Gaoligonga Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009

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Gaoligonga Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009

Gaoligonga Miller, Griswold & Yin 2009: 47 . Type species by original designation G. changya Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009: 48 .

Composition. Gaoligonga changya Miller et al., 2009 , G. zhusun Miller et al., 2009 and G. taeniata n. sp. Distribution. China (Yunnan Pro.), Vietnam (Ninh Binh Pro.).

Comments. The genus Gaoligonga was erected to accommodate two species from China ( Miller et al. 2009). The type species was known from the Gaoligongshan Mountains, Yunnan Province. These spiders mainly live in leaf litter of the primary forest. The genus is distinguished by a cymbium that almost completely envelops the palpal bulb, and has a basal, a median and a distal process, and by the presence of strong setae near the base of each chelicerae in male ( Fig. 8 A, C). In addition, the genus is characterized by the absence of femoral spots and a posterior abdominal tubercle. The epigynum has a raised, ridged, central knob ( Figs 11 A, 14A).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Gaoligonga taeniata n. sp., male holotype (A – C) and female paratype (D – F). A – F, habitus. A, D, dorsal; B, E, ventral; C, F, lateral. Scale bars: 0.20.

FIGURE 11. Gaoligonga taeniata n. sp., female paratype