Draconarius wrasei, Wang & Jäger, 2010

Wang, Xin-Ping & Jäger, Peter, 2010, A review of Coelotinae epigynal teeth morphology, with descriptions of two species from China (Araneae: Amaurobiidae), Journal of Natural History 44 (19 - 20), pp. 1165-1187 : 1180-1182

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222931003632708
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CE8782-9958-FA0A-FE43-FEAC759F9A37
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Draconarius wrasei
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Draconarius wrasei sp. nov.

( Figures 3–5 View Figure 3 View Figure 4 View Figure 5 , 9 View Figure 9 )

Type material

Holotype. Female, China: Yunnan: Zhongdian County, 36 km east-southeast Zhongdian , 3500–3550 m, 27°40.9′ N, 100°01.05′ E, overgrown rock hillside with old mixed forest, bamboo, dead wood, vinegar trap, 23–24 August 2003, D.W. Wrase, deposited in SMF. GoogleMaps

Etymology

The specific name is a patronym in honour of D.W. Wrase, the German carabid specialist who collected the specimen; noun in genitive case.

Diagnosis

The female of this new species has an epigynum similar to D. incertus Wang, 2003 and related species, but can be easily recognized by the posteriorly arising spermathecal heads ( Figures 3A,B View Figure 3 , 4A,B View Figure 4 ).

Description

Female (holotype). Medium-sized Coelotinae , total length 6.09 ( Figure 5 View Figure 5 A–D). Dorsal shield of prosoma 3.09 long, 2.12 wide; opisthosoma 3.00 long, 2.00 wide. AME smallest, half the size of other eyes, which being subequal, or with PME slightly smaller (AME 0.06, ALE 0.13, PME 0.12, PLE 0.13); AME separated from each other by slightly more than their size, from ALE by slightly less than AME diameter; PME separated from each other by slightly less than their diameter, from PLE by PME diameter (AME–AME 0.08, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.11, PME–PLE 0.13, AME–PME 0.09) ( Figure 5D View Figure 5 ). Labium slightly wider than long (length/ width = 0.90) ( Figure 5E View Figure 5 ). Chelicera with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth. Epigynal teeth absent; atrium large, slightly wider than long, anterior atrial margin recurved medially to a distinct septum, lateral atrial margins indistinct, ridges in atrium distinct, limited to posterior half of atrium; copulatory ducts small, originating posteriorly; spermathecae with large, distinctly separated bases, which extend anterior of spermathecal heads by a length at least as long as spermathecal bases; spermathecal heads arising posteriorly close to bases ( Figures 3A,B View Figure 3 , 4A,B View Figure 4 ).

Male. Unknown.

Relationships

Draconarius wrasei sp. nov. is a member of the incertus group because it lacks the epigynal teeth and has a similar epigynum, but the posteriorly arising spermathecal

heads and the long, distinctly anterior extending spermathecae distinguish it from other members of this group.

Distribution

China (Yunnan) ( Figure 9 View Figure 9 ).