Draconarius gigas, Wang, XIN-PING, Griswold, CHARLES E. & Miller, JEREMY A., 2010

Wang, XIN-PING, Griswold, CHARLES E. & Miller, JEREMY A., 2010, Revision of the genus Draconarius Ovtchinnikov 1999 (Agelenidae: Coelotinae) in Yunnan, China, with an analysis of the Coelotinae diversity in the Gaoligongshan Mountains, Zootaxa 2593, pp. 1-127 : 49

Draconarius gigas sp. nov.

(Figs 166-173, 539)

Type material examined: Holotype. ♂, CHINA: Yunnan: Tengchong County: Bawan village, 39-41 km of the road Bawan-Tengchong , N24° 55625', E98° 45155', 2416 m, October 12, 2003, G. Tang ( HNU, CASENT9020367 ) .

Etymology: The species name came from the Greek “gigas”, which means “giant”, and refers to the large conductor; adjective.

Diagnosis: Male of this new species can be easily recognized by the long patellar apophysis, the long, broad conductor, the absence of a median apophysis, and the distinctly notched embolic base (Figs 166-170).

Description: Male (holotype). Medium sized Coelotinae , total length 7.05 (Fig. 171). Dorsal shield of prosoma 3.75 long, 2.74 wide; opisthosoma 3.30 long, 2.41 wide. AME smallest, half the size of ALE; ALE largest; posterior eyes subequal in size, slightly smaller than ALE ( AME 0.08, ALE 0.15, PME 0.13, PLE 0.14); AME separated from each other by their diameter, from ALE by slightly less than AME diameter; PME separated from each other by half of their diameter, from PLE by their diameter (AME-AME 0.07, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PME 0.06, PME-PLE 0.14, AME-PME 0.11) (Fig. 172). Chelicera with 3 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth. Labium longer than wide ( L / W =1.20) (Fig. 173). Palp with a long patellar apophysis; RTA more than half of tibial length; lateral tibial apophysis small; cymbial furrow more than of cymbial length; conductor broad, long, extending posteriorly reaching embolic base, with a slightly coiled apex, a large basal lamella, and a broad, modified dorsal apophysis (U-shaped groove); median apophysis absent; embolus long, with base small, distinctly notched, proximal in origin, thread arising at 6- o’clock-position, extending posteriorly to distal part of tibia, running half an oval, anteriorly not coiling beyond distal part of bulb (Figs 166-170).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution: China (Yunnan: Tengchong) (Fig. 539).