Hengconarius dedaensis 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 : 248

Hengconarius dedaensis Z. Zhao & S. Li sp. n.

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Types. Holotype: ♂ ( IZCAS-AR33972 ), DeDA VILLAGe (30.282050°N, 99.486217°E, eLeV. 4086 ± 3 M), DeDA TOWNSHIP, BATANG COUNTY, TIBeTAN AUTONOMOUS PReFeCTURe OF GARZê, Sichuan, China, 15 AUGUST 2014, Y. LI LeG. Paratype: 1 ♂ ( IZCAS-AR33973 ), SAMe DATA AS HOLOTYPe .

Etymology. THe SPeCIFIC NAMe IS DeRIVeD FROM THe PINYIN "DeDA", ReFeRRING TO ITS TYPe LOCALITY, DeDA VILLAGe; ADjeCTIVe.

Diagnosis. THe MALeS ARe SIMILAR TO H. falcatus BUT CAN Be eASILY DISTINGUISHeD BY CYMBIAL FURROW SHORTeR, LeNGTH IS ABOUT ½ OF THe LeNGTH OF H. falcatus ( FIG. 8C , XU & LI 2006: FIG . 7); AND ONe PATeLLA APOPHYSIS vs. TWO IN H. falcatus ( FIGS 7 B–C , XU & LI 2006: FIG. 7 ).

Description. Male (holotype): TOTAL LeNGTH 10.58. CARAPACe 5.13 LONG, 3.21 WIDe. ABDOMeN 5.45 LONG, 3.40 WIDe. EYe SIZeS AND INTeRDISTANCeS: AME 0.11, ALE 0.15, PME 0.13, PLE 0.16; AME–AME 0.16, AME–ALE 0.06, AME–PME 0.19, ALE–PLE 0, PME–PME 0.19, PME–PLE 0.22. LeG MeASUReMeNTS: I 17.57 (4.49, 5.71, 4.49, 2.88); II 15.77 (4.25, 4.75, 4.17, 2.60); III 13.59 (3.75, 3.75, 3.85, 2.24); IV 18.22 (4.49, 5.72, 5.13, 2.88). PALP: PATeLLAR APOPHYSIS SHORT, ABOUT ½ THe WIDTH OF PATeLLA, FINGeR-SHAPeD AND BeNT IN THe eND; RTA SLICe-SHAPeD, LTA SHORT, APPROxIMATeLY ¼ THe LeNGTH OF RTA; CYMBIAL FURROW SHORT, SUBeqUAL TO ¼ THe LeNGTH OF CYMBIUM; eMBOLUS BeGINNING AT 8 O’CLOCK POSITION; THe LONG BRANCH OF CONDUCTOR WITH A SMALL BASAL LAMeLLA AND THe SHORT BRANCH OF CONDUCTOR POINTeD; MeDIAN APOPHYSIS SLICe-SHAPeD, THe WIDTH IS ABOUT ½ THe LeNGTH ( FIGS 7A–C ).

Female: UNKNOWN.

Variation: TOTAL LeNGTH VARIeS FROM 8.50 TO 10.58.

Distribution. SICHUAN, CHINA ( FIG. 20 ).

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FIGURE 7. DISTRIbuTION REcORdS Of Nuconarius SpEcIES fROm SOuThWEST ChINa. 1. N. brevipatellatus Z. ZhaO & S. LI sp. n.; 2. N. capitulatus (WaNG, 2003) comb. n.; 3. N. pseudocapitulatus (WaNG, 2003) comb. n.; T fOLLOWS ThE NumbER INdIcaTE ThE TYpE LOcaLITY Of ThE SpEcIES.

FIGURE 8. Hengconarius dedaensis Z. ZhaO & S. LI sp. n., hOLOTYpE maLE. A–C. LEfT paLp (A. PROLaTERaL VIEW; B. VENTRaL VIEW; C. RETROLaTERaL VIEW). ScaLE baR: 0.50 (A–C).

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.