Papiliocoelotes yezhouensis, 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 : 36

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Papiliocoelotes yezhouensis sp. n. Figs 1, 2, 11

Type material.

Holotype ♂: China: Hubei: Enshi Prefecture: Jianshi County: Yezhou Town: near gas station, a unnamed cave (near a sandpit), N30.63685°, E109.72212°, 588 m, 21.I.2014, Y. Li and J. Liu leg. Paratypes: 4♀2♂, same data as holotype.

Etymology.

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

Diagnosis.

The male can be distinguished from Papiliocoelotes meiyuensis sp. n. by the short and wide tegular apophysis with a bifurcated tip, the broad conductor with a slightly bifurcated distal process and a long patellar condyle (Fig. 1 A–C). The female can be distinguished from Papiliocoelotes meiyuensis sp. n. by the thick copulatory ducts that roll into a circle (Fig. 2 A–B).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length 4.85. Carapace 2.50 long, 1.75 wide. Abdomen 2.40 long, 1.60 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.11, PME 0.13, PLE 0.13; AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.03, ALE-PLE 0.05, PME-PME 0.05, PME-PLE 0.07. Leg measurements: I: 9.45 (2.50, 3.15, 2.30, 1.50); II: 8.20 (2.25, 2.65, 1.95, 1.35); III: 7.85 (2.10, 2.45, 2.10, 1.20); IV: 10.60 (2.75, 3.25, 3.10, 1.50). Chelicerae with 3 promarginal teeth. Palp: patellar apophysis long, scarcely curved, with pointed tip, extending anteriorly; patellar condyle long; retroventral tibial apophysis almost rectangular apically; cymbial furrow broad and about 2/5 length of cymbium; conductor broad, blunt apically; conductor with slightly bifurcated distal process; tegular apophysis short with bifurcated tip, shorter than the length of the cymbial furrow (Fig. 1 A–C).

Female (one of paratypes): Total length 5.05. Carapace 2.45 long, 1.60 wide. Abdomen 2.45 long, 1.70 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.07, ALE 0.11, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12; AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.02, ALE-PLE 0.03, PME-PME 0.05, PME-PLE 0.07. Leg measurements: I: 8.15 (2.25, 2.80, 1.85, 1.25); II: 7.00 (2.00, 2.25, 1.60, 1.15); III: 6.65 (1.85, 2.00, 1.75, 0.95); IV: 9.00 (2.40, 2.85, 2.50, 1.25). Chelicerae as in male. Epigyne: copulatory openings located centrally; epigynal hoods located mediolaterally, sulci small and shallow; copulatory ducts roll into a circle; width of spermathecae subequal to width of copulatory ducts (Fig. 2 A–B).

Distribution.

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