A survey of linyphiid spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Linyphiidae)
Author
Zhao, Qingyuan
Author
Li, Shuqiang
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.460.7799
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.460.7799
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Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Linyphiidae
Genus
Conglin
gen. n.
Type species.
Conglin personatus
sp. n.
Etymology.
The generic name is derived from the Chinese Pinyin
'cong
lin'
, meaning
'forest'
, in reference to habitat of the new genus. Gender is masculine.
Diagnosis.
This genus is diagnosed by its complexly routed copulatory ducts and the extended posterior end of the epigynal fig, not found in any other Southeast Asian erigonines (Fig. 24
B-C
).
Description.
Small sized
Erigoninae
. Carapace unmodified. Chelicerae with 5 promarginal teeth, and 4 retromarginal teeth. Chaetotaxy: tibial spine formula: 1-1-1-1. TmI unknown, TmIV unkown. Abdomen tanned, with dark green patches on the ventral side. Male unknown.
Epigyne
: ventral fig round and hunched, with an extension at the posterior end (Fig. 24A); the dorsal fig much shorter than the ventral fig, with curved posterior rim (Fig. 24C). The copulatory ducts long and twisted, and the route difficult to discern (Fig. 24C); no apparent spermathecae present.
Species composition.
Type species only:
Conglin personatus
sp. n.
Distribution.
China.