Typhlohnia kaiyang Lin & Li sp. nov.

Figs 22A, B, 28B, 29B, 30

Type material.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS-Ar44697), China, Guizhou: Guiyang City, Kaiyang County, Shuangliu Town, Dashan Villiage, Qiaotou Cave, 27.0316°N, 106.8571°E, ca 1380 m, 11.V.2006, Y. Lin and Z. Yang leg.

Diagnosis.

The female of Typhlohnia kaiyang sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other species in the Typhlohnia rongshui group by the secondary spermathecae at posterior of primary spermathecae (Fig. 22B).

Description.

Female (holotype; Figs 22A, B, 28B, 29B). Total body length 1.53. Carapace 0.66 long, 0.48 wide; opisthosoma 0.87 long, 0.50 wide. Chelicerae with two promarginal and three retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: I 2.03 (0.58, 0.22, 0.44, 0.40, 0.38); II 1.97 (0.57, 0.21, 0.41, 0.41, 0.37); III 1.80 (0.50, 0.17, 0.39, 0.39, 0.35); IV 2.35 (0.65, 0.22, 0.51, 0.54, 0.43). Leg spination: patellae III-IV d1.

Coloration (Figs 28B, 29B). Carapace pale yellow, with a few long brown hairs. Fovea unobvious. Eyes absent. Chelicerae, labium, and gnathocoxae pale yellow, with long brown hairs. Sternum yellowish. Legs white. Opisthosoma oval, white. Spinnerets white.

Epigyne (Fig. 22A, B). Epigynal plate 1.3 × wider than long. Depression unobvious. Copulatory openings arc-shaped. Copulatory ducts long and strongly convoluted, with two turns, medium bifurcate. The short one connected to secondary spermathecae, the other connected to primary spermathecae. Secondary spermathecae oval, as wide as kidney-shaped primary spermathecae. Fertilization ducts directed at 9:00 o’clock position from spermathecae.

Etymology.

The specific epithet refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 30).