Sinartoria nanling sp. nov.

Figs 7, 8 (南岭华阿狼蛛)

Type material.

Holotype • ♀ (SWUC -T-LY-24-01), China, Guangdong, Shaoguan City, Nanling Forest Park, July 2016, G. C. Zhou leg.

Etymology.

The specific name is derived from the type locality; a noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

Female of Sinartoria nanling sp. nov. resembles S. maolan sp. nov. in having the small septum and spermathecal head subglobular (Figs 7 A, B, 8 B, C; Figs 5 A, B, 6 B, C), but can be differentiated from the latter by long spermathecal stalks, unconnected at the base (Figs 7 B, 8 C; vs. short, connected at the base) and elliptical fertilization ducts (Figs 7 B, 8 C; vs. proximally eggplant-shaped).

Description.

Female holotype (Fig. 8 A) total length 4.78. Carapace 2.45 long, 1.80 wide; opisthosoma 2.18 long, 1.73 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.06, PME 0.32, PLE 0.25; AME – AME 0.10, AME – ALE 0.09, PME – PME 0.23, PME – PLE 0.26. Clypeus height 0.09. Chelicerae yellow brown. Leg measurements: I 6.97 (1.97, 2.52, 1.59, 0.89); II 6.29 (1.78, 2.16, 1.55, 0.80); III 5.99 (1.65, 1.92, 1.62, 0.80); IV 8.80 (2.31, 2.77, 2.62, 1.10). Leg formula: 4123. Opisthosoma oval.

Epigyne (Figs 7, 8 B, C). Septum extends posteriorly. Spermathecal stalks long, unconnected at the base. Spermathecal subglobular. Fertilization ducts large, elliptical.

Male. Unknown.

Habitat.

Beneath the humus stratum in deciduous broadleaf forests.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality, Guangdong, China (Fig. 9).