Vacrothele palpator ( Pocock, 1901 ) Tang & Wu & Zhao & Yang, 2022

Tang, Ya-Ni, Wu, Ya-Ying, Zhao, Yu & Yang, Zi-Zhong, 2022, Description of a new genus and two new species of the funnel-web mygalomorph (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae) from China with notes on taxonomic amendments, Zootaxa 5125 (5), pp. 513-535 : 518-519

Vacrothele palpator ( Pocock, 1901) , comb. nov.

Figs 11–12 , 16B , 17D , 18D , 19

Macrothele palpator Pocock, 1901: 213 , pl. 21, fig. 4; Hu & Li, 1986: 11 (1), figs 8–11; Feng, 1990: 27 (2), figs 1–5; Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 39, figs 17 D–F; Yin et al., 2012: 142, fig.

Type material. Holotype, male, 60 miles uphill from Ningbo, China. Coll. by P. W. Bassett-Smith, Esq, Surgeon R. N . Paratypes: male, female, from Hongkong, coll. by J. C. Bowring; Da Lan San, 60 miles uphill from Ningbo, coll. by P. W. Bassett-Smith, Esq, Surgeon R. N .

Description: See Yin et al (2012).

Examined material. 1♀, Longkangtou, Bataishan scenic spot, Meitan City , Guizhou Province, 16 August , 2020, coll. by Y. N. Tang Y. M. You & L. J. Ding . 4♂, 11♀, Pu County, Meitan City , Guizhou Province, N27º54′1″, E107º38′22″, 760m, 14 October 2021, coll. by Z. Z. Yang & Y. Y. Wu . 1♂, 1♀, Shawen browse Road, Yuanzhou District , Yichun City , Jiangxi Province, 28 February 2020, coll. by Y. N. Tang . 1♀, Yuanshan Park, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province , 1 January 2020, coll. by Y. N. Tang . 1♂, Tumenguan, Sangxi town, Yang County , Shanxi Province, China, E107º55′31.4″, N33º17′6.65′′, 20 October 2020, coll. by L. Y. Wang . 1♀, Muyu Town, Shennongjia , Hebei Province, E110º28′43.05″, N31º23′46.45″, 25 October 2020, coll. by L. Y. Wang. All materials of examined species are deposited in DUIER .

Distribution: China: ( Hong Kong, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Vacrothele palpator (Pocock, 1901), male holotype. A. Male (holotype); B. Maxillae and labium; C. Three claws on left leg, prolateral view; D. Spinnerets, left retrolateral view; E. Embolus, prolateral view; F. Same, dorsal view; G. Same, retrolateral view; H. Same, the end; I. Sternum; J. Left palp tibia, prolateral view; K. Same, dorsal view; L. Same, retrolateral view.

FIGURE 12. Vacrothele palpator (Pocock, 1901), female paratype. A. Female (paratype); B. Spinnerets, right retrolateral view; C. Three claws on left palp, prolateral view; D. Maxillae and labium; E. Sternum.

FIGURE 16. Chelicera of three new species transfers to Vacrothele gen. nov. A. V. hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) comb. nov. B. V. palpator (Pocock, 1901) comb. nov. C. V. digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) comb. nov.

FIGURE 17. Left leg II tibia ventral spines of five Vacrothele species. A. V. hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) comb. nov. B. V. pseudohunanica sp. nov. C. V. uncata sp. nov. D. V. palpator (Pocock, 1901) comb. nov. E. V. digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) comb. nov.

FIGURE 18. Genitalia of five Vacrothele species. A. V. hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) comb. nov. B. V. pseudohunanica sp. nov. C. V. uncata sp. nov. D. V. palpator (Pocock, 1901) comb. nov. E. V. digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) comb. nov.

FIGURE 19 Distribution of Vacrothele species.