A new species of Wuliphantes from Sichuan, China, with re-description on the type specimens of W. tongluensis (Araneae, Linyphiidae) Author Yang, Lan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7754-9275 College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China Author Yao, Zhiyuan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1631-0949 College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China yaozy@synu.edu.cn Author Li, Shuqiang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5416 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China lisq@ioz.ac.cn text Biodiversity Data Journal 2023 2023-12-20 11 114390 114390 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e114390 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e114390 1314-2828-11-e114390 198816CAE2CB4FAAB2A986DB94E82453 6D7207FC4D98552DBA00C9C2A0EF6446 Wuliphantes tongluensis (Chen & Song, 1988) Materials Type status: Holotype . Occurrence : recordedBy: Zhangfu Chen ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; lifeStage: adult ; occurrenceID: A9FF000B-0D6A-5E86-A968-908141E179EB ; Taxon : order: Araneae ; family: Linyphiidae ; genus: Wuliphantes ; Location : country: China ; stateProvince: Zhejiang ; municipality: Hangzhou ; locality: Tonglu County ; Event : year: 1985; month: 6; day: 6; Record Level : institutionCode: IZCAS-Ar 10017 Type status: Allotype . Occurrence : recordedBy: Zhangfu Chen ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; occurrenceID: 4B1CA516-2BA3-53EB-9A50-E1E8EE6D7CAC ; Taxon : order: Araneae ; family: Linyphiidae ; genus: Wuliphantes ; Location : country: China ; stateProvince: Zhejiang ; municipality: Hangzhou ; locality: Tonglu County ; Event : year: 1985; month: 6; day: 6; Record Level : institutionCode: IZCAS-Ar 10018 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Lihong Tu, Shuqiang Li ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; lifeStage: adult ; occurrenceID: 1C4FDE70-E845-5D57-A51D-0A6E548A22F2 ; Taxon : order: Araneae ; family: Linyphiidae ; genus: Wuliphantes ; Location : country: China ; stateProvince: Hunan ; municipality: Hengshan ; locality: Nanyue District ; verbatimLocality: Nanyue Hengshan Scenic Area ; Event : year: 2003; month: 10; day: 11; Record Level : institutionCode: IZCAS Description For measurements data of Wuliphantes tongluensis , see Chen and Song (1988) . Female (Holotype). Colour faded (Fig. 1 a). Epigyne (Fig. 2 a ). Ventral plate wider than long; copulatory openings apparent, present posteriorly; dorsal plate inverted triangle; copulatory ducts forming five loops; spermathecae spiral; fertilisation ducts pointing antero-medially. Male (Allotype). Colour faded (Fig. 1 b). Palp (Figs 3 , 5 a ). Tibia conical; paracymbium U-shaped in retrolateral view, with wide base and narrow end; tegulum semicircle, with subtriangular protegulum; embolic plate well-developed, with ribbon-like ventral projection of embolic plate, the narrow distal protrusion faces right on the retrolateral view; embolus spiral, with two and a half coils, originating at 6 o'clock position in prolateral view. Diagnosis The species resembles Wuliphantes yaan sp. nov. with similar paracymbium and subtegulum, but can be distinguished by the embolus forming 2.5 coils (Figs 3 , 5 a ; 1.5 coils in W. yaan sp. nov.); by the width of ventral projection of embolic plate increasing distally (Fig. 3 a; width almost consistent in W. yaan sp. nov.); by the ventral projection of embolic plate with sharp and narrow distal protrusion (Fig. 3 a; hooked in W. yaan sp. nov.); and by the copulatory ducts with five loops (Fig. 2 a ; two loops in W. yaan sp. nov.). Distribution China (Zhejiang, type locality; Anhui; Chongqing; Hubei; Hunan).