Utivarachna taiwanica ( Hayashi & Yoshida, 1993 )

Zhao, Yi & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2014, Spiders of the genus Utivarachna from China (Araneae: Corinnidae), Zootaxa 3774 (6), pp. 578-588 : 585-588

Utivarachna taiwanica ( Hayashi & Yoshida, 1993)

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Trachelas taiwanicus Hayashi & Yoshida, 1993: 51 , figs. 12–15; Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 429, figs. 256C–D. U. t. Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 370, 397.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to U. fabaria sp. nov. by the epigynum longer than wide, atrium posteriorly located, copulatory opening on the center of epigynum, arch-shaped, copulatory ducts long, almost straight, spermathecae located posteriorly, and anterior bursae above the top of spermathecae, but can be distinguished by having: (1) atrium longer than wide, almost as long as the epigynum ( Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 256C); (2) connecting ducts separated far away from each other ( Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 256D); (3) spermathecae spherical ( Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 256D); (4) copulatory duct with three spirals in U. taiwanica ( Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 256D).

Distribution. China ( Taiwan).

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FIGURE 10. Distribution records of the species: Utivarachna gui (Zhu, Song & Kim, 1998); Utivarachna taiwanica (Hayashi & Yoshida, 1993).