Flexicoelotes pingzhaiensis Chen & Li

Chen, Lu, Li, Shuqiang & Zhao, Zhe, 2015, A new genus of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) from southern China, ZooKeys 541, pp. 41-56 : 46

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Flexicoelotes pingzhaiensis Chen & Li sp. n. Figs 6, 9

Type material.

Holotype ♀: China: Yunnan Province: Wenshan Prefecture: Xichou County, Pingzhai Village, Wuming Cave, N23°23'04", E104°46'28", elevation: 1405 m, 5.VIII.2010, Z.Y. Yao, X.X. Wang and C.X. Wu. leg. Paratypes: 2♀, same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis.

The female can be distinguished from Flexicoelotes jiaohanyanensis sp. n. and Flexicoelotes huyunensis sp. n. by the subtriangular shape of the atrium, about 1/5 width of the anterior part, the large, oval copulatory ducts and the long, slender spermathecal stalks, and can be distinguished from Flexicoelotes jinlongyanensis sp. n. by the oval copulatory ducts, and the long, slender spermathecal stalks (Fig. 6 A–B).

Description.

Female (holotype): Total length 6.52. Carapace 3.16 long, 2.22 wide. Abdomen 3.36 long, 2.25 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.12, ALE 0.17, PME 0.16, PLE 0.17; AME-AME 0.07, AME-ALE 0.02, PME-PME 0.08, PME-PLE 0.07. Leg measurements: I: 11.16 (3.04, 3.76, 2.60 1.76); II: 10.04 (2.84, 3.20, 2.44, 1.56); III: 9.23 (2.56, 2.92, 2.40, 1.35); IV: 12.12 (3.32, 3.80, 3.40, 1.60). Epigyne: atrium large, occupying 2/3 of epigynal plate; teeth long, located in atrial anterior margin, about 2/3 of atrial height; hoods absent; spermathecae simple, located in posterior of epigyne, covered mostly by copulatory ducts; spermathecal stalks long, slender, and convoluted; copulatory ducts broad, occupying 4/5 of epigynal plate (Fig. 6 A–B).

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 9).