Nuconarius capitulatus ( Wang, 2003 ) Li & Zhao & Zhang & 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 : 242-244

Nuconarius capitulatus ( Wang, 2003) comb. n.

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Draconarius capitulatus WaNG 2003: 524, fIGS 18A–B; WaNG et al. 2010: 24, fIGS 44–45, 48–53, 57–58 (♀ ONLY, ♂ mISmaTchEd); Zhu et al. 2017: 242, fIGS 126A–B (♀ ONLY, ♂ mISmaTchEd).

Types. Holotype: ♀ ( HNNU), PIANMA YAKOU (25.966667°N, 98.683333°E, eLeV. 3200 M), PASS OVeR GAOLIGONGSHAN, NUjIANG PReFeCTURe, Yunnan, China, 11 OCTOBeR 1998, C. GRISWOLD, D. KAVANAUGH, C. LONG LeG . Paratypes: 5♀♀ ( HNNU and CAS), same data as holotype ; 1♀ ( CAS), Nujiang State Nature Reserve, No. 12 BRIDGe CAMP AReA (27.715000°N, 98.502000°E, eLeV. 2775 M), 16.3 AIR KM W OF GONGSHAN, NUjIANG PReFeCTURe, GAOLIGONG SHAN, Yunnan, China, 15–19 JULY 2000, H. YAN, D. KAVANAUGH, C.E. GRISWOLD, H. LIANG, D. UBICK, D. DONG LeG. Other records: 27♀♀ ( HNNU AND CAS), GAOLIGONG SHAN, Yunnan, China .

Material examined. 1♀ 1♂ ( IZCAS-AR 33970), FeNGxUe YAKOU (25.972667°N, 98.683933°E, eLeV. 3113 M), PIANMA TOWNSHIP, LUSHUI COUNTY, NUjIANG OF THe LISU AUTONOMOUS PReFeCTURe, Yunnan, China, 8 DeCeMBeR 2013, Y. LI & J. LIU LeG.

Diagnosis. MALeS OF THIS SPeCIeS CAN Be DISTINGUISHeD FROM N. brevipatellatus Z. ZHAO & S. LI sp. n. BY THe LONG PATeLLAR APOPHYSIS, AS LONG AS THe PATeLLA, WHILe THe PATeLLAR APOPHYSIS OBVIOUSLY SHORT IN N. brevipatellatus Z. ZhaO & S. LI ( FIGS 1C , 3C ), A SHORT CYMBIAL FURROW, ABOUT ½ THe LeNGTH OF CYMBIUM, WHILe IT IS ABOUT ⅓ IN N. brevipatellatus Z. ZhaO & S. LI sp. n ( FIGS 1C , 3C ). FeMALeS OF THIS SPeCIeS CAN Be DISTINGUISHeD FROM N. brevipatellatus Z. ZhaO & S. LI sp. n. BY THe SPeRMATHeCAL HeADS WHOSe HeIGHT IS LONGTeR THAN THe WIDTH BUT IN N. brevipatellatus Z. ZhaO & S. LI sp. n., THe WIDTH OF SPeRMATHeCAL HeADS IS LONGeR THAN THe HeIGHT; THe WIDTH OF SPeRMATHeCAL BASeS IS SUBeqUAL TO ½ THe WIDTH OF ANTeRIOR SPeRMATHeCA, BUT ABOUT 1½ AS IN N. brevipatellatus sp. n.; AND THe DISTANCe BeTWeeN THe MIDDLe PART OF SPeRMATHeCAe IS LeSS THAN ¼ OF THe WIDTH OF SPeRMATHeCAL BASeS, BUT SUBeqUAL TO ½ AS IN N. brevipatellatus Z. ZhaO & S. LI sp. n. ( FIGS 2B , 4B ).

Description. Male: DeSCRIBeD HeRe FOR THe FIRST TIMe. TOTAL LeNGTH 11.86. CARAPACe 6.09 LONG, 4.17 WIDe. ABDOMeN 5.77 LONG, 4.08 WIDe. EYe SIZeS AND INTeRDISTANCeS: AME 0.23, ALE 0.28, PME 0.24, PLE 0.27; AME– AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.08, AME–PME 0.15, ALE–PLE 0, PME–PME 0.12, PME–PLE 0.20. LeG MeASUReMeNTS: I 20.71 (6.81, 5.56, 5.31, 3.03); II 20.42 (6.78, 5.56, 5.05, 3.03); III 19.94 (7.32, 5.05, 4.79, 2.78); IV 21.21 (8.08, 5.05, 5.05, 3.03). PALP: PATeLLAR APOPHYSIS SHORTeR THAN THe LeNGTH OF PATeLLA, AND WITH A BeNT eND, ( FIG. 3A ); CYMBIAL FURROW BeING ABOUT ½ THe LeNGTH OF CYMBIUM ( FIG. 3C ); eMBOLUS BeGINNING AT 7 TO 7:30 O’CLOCK POSITION ( FIG. 3B ); MeDIAN APOPHYSIS PReSeNT, NOT SPOON-SHAPeD ( FIGS 3B–C ).

Female: See WANG (2003). PHOTOS OF BOTH HABITUS AND ePIGYNe ARe PROVIDeD HeRe ( FIG. 4 ).

Variation: TOTAL LeNGTH VARIeS FROM 9.44 TO 11.86.

Distribution. YUNNAN, CHINA ( FIG. 7 ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Nuconarius brevipatellatus 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 2. Nuconarius brevipatellatus Z. ZhaO & S. LI sp. n., hOLOTYpE maLE (C) aNd paRaTYpE 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).

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).

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).

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.