Xerolycosa xinjiangensis sp. nov. (ūēªDƃ)

Figures 12A–B, 13A–C, 14

Type material. Holotype male, Xinjiang, Shihezi City, Manasi County, 44°18.091′N, 86°12.890′E, elev. 470 m, August 2015, J. Su & T. Li leg. (SWUC-T-LY-13-01).

Etymology. The specific name comes from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Male of this new species resembles X. mongolica (Figs 6A–B, 7C–G, 8A–E), but differs from the latter by the slightly branched terminal apophysis and median apophysis larger and with a long, cuspidal ventral process (Figs 12A–B, 13B–C).

Description. Male holotype (Fig. 13A) total length 6.43. Carapace 3.60 long, 2.35 wide; opisthosoma 2.58 long, 1.92 wide. Carapace yellow brown. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15, ALE 0.10, PME 0.37, PLE 0.32; AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.29, PME–PLE 0.39. Clypeus height 0.09. Chelicerae, labium, endites and sternum yellow brown. Sternum with sparse brown setae. Leg measurements: I 10.61 (3.15, 3.33, 2.64, 1.49); II 7.65 (2.25, 2.39, 1.82, 1.19); III 10.95 (3.13, 3.15, 3.06, 1.61); IV 13.58 (3.81, 4.07, 3.88, 1.82). Leg formula: 4312. Opisthosoma oval. Dorsum yellow brown, with black mark, cardiac mark dark brown. Venter yellow brown.

Male pedipalp (Figs 12A–B, 13B–C). Subtegulum baso-prolaterally located. Terminal apophysis membranous, wide and with a somewhat bifurcate tip. Embolus long. Conductor small and membranous, with a rounded end. Median apophysis strong, with an axe-like ventral process.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Xinjiang, China (Fig. 14).