshan City , Tengchong County , Gaoligong Mountains National Nature Reserve ( 25°17.238′N , 98°42.174′E ), 2275 m a.s.l. , 17 Oct 2015 , leg. Tian Lu. Paratype : 1♀ , same data as the holotype . Etymology. The specific name is a Latin adjective meaning “wide”. It refers to the wide embolus. Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Agroeca mainlingensis sp. n. , but the male can be distinguished by the unique shape of the tegulum and the hammer-like median apophysis ( Fig. 5A ); the female can be distinguished by: 1) the presence of two small hoods on the anterior septum ( vs two large hoods); 2) the lateral copulatory openings ( vs slanting obliquely upward); and 3) the differently folded copulatory ducts. Description. Male. Holotype ( Figs 3 A–D) total length 3.22. Carapace 1.57 long, 1.25 wide; abdomen 1.65 long, 1.14 wide. Carapace yellow-brown, lighter medially than laterally, margin dark; fovea dark reddish-brown; radial groove distinct, cervical groove indistinct. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.10, PLE 0.10, PME 0.09, AME 0.05, AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.03, PME–PME 0.07, PME–PLE 0.04. MOA 0.18 long, 0.25 posterior wide, 0.12 anterior wide. Sternum grey, longer than wide. Legs fuscous; tibia I with 3 pairs of ventral spines (additional one ventral spine at apex), tibia II with one prolateral ventral spine, three retrolateral ventral spines. Metatarsus I with two prolateral spines and three retrolateral spines. Metatarsus II with two retrolateral spines and three prolateral spines. Measurements of legs: leg I 4.50 (1.26+0.60+1.05+0.88+0.71), leg II 4.07 (1.15+0.60+0.88+0.82+0.62), leg III 3.81 (1.00+0.52+0.77+0.90+0.62), leg IV 5.53 (1.47+0.58+1.20+1.46+0.82). FIGURE 1. Agroeca batangensis 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: 0.5 mm (A–B); 0.2 mm (C–D), 0.1 mm (E–F). Palp ( Figs 3 E–G, 5A–B) brown, bulb semielliptic. RTA short and thick, distally blackish; embolus sheet-shaped, curved downwards; conductor membranous, behind embolus; median apophysis hammer-like in ventral view. Subtegulum wide, tegulum wide, sperm duct faint, U-shaped. Female: Paratype ( Figs 4 A–D) total length 3.77, carapace 1.70 long, 1.39 wide; abdomen 2.07 long, 1.46 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: ALE 0.10, PLE 0.11, PME 0.10, AME 0.05, AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.03; PME–PME 0.08, PME–PLE 0.06. MOA 0.19 long, 0.27 posterior wide, 0.14 anterior wide. Chelicerae as in male. Tibia I and II with three pairs of ventral spines. Measurements of legs: leg I 4.38 (1.25+0.64+1.06+0.83+0.60), leg II 4.09 (1.16+0.63+0.93+0.81+0.56), leg III 4.03 (1.10+0.57+0.78+0.95+0.63), leg IV 5.68 (1.50+0.67+1.22+1.48 +0.81). Other characters same as male. Epigyne ( Figs 4 E–F, 5C–D) wider than long; septum narrow; copulatory openings small, laterally located; copulatory ducts short, simply folded; epigynal plate with two small anterior hoods; spermathecae oval, adjacent to each other; fertilization ducts short. Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 17 ).