Eleven new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Thailand Liu, Chang Li, Fengyuan Wongprom, Prasit Zheng, Guo Li, Shuqiang Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-20 4350 3 469 499 Li et Li Liu & Li & Wongprom & Zheng & Li 2017 [151,426,452,478] Arachnida Ochyroceratidae Althepus Animalia Araneae 22 491 Arthropoda species qiqiu sp. nov.     Typematerial. Holotype: Female( IZCAS), Thailand, Satun Province, La Ngu District, a cave without name, 06°59.390'N, 99°48.393'E, altitude  50m, 0  4 December 2013.  Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype ( IZCAS).   Etymology.The specific name is derived from the Chinese pinyin 'qì qiú', which means ' balloon', referring to balloon-like females internal genitalia; noun in apposition.   Diagnosis.The species resembles  A. muangensis  sp. nov.( Figs 14–15) with the female internal genitalia, but can be distinguished by the different numbers (  A. qiqiu  sp.nov.have five pairs but  A. languensis  sp.nov.have four) of transparent spermathecae ( Fig. 16A).   Description. Female ( holotype).Total length 3.75; carapace 1.14 length, 1.23 width; abdomen 2.19 length, 1.41 width. Carapace rounded ( Figs 16C–E), yellow, with three longitudinal brown bands of different width, among them, the middle one two times wider than the lateral ones. Anterior margin of thoracic region distinctly elevated. Clypeus black-brown. Cheliceral promargin with two teeth, followed by a lamina, retromargin with two small teeth ( Fig. 21I). Labium brown. Sternum brown. Abdomen elongate, with one longitudinal yellow band and two latitudinal yellow bands dorsally, and two narrow white bands ventrally. Legs brown, tibia annulated with white. Leg measurements: I missing, II 26.97 (6.92, 0.5, 7.18, 10.32, 2.05), III 20.82 (5.96, 0.5, 5.77, 6.35, 2.24), IV 17.48 (5.12, 0.5, 4.49, 5.77, 1.60). Female epigyne ( Fig. 16E): Internal genitalia with symmetric five pairs of transparent spermathecae.  Male:Unknown  Variation.Carapace: females 1.14–1.25 length, 1.23–1.30 width, tibia I 10.06 (leg I lost in female holotype).   Distribution.Known only from the typelocality ( Fig. 22). 1701220239 2013-12-04 IZCAS Thailand 50 6.9898334 La Ngu District 1 99.80655 Female 22 491 2 Satun Province holotype 1701220230 [841,1421,586,611] 2013-12-04 IZCAS Thailand 50 6.9898334 La Ngu District 1 99.80655 Female 22 491 1 1 Satun Province paratype