Venonia spirocysta Cai, 1991

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Venonia spirocysta Cai, 1991

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Venonia spirocysta Cai , in Chen & Zhang, 1991: 208, Figs. 211.1- 4; Cai, 1993: 60, Figs. 1-16; Yin et al., 1997: 50, Fig. 21; Song et al., 1999: 346, Figs. 202A, E.

Material examined. - 1 female, Kenting National Park , Pingtong County, Taiwan, Apr.2000, coll. Yu-Lung Hsieh (NMNS-THU-Ar- 02-0168) ; 1 male, Kenting National Park , Pingtong County, Taiwan, Apr.2000, coll. Yu-Lung Hsieh (NMNS-THU-Ar-01-0106) ; 2 males, Lugu Country , Nantou County, Taiwan, 25 Aug.1995, coll. Wen- Hao Chou (NMNS-THU-Ar-02-0157) .

Description. – Female: Total length 4.05: carapace length 1.90, width 1.35; abdomen length 2.27, width 1.53. Body with brown pubescence. Median band of carapace yellowishbrown, distinct, narrowing backward. Anterior eye row procurved, AME larger than ALE, AME-AME slight shorter than AME-ALE. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on both promargin and retromargin. Legs yellowish-brown, with brown annulations. Posterior margin of epigynal plate concave ( Figs. 41-42).

Male: Total length 2.57-3.37. One specimen: total length 2.70, carapace length 1.53, width 1.16; abdomen length 1.29, width 0.92. Similar to female in general shape and colour. Median band of carapace narrow, indistinct. Annulations of legs almost indistinguishable. Femur of leg I and pedipalp dark brown in colour. Tarsus of pedipalp without thick terminal setae, cymbium relatively large, genital bulb almost occupying the whole tarsus. Median apophysis pointing anteriorly ( Figs. 43-44).

Distribution. – Taiwan, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guizhou.