Papiliocoelotes jiepingensis, Zhao, Zhe & Li, Shuqiang, 2016

Zhao, Zhe & Li, Shuqiang, 2016, Papiliocoelotes gen. n., a new genus of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) spiders from the Wuling Mountains, China, ZooKeys 585, pp. 33-50 : 39-41

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Papiliocoelotes jiepingensis sp. n. Figs 7, 8, 11

Type material.

Holotype ♂: China: Hubei: Enshi Prefecture: Xianfeng County: Zhongtangpu Town: Jieping Village, Shangjieping, Xiangjie, a cave without name, N29.61330°, E109.17803°, 1004 m, 17.I.2014, Y. Li and J. Liu leg. Paratypes: 4♀1♂, same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name is derived from the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis.

The male can be distinguished from Papiliocoelotes yezhouensis sp. n. by the slender, needle-like tegular apophysis, the short patellar condyle and the flat conductor with 1 pointed retrolateral process (Fig. 7 A–C). The female can be distinguished from Papiliocoelotes yezhouensis sp. n. by the thin and coiled copulatory ducts, the width of copulatory ducts obviously wider than the spermathecae (Fig. 8 A–B).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length 5.45. Carapace 2.55 long, 2.00 wide. Abdomen 2.85 long, 1.80 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.13, PME 0.13, PLE 0.14; AME-AME 0.03, AME-ALE 0.02, ALE-PLE 0.03, PME-PME 0.07, PME-PLE 0.08. Leg measurements: I: 9.75 (2.55, 3.20, 2.40, 1.60); II: 8.85 (2.50, 2.85, 2.00, 1.50); III: 8.20 (2.25, 2.45, 2.10, 1.40); IV: 11.40 (3.00, 3.50, 3.15, 1.75). Chelicerae with 2 promarginal teeth. Palp: patellar apophysis short, extending anteriorly, with curved, pointed tip; patellar condyle short; retroventral tibial apophysis small; cymbial furrow short but obvious, about 1/3 length of cymbium; conductor flat with 1 pointed retrolateral process; tegular apophysis slender, needle-like and longer than the length of cymbial furrow (Fig. 7 A–C).

Female (one of paratypes): Total length 5.50. Carapace 2.65 long, 1.80 wide. Abdomen 2.90 long, 2.10 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.11, PME 0.12, PLE 0.13; AME-AME 0.04, AME-ALE 0.03, ALE-PLE 0.04, PME-PME 0.07, PME-PLE 0.08. Leg measurements: I: 7.90 (2.10, 2.75, 1.80, 1.25); II: 7.20 (2.00, 2.40, 1.65, 1.15); III: 6.90 (1.95, 2.10, 1.85, 1.00); IV: 9.20 (2.45, 3.00, 2.50, 1.25). Chelicerae like in male with 2 promarginal teeth. Epigyne: copulatory openings located posteromedially; epigynal hoods located mediolaterally on epigynal plate, sulci rounded and deep; copulatory ducts thin and coiled with more than 2 loops; the width of copulatory ducts obviously wider than the spermathecae (Fig. 8 A–B).

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 11).