Epicriopsis stellata Ishikawa, 1972

Epicriopsis stellata Ishikawa, 1972: 95.

Epicriopsis stellata . - Narita and Moraes 2016: 483.

Type depository.

Biological Laboratory, Matsuyama Shinonome Junior College, Matsuyama, Japan.

Type locality and habitat.

Japan, Ehime Prefectship, Matsuyama, Kuwabara, in haystack, in persimmon orchard ( Diospyros kaki).

Comparative material.

Japan: 1 ♀ (CKI, paratype) - 28. 1. 1967, Matsuyama, K. Ishikawa .

Remarks.

I examined a paratype female of this species. I could detect 24 pairs of dorsal shield setae instead of 23 pairs as stated by Ishikawa (1972). Epicriopsis stellata is closely related to Epicriopsis hungaricus and Epicriopsis palustris, and it can be distinguished by the number of opisthogastric setae inserted on soft integument (six pairs in E. stellata, five pairs in E. palustris and E. hungaricus), and the relative length of S4 and S5 (in E. stellata, both similar; in E. palustris and E. hungaricus, S5 thicker, delicately pilose and at least twice longer than S4).