Description on Solitudes dushengi gen. et sp. nov. from Xinjiang, China (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
Author
Lin, Yejie
Author
Li, Shuqiang
text
Zoological Systematics
2020
45
4
312
315
journal article
4564
10.11865/zs.202036
948f1b6b-8598-4084-84c3-dee8c828027e
2095-6827
5364474
D5CB5EBB-C920-4021-83A4-726302098A5C
Subfamily
Solitudinae
subfam. nov.
Type
genus.
Solitudes
gen. nov.
Diagnosis. This new subfamily is similar to the subfamily
Drassodinae Simon,
1893
in eyes size, habitus and chelicera, but can be distinguished by the absence of a deep notch on trochanter IV (
vs.
present in
Drassodinae
); by habitus, with the body and legs covered with dense white seate (
vs.
sparse short setae in
Drassodinae
); leg I and leg II, with the tarsus longer than metatarsus (
vs.
shorter in
Drassodinae
); scopulae consisting of spatulate hair reaching the middle of tarsus (
vs.
tenent setae in
Drassodinae
); leg III and leg IV, with tarsus curved with a long claw and lacking serration (
vs.
straight and claws short, with serration in
Drassodinae
) and leg IV tarsus with spines present (
vs.
absent in
Drassodinae
).