Solitudes, Lin & Li, 2020

Lin, Yejie & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Description on Solitudes dushengi gen. et sp. nov. from Xinjiang, China (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), Zoological Systematics 45 (4), pp. 312-315 : 313

Solitudes gen. nov.

Etymology. The new generic name is a combination of the Latin word ‘ solitudo ’ (wilderness) which reflects its habitat, and ‘ Drassodes ’ (a genus of Gnaphosidae ). The gender is masculine.

Diagnosis. Same as for the subfamily.

Description ( Figs 1–2 ). Medium-sized. Carapace oval, covered with white hair, tapering anteriorly. AME largest, ALE smallest, AER recurved, PER procurved. Fovea distinct. Body covered by white setae. Legs covered with white hair; tarsus (including palp) curved, claws not pectinated. Leg scopulae with spatulate hair ventrally; tarsus longer than metatarsus in leg I and leg II but opposite in leg III and leg IV; tarsi IV with 2 dorsal spines, dorsal scopula of tarsus IV dense. Epigyne ( Figs 2A–B ) triangular, with wide M-shaped hood. Copulatory opening unobvious. Copulatory ducts short. Two pairs of spermathecae; primary spermathecae longer than wide, secondary spermathecae oval. Fertilization ducts posteriorly directed.

Type species. Solitudes dushengi sp. nov.

Distribution. The genus is currently known only from the type locality of the type species.

Figures

Figure 1. Solitudes dushengi sp. nov., female holotype. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Same, ventral view. C. Leg I tarsus, lateral view. D. Same, dorsal view. E. Leg IV tarsus, lateral view. F. Same, dorsal view. Scale bars:A–B=1.0mm; C–F =0.5mm.

Figure 2. Solitudes dushengi sp. nov., female holotype. A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars=0.1 mm.