Spiricoelotes Wang, 2002

Chen, Lu, Zhao, Zhe & Li, Shuqiang, 2016, Six new species of the spider genus Spiricoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from caves in Jiangxi, China, ZooKeys 561, pp. 1-19 : 3

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Genus Spiricoelotes Wang, 2002

Spiricoelotes Wang, 2002: 129. Type species Coelotes zonatus Peng & Wang, 1997, from China.

Diagnosis.

The males can be easily recognized from other coelotines by the strongly curved patellar apophyses, the absence of a dorsal apophysis of the conductor, and the slender, anteriorly extending conductor. (Fig. 1 A–C). The females can be distinguished from other coelotines by the absence of epigynal teeth, the well-developed epigynal hoods and the long, strongly convoluted spermathecae (Fig. 2 A–B).