Qiongocera Li & Li, 2017

Liu, Chang, Li, Fengyuan, Li, Shuqiang & Zheng, Guo, 2017, Five new genera of the subfamily Psilodercinae (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from Southeast Asia, Zoological Systematics 42 (4), pp. 395-417 : 400-403

3.2 Genus Qiongocera Li & Li , gen. nov.

Type species: Qiongocera hongjunensis Li & Li , sp. nov.

Etymology. The genus name is a combination of “ Qiong ” (refers to Hainan Province, China) with the typical ending among genus names within this family. Gender is feminine.

Diagnosis. The new genus is distinguished (together with Flexicrurum ) from all other genera by the inner turned tibia of the male palp and the complex conductor of the genital bulb. It is distinguished from Flexicrurum by the presence of one tooth on the cheliceral retromargin and the short embolus of the genital bulb.

Description. Cheliceral promargin with lamina, retromargin with one denticle; male with palpal tibia strongly deflected prolaterally ( Fig. 6C ), cymbium with distal protrusion, bulb pyriform with complex conductor; female with single pair of enlarged spermathecae ( Fig. 6A ).

Distribution. China (Hainan Province).

Species composition. Qiongocera hongjunensis Li & Li , sp. nov.

Figures

Figure 6. Qiongocera hongjunensis Li & Li, sp. nov., male holotype and female paratype. A. Spermathecae, dorsal view. B. Female epigyne, ventral view. C. Male habitus, dorsal view. D. Female habitus, dorsal view. E. Female habitus, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 0.1mm; C–E=0.5mm.