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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1627,1653]" pageId="5" pageNumber="330">Etymology.</emphasis>
The new species is named after the 
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locality; noun in apposition.
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The female of 
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can be distinguished from other species of the genus by the small copulatory ducts and the large spermathecae (
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). The length of copulatory ducts far less than the length of spermathecae (
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), but longer than 1.5 times in others (
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, 
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, 
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).
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Description. Female (
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):
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Abdomen light brownish gray, four chevrons present, rest as for the genus (
<figureCitation box="[159,285,1807,1833]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[152,255,1904,1928]" captionTargetBox="[216,1372,181,1880]" captionTargetId="figure-31@6.[216,1372,181,1880]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Epigyne and habitus of Vappolotes tianjiayu sp. n., holotype. A epigyne, ventral view B vulva, dorsal view C female habitus, dorsal view D same, ventral view E same, lateral view. Scale bars: equal for A and B, equal for C, D, and E. Abbreviations:A = atrium; CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; H = hood; PMA = posterior margin of atrium; S = spermatheca; SH = spermathecal head." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7865032" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7865032/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="330">Fig. 4C–E</figureCitation>
). Total length 7.16. Carapace 3.08 long, 2.04 wide. Abdomen 4.08 long, 2.81 wide. Eye sizes and inter-distances: AME 0.06, ALE 0.11, PME 0.09, PLE 0.10; AME–AME 0.03, AME–ALE 0.04, AME–PME 0.03, ALE–PLE 0.01, PME–PME 0.04, PME–PLE 0.06. Leg measurements: leg I 9.23 (2.51, 0.79, 2.39, 1.80, 1.74); II 8.59 (2.33, 0.73, 2.03, 1.86, 1.64); III 8.09 (2.49, 0.78, 1.86, 1.94, 1.02); IV 11.62 (3.13, 0.84, 2.97, 2.92, 1.76). Epigyne as in 
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: ca. 1.4 times wider than long; atrium large, occupying ca. 3/5 of epigynal field, as long as wide; its posterior margin narrowed in the middle, ca. 1/7 the length of the atrium, at least 1.4 times longer than the width of its lateral margin; copulatory ducts cumuliform, located posteriorly, occupying less than one tenth of spermathecae, covered by spermathecae in dorsal view; spermathecae enlarged, occupying 1/2 of epigynal field; fertilization ducts thin, ca. 5 times longer than wide.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[152,282,1904,1928]" pageId="6" pageNumber="331">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Epigyne and habitus of 
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<emphasis box="[540,750,1904,1928]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="331">Vappolotes tianjiayu</emphasis>
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, holotype. 
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epigyne, ventral view 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1194,1211,1904,1928]" pageId="6" pageNumber="331">B</emphasis>
vulva, dorsal view 
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female habitus, dorsal view 
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same, ventral view 
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same, lateral view. Scale bars: equal for 
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and 
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, equal for 
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, 
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, and 
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. Abbreviations: A = atrium; CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; H = hood; PMA = posterior margin of atrium; S = spermatheca; SH = spermathecal head.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,267,259,285]" pageId="7" pageNumber="332">Male.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,319,294,320]" pageId="7" pageNumber="332">Variation.</emphasis>
Total length of females: 6.52–7.16 (n=11).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,330,356]" pageId="7" pageNumber="332">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only from 
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, 
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(
<figureCitation box="[844,913,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="9.[152,255,1953,1977]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,957,1930]" captionTargetId="figure-393@9.[151,1435,957,1930]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 7. Type localities of new (orange) and previously described (blue) species of Vappolotes from China. 1 V. ganlongensis 2 V. jianpingensis 3 V. longshan sp. n., 4 V. tianjiayu sp. n., 5 V. hei sp. n." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7865042" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7865042/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="332">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
).
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