Hengconarius Z. Zhao & S. Li, 2018

Li, Bing, Zhao, Zhe, Zhang, Chuntian & Li, Shuqiang, 2018, Nuconarius gen. n. and Hengconarius gen. n., two new genera of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) spiders from Southwest China, Zootaxa 4457 (2), pp. 237-263 : 246-248

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.2

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scientific name

Hengconarius Z. Zhao & S. Li
status

gen. n.

Genus Hengconarius Z. Zhao & S. Li gen. n.

Type species. Draconarius exilis ZhaNG, Zhu & WaNG, 2005

Etymology. THe GeNeRIC NAMe IS DeRIVeD FROM THe PINYIN "HeNG", ReFeRRING TO THe HeNGDUAN MOUNTAINS WHeRe THe GeNUS IS DISTRIBUTeD AND THe "- conarius " FROM Draconarius . THe GeNDeR IS MASCULINe.

Diagnosis. Hengconarius Z. ZhaO & S. LI gen. n. IS SIMILAR TO Sinodraconarius, Nuconarius Z. ZhaO & S. LI gen. n. AND Draconarius . BUT THeY CAN Be DISTINGUISHeD IN DeTAILS AS FOLLOWS: THe NeW GeNUS CAN Be DISTINGUISHeD FROM Sinodraconarius BY A PATeLLAR APOPHYSIS THAT IS NeVeR BIFURCATe AND A CONDUCTOR WHICH IS BIFURCATe; FROM Nuconarius Z. ZhaO & S. LI gen. n. BY THe MeDIAN APOPHYSIS NOT POINTeD, THe CONDUCTOR WITH BASAL LAMeLLA AND THe ePIGYNe WITH MIDDLe SePTUM, THe ANTeRIOR eDGe OF ePIGYNe WRINKLeD AND SCLeROTIZeD, THe POSTeRIOR eDGe OF ePIGYNe SCLeROTIZeD; FROM Draconarius BY THe CYMBIAL FURROW LeSS THAN ½ THe LeNGTH OF CYMBIUM, THe MeDIAN APOPHYSIS SLICe-SHAPeD, ePIGYNAL TeeTH ABSeNT, AND THe SPeRMATHeCAe SIMPLe AND NOT CONVOLUTeD.

Description. SMALL TO MeDIUM-LARGe SIZeD, WITH TOTAL LeNGTHS RANGING FROM 6.28 TO 12.91. CARAPACe YeLLOW TO TAN; RADIAL ReGION WITH GReY-GReeN SHORT SeTAe; CHeLICeRAe WITH 3 PROMARGINAL AND 2 ReTROMARGINAL TeeTH. LeG FORMULA 4> 1> 2> 3. MALe PALP: PATeLLAR APOPHYSIS PReSeNT OR ReDUCeD; TWO TIBIAL APOPHYSeS: ReTROLATeRAL TIBIAL APOPHYSIS BROAD AND slice-shaped; lateral tibial apophysis small, whose length and width about ⅓ of the length and WIDTH OF ReTROLATeRAL TIBIAL APOPHYSIS, ReSPeCTIVeLY; CYMBIAL FURROW SHORT, LeSS THAN ½ THe LeNGTH OF CYMBIUM; eMBOLIC BASe BeGINNING AT ABOUT 8 O’CLOCK POSITION; CONDUCTOR BeFURCATe, WITH A SMALL BASAL LAMeLLA AND A CONDUCTOR’S DORSAL APOPHYSIS; MeDIAN APOPHYSIS THIN, USUALLY SLICe-SHAPeD. EPIGYNe: ePIGYNAL TeeTH ABSeNT; THe ANTeRIOR eDGe OF ePIGYNe WRINKLeD AND SCLeROTIZeD; THe POSTeRIOR eDGe OF ePIGYNe SCLeROTIZeD; THe SHAPe OF ATRIUM VARIABLe; ePIGYNAL HOODS LOCATeD ANTeROLATeRALLY; COPULATORY OPeNINGS LOCATeD CeNTRALLY; COPULATORY DUCT exTeNDS HORIZONTALLY; SPeRMATHeCAe SIMPLe AND SePARATeD, THe DISTANCe BeTWeeN SPeRMATHeCAe SUBeqUAL TO THe DIAMeTeR OF SPeRMATHeCA; SPeRMATHeCAL HeADS LOCATeD AT ANTeROLATeRALLY OR IN THe MIDDLe.

