Weygoldtia Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini & Scharff, 2018

Zhu, Xiao-Yu, Wu, Shi-Yang, Liu, Yi-Jiao, Reardon, Chris R., Román-Palacios, Cristian, Li, Zheng & He, Zhu-Qing, 2021, A new species of whip spider, Weygoldtia hainanensis sp. nov., from Hainan, China (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae), Zootaxa 5082 (1), pp. 65-76 : 69

Genus Weygoldtia Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini & Scharff, 2018

Key to the identification of Weygoldtia based on Miranda et al. (2021b)

1. Pedipalp femur with five dorsal spines; pedipalp patella with six dorsal spines; cheliceral claw with 7–9 teeth; leg IV distitibia with six or seven sc trichobothria and seven or eight sf trichobothria.................. Weygoldtia davidovi (Fage, 1946)

- Pedipalp femur with four dorsal spines; pedipalp patella with five dorsal spines; cheliceral claw with 6–7 teeth; leg IV distitibia with 9–11 sc / sf trichobothria............................................................................ 2

2. Tibia I with 26 segments, cheliceral claw with 6–7 teeth; leg IV distitibia with 10-11 trichobothria for each sc and sf trichobothria series................................................................... Weygoldtia hainanensis sp. nov.

- Tibia I with 25 segment, cheliceral claw with 6 teeth; leg IV distitibia with 9 trichobothria for each sc and sf trichobothria series............................................................. Weygoldtia consonensis Miranda et al., 2021

Diagnosis. Weygoldtia hainanensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from W. davidovi (Fage, 1946) through the following combination of characters: tibia I with 26 segments, whereas W. davidovi has 25 segments; basal region of tritosternum with high number of setae; W. hainanensis has four dorsal spines on pedipalpal femur, whereas W. davidovi has five; 6–7 teeth on the chelicerae claw of W. hainanensis , whereas W. davidovi has 7–9 teeth; distitibia IV trichobothrium sc and sf series each with 10–11 trichobothria in W. hainanensis , while W. davidovi has 7–8 trichobothria in the same series. W. hainanensis can be distinguished from Weygoldtia consonensis Miranda et al. 2021 through the combination of the following characters: tibia I of W. hainanensis with 26 segments, while W. consonensis has 25 segments; the distitibia IV trichobothria sc and sf series each with 10–11 trichobothria in W. hainanensis , while W. consonensis has 9 trichobothria; pedipalp of W. hainanensis with 15–20 setae in the ventral row of the cleaning organ, while W. consonensis has 24-30 setae in the ventral row of the cleaning organ; W. hainanensis has 6–7 teeth on the chelicerae claw, while W. consonensis has 6 teeth ( Miranda et al. 2018, 2021b). LoL1 of male gonopod is cuspid with many spiniform projections.