Spiricoelotes xiongxinensis Chen & Li

Chen, Lu, Zhao, Zhe & Li, Shuqiang, 2016, Six new species of the spider genus Spiricoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from caves in Jiangxi, China, ZooKeys 561, pp. 1-19 : 10-12

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Spiricoelotes xiongxinensis Chen & Li sp. n. Figs 11, 12

Type material.

Holotype ♀: China: Jiangxi: Pingxiang City: Shangli County: Futian Town, Zhanshan Village, Xiongxin Cave, N27°44'08", E113°49'10", elevation: 115 m, 9.V.2013, Y.F. Luo and J.C. Liu.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis.

The female of the new species has a uniquely shaped epigyne and can be easily distinguished from all of the other Spiricoelotes species by the small and anteriorly situated epigynal atria, the broad epigynal hoods, the long and convoluted spermathecae and by the short copulatory ducts (Fig. 11 A–B).

Description.

Female (holotype): Total length 8.08. Carapace 3.85 long, 2.69 wide. Abdomen 4.23 long, 2.69 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.19, ALE 0.20, PME 0.19, PLE 0.18; AME-AME 0.11, AME-ALE 0.04, PME-PME 0.13, PME-PLE 0.14. Leg measurements: I 13.76 (3.72, 4.56, 3.36, 2.12); II 12.08 (3.44, 4.08, 3.00, 1.56); III 11.68 (3.20, 3.88, 3.04, 1.56); IV 15.66 (4.20, 4.75, 4.5, 2.21). Chelicerae with five promarginal and five retromarginal teeth. Epigyne: atria small, located anterolaterally, distantly separated by septum; hoods distinct, located at anterior atrial margin; spermathecae long, convoluted; copulatory ducts broad and short, located anteriorly and horizontally directed (Fig. 11 A–B).

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 12).