Natural history. SPeCIeS OF Hengconarius Z. ZhaO & S. LI gen. n. WeRe ALL COLLeCTeD BY HAND OR TRAPPING

MeTHODS. THeY WeRe FOUND IN MOIST AND GLOOMY PLACeS IN THe HIGHLANDS (1881 –4089 M), SUCH AS UNDeR STONeS, ROCKS AND IN LeAF-LITTeR.

Composition. SO FAR eIGHT SPeCIeS ARe CONSIDeReD IN THe NeW GeNUS: H. dedaensis Z. ZHAO & S. LI sp. n., H. exilis ( ZHANG, ZHU & WANG, 2005) comb. n., H. falcatus (XU & LI, 2006) comb. n., H. incertus ( WANG, 2003) comb. n., H. latusincertus ( WANG, GRISWOLD & MILLeR, 2010) comb. n., H. longipalpus Z. ZHAO & S. LI sp. n., H. longpuensis Z. ZHAO & S. LI sp. n. AND H. pseudobrunneus ( WANG, 2003) comb. n.

Distribution. SICHUAN, TIBeT AND YUNNAN, CHINA ( FIG. 20 View FIGURE 20 ).

Comments. FOR THe DeTAILS OF THe ReLATIONSHIPS IN Hengconarius Z. ZhaO & S. LI gen. n., PLeASe See ZZ630, ZZ913, ZZ929, ZZ 987, SD023 AND SD041 (SOUTHeRN COeLOTeS GROUPS) IN FIGURe 3 View FIGURE 3 AND SUPPLeMeNTARY FIGUReS S4– S View FIGURE 4 6 View FIGURE 6 OF Z. ZHAO & S. LI (2017).

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FIGURE 3. Nuconarius capitulatus (WaNG, 2003) comb. n., maLE. A–C. LEfT paLp (A. PROLaTERaL VIEW; B. VENTRaL VIEW; C. RETROLaTERaL VIEW). ScaLE baR: 0.50 (A–C).

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FIGURE 4. Nuconarius capitulatus (WaNG, 2003) comb. n., maLE (C) aNd fEmaLE (A–B, D–E). A. EpIGYNE, VENTRaL VIEW; B. SamE, dORSaL VIEW; C–E. HabITuS (C–D. DORSaL VIEW; E. VENTRaL VIEW). ScaLE baRS: 0.20 (A–B), 2.00 (C–E).

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FIGURE 6. Nuconarius pseudocapitulatus (WaNG, 2003) comb. n., maLE (C) aNd fEmaLE (A–B, D–E). A. EpIGYNE, VENTRaL VIEW; B. SamE, dORSaL VIEW; C–E. HabITuS (C–D. DORSaL VIEW; E. VENTRaL VIEW). ScaLE baRS: 0.20 (A–B), 2.00 (C–E).

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FIGURE 20. DISTRIbuTION REcORdS Of Hengconarius SpEcIES fROm SOuThWEST ChINa. 1. H. dedaensis Z. ZhaO & S. LI sp. n.; 2. H. exilis (ZhaNG, Zhu & WaNG, 2005) comb. n.; 3. H. falcatus (Xu & LI, 2006) comb. n.; 4. H. incertus (WaNG, 2003) comb. n.; 5. H. latusincertus (WaNG, GRISWOLd & MILLER, 2010) comb. n.; 6. H. longipalpus Z. ZhaO & S. LI sp. n.; 7. H. longpuensis Z. ZhaO & S. LI sp. n.; 8. H. pseudobrunneus (WaNG, 2003) comb. n.; T fOLLOWS ThE NumbER INdIcaTE ThE TYpE LOcaLITY Of SpEcIES.

TAN

Parc de Tsimbazaza

SUCH

Sukhumi Botanical Garden of Georgian Academy of Sciences

FAR

Kharazmi University

FOR

Forssa Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Agelenidae