Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Sinocoelotes acicularis (Wang, Griswold & Ubick, 2009) comb. n. Figs 3, 21

Coelotes acicularis Wang et al. 2009: 4, figs 1-9 (♂♀, from Baoshan, Yunnan, China, in HNU and CAS, not examined).

Material examined.

1♀: China: Yunnan Province: Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture: Lushui County, road from Liuku to Pianma Town, N26°00'09", E98°39'33", 2422 m, 7.XII.2013, Y. Li and J. Liu.

Diagnosis.

The female is similar to Sinocoelotes hehuaensis sp. n., but can be easily distinguished from it by the longer epigynal teeth (three times longer than in Sinocoelotes hehuaensis sp. n.), the different shape of atrium (anterior part much broader than posterior part in this species, but inverted U-shaped in Sinocoelotes hehuaensis sp. n.), and the broader and membranous copulatory ducts (which are slender and sclerotized in Sinocoelotes hehuaensis sp. n.) (cf. Figs 3 A–B and 8 A–B).

Description.

Described by Wang et al. (2009).

Comments.

The species shares a combination of somatic morphology characters with Sinocoelotes hehuaensis sp. n., and therefore we transfer it to Sinocoelotes gen. n. The molecular analysis supports this transfer.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan) (Fig. 21).