Raveniola xizangensis (Hu & Li, 1987)

Zonstein, Sergei & Marusik, Yuri M., 2012, A review of the genus Raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae) in China, with notes on allied genera and description of four new species from Yunnan, ZooKeys 211, pp. 71-99 : 81

Raveniola xizangensis (Hu & Li, 1987) Figs 49, 50

Brachythele xizangensis Hu & Li, 1987: 315-318, 385, figs 1.1-7, 2.1-2 (♂♀); Hu 2001: 65-67, figs 7.1-4 (♂♀).

Raveniola xizangensis : Song et al. 1999: 40, 47, figs 17 I–J (♂♀); Zonstein 2000: 50.

Types.

♀ holotype and ♂ paratype from Jancha County, Tibet; dep. BDSU, not examined.

Diagnosis.

Raveniola xizangensis differs from all other Chinese congeners as well as from north-west-Himalayan Raveniola concolor Zonstein, 2000 by the developed subapical embolic keel in males and the bifurcate basal receptacle in females (cf. Figs 37-43, 47-50, and Zonstein 2000, figs 4-6, respectively).

Description.

This largest Chinese nemesiid with carapace 11-12 mm long was well described by Hu and Li (1987). Bulbus and spermathecae as shown in Figs 49 and 50.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality - Jancha County, Tibet (see Fig. 1, Raveniola loc. 1).