Tapinocyba pingshanensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, sp. n.

(坪Ɯƀ大e)

Figures 243, 244, 310

Types. Holotype ♀ (HNU–GZ– IV–1706), CHINA, Guizhou Prov.: Tongren City, Shiqian Co., Pingshan Town, Fodingshan Vill., Fodingshan NNR, 27.34899°N, 108.16272°E, 666 m, 01.XI.2017, G.C. Zhou leg. Paratype: 1♀, With same data as for holotype female (HNU–GZ– IV–1706).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis. Tapinocyba pingshanensis sp. n. can be distinguished from all other congeners by the copulatory ducts comma-shaped, forming long loop (Fig. 243C).

Description. Female (holotype, Figs 244A, B): Total length: 1.99. Carapace 0.88 long, 0.70 wide, brown, cephalic region slightly elevated, fovea, cervical and radial grooves distinct. Clypeus 0.29 high. Chelicerae with five promarginal and six retromarginal teeth. Sternum longer than wide, dark brown with microsetae. Eyes: AER recurved, PER procurved, slightly wider than AER. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.04, ALE 0.07, PME 0.05, PLE 0.05, AME–AME 0.01, PME–PME 0.04, AME–ALE, 0.03, PME–PLE 0.04, AME–PME 0.05, ALE–ALE 0.27, PLE–PLE 0.29, ALE–PLE contiguous. Length of legs: I 2.41 (0.72, 0.88, 0.44, 0.37), II 1.90 (0.56, 0.72, 0.34, 0.28), III 1.59 (0.54, 0.48, 0.30, 0.27), IV 2.10 (0.59, 0.76, 0.43, 0.32). TmI 0.63 and TmIV 0.67. Tibial spine formula: 1-1-1-1. Opisthosoma 1.11 long, 0.65 wide, oval, black.

Epigyne (Figs 243A–C): Ventral plate (VP) sclerotized, funnel-shaped; dorsal plate (DP) rectangular, wider than long; copulatory opening (CO) present posteriorly at the junction of dorsal and ventral plate; copulatory ducts (CD) large, forming long loop before entering spermatheca; spermatheca (S) globular, almost touches the posterior margin of epigyne; fertilization ducts (FD) short, extending mesally.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Guizhou Province, Fig. 310).