Wraios, Ballarin & Li, 2015

Ballarin, Francesco & Li, Shu-Qiang, 2015, Three new genera of the family Nesticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China, Zoological Systematics 40 (2), pp. 179-190 : 189

Genus Wraios gen. nov.

Type species: Wraios longiembolus sp. nov.

Etymology. The generic name is derived from the Greek word "ωραίος - wraios" meaning "lovely, nice", referring to the colorful pattern of the nominal species. The gender is masculine.

Diagnosis. The new genus has peculiar characters in the palpal, epigynal and vulval structure that clearly separate it from any other known genus of the family Nesticidae . Distinctive characters in the male are the extremely long and coiled embolus, the general shape of the paracymbium, the conductor and the axe-head shaped tegular apophysis. The wide, trapezoidal epigynal plate of the female, its coiled screw-shaped insemination ducts and the small spermathecae have no close similarities with any other nesticids genus.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).