Relictocera 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 : 403

3.3 Genus Relictocera Li & Li , gen. nov.

Type species: Relictocera qiyi Li & Li , sp. nov.

Etymology. The genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters. Gender is feminine.

Diagnosis. The new genus is distinguished from all other genera of the family by the trifurcate projection on the male clypeus and the distinctly slender apical protrusion on the male cymbium.

Description. Cheliceral promargin with dentoid lamina, retromargin with one denticle; male with short cymbium with single distinctly slender protrusion distally, clypeus with trifurcate projection medially ( Figs 8 C–D), bulb oval with conductor present; female with external pair of translucent lobes laterally on genitalic area ( Fig. 8B ), vulva with single pair of slender elongate spermathecae ( Fig. 8A ).

Distribution. Vietnam (Thua Thien Hue Province).

Species composition. Relictocera qiyi Li & Li , sp. nov.

Figures

Figure 8. Relictocera qiyi Li & Li, sp. nov., male holotype and female paratype. A. Spermathecae, dorsal view. B. Female epigyne, ventral view. C. Male habitus, retrolateral view. D. Male habitus, dorsal view. E. Female habitus, dorsal view. F. Female habitus, ventral view. Scale bars: A=0.05mm; C–F =0.5mm.