Utivarachna taiwanica ( Hayashi & Yoshida, 1993 )

Zhao, Yi & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2014, Spiders of the genus Utivarachna from China (Araneae: Corinnidae), Zootaxa 3774 (6), pp. 578-588 : 585-588

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scientific name	Utivarachna taiwanica ( Hayashi & Yoshida, 1993 )
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Utivarachna taiwanica ( Hayashi & Yoshida, 1993)

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Trachelas taiwanicus Hayashi & Yoshida, 1993: 51 , figs. 12–15; Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 429, figs. 256 C–D. U. t. Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 370, 397.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to U. fabaria sp. nov. by the epigynum longer than wide, atrium posteriorly located, copulatory opening on the center of epigynum, arch-shaped, copulatory ducts long, almost straight, spermathecae located posteriorly, and anterior bursae above the top of spermathecae, but can be distinguished by having: (1) atrium longer than wide, almost as long as the epigynum ( Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 256 C); (2) connecting ducts separated far away from each other ( Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 256 D); (3) spermathecae spherical ( Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 256 D); (4) copulatory duct with three spirals in U. taiwanica ( Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 256 D).

Distribution. China ( Taiwan).

References

Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2001) Forest spiders of South East Asia: with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanterriidae [sic]). Brill, Leiden, 591 pp.

Hayashi, T. & Yoshida, H. (1993) Three new species of the family Clubionidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taiwan. Acta Arachnologica Tokyo, 42, 47 - 53.

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999) The Spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.