Raveniola Zonstein, 1987

Li, Shuqiang & Zonstein, Sergei, 2015, Eight new species of the spider genera Raveniola and Sinopesa from China and Vietnam (Araneae, Nemesiidae), ZooKeys 519, pp. 1-32 : 3-4

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Nemesiidae

Genus Raveniola Zonstein, 1987

Type species.

Brachythele virgata Simon, 1891, from Central Asia, by the original designation.

Diagnosis.

Raveniola , similar to Sinopesa Raven & Schwendinger, 1995, has two enlarged retroventral distal spines on tibia I in males and divided receptacles in females, as well as the absence of a serrula and metatarsal preening combs. The leg scopula in Raveniola is more developed than it is in Sinopesa . By contrast, the male intercheliceral tumescence in Raveniola is lost or vestigial, whereas in Sinopesa , it is well-developed. Like Sinopesa , members of Raveniola have more or less reduced PMS, which are completely lost in some species. The apical segment of the PLS in Raveniola is usually shorter than that in Sinopesa .

Composition.

Raveniola currently comprises 29 species, including the new species described here; 14 of them occur in China: Raveniola alpina sp. n., Raveniola bellula sp. n., Raveniola chayi sp. n., Raveniola gracilis sp. n., Raveniola guangxi (Raven & Schwendinger, 1995), Raveniola hebeinica Zhu, Zhang & Zhang, 1999, Raveniola montana Zonstein & Marusik, 2012, Raveniola rugosa sp. n., Raveniola shangrila Zonstein & Marusik, 2012, Raveniola songi Zonstein & Marusik, 2012, Raveniola spirula sp. n., Raveniola xizangensis (Hu & Li, 1987), Raveniola yajiangensis sp. n. and Raveniola yunnanensis Zonstein & Marusik, 2012.

Key to East Asian Raveniola species

Females of Raveniola alpina sp. n., Raveniola gracilis sp. n., Raveniola guangxi , Raveniola rugosa sp. n., Raveniola shangrila , Raveniola songi , Raveniola spirula sp. n. and Raveniola yunnanensis are unknown.