Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Sinocoelotes forficatus (Liu & Li, 2010) comb. n. Figs 5, 21

Coelotes forficatus Liu and Li 2010: 2, figs 1 A–B, 2 A–C, 3 A–B, 4 A–B, 5 A–C (♂ holotype and ♂♀ paratypes from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, in IZCAS, not examined).

Material examined.

1♀: China: Yunnan Province: Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture: Mengla County, Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve, N21°37'55", E101°12'25", 665 m, 3.VII.2013, Q. Zhao and Z. Chen.

Diagnosis.

The female is similar to Sinocoelotes hehuaensis sp. n., but can be easily distinguished from it by the longer and slenderer epigynal teeth (twice as long as in Sinocoelotes hehuaensis sp. n.), the broader, shorter and laterally originating spermathecal heads (twice as long as Sinocoelotes forficatus and medially originating in Sinocoelotes hehuaensis sp. n.), and the slenderer, longer and inverted U-shaped copulatory ducts (cf. Figs 5 A–B and 8 A–B).

Comments.

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

Description.

Described by Liu and Li (2010).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan) (Fig. 21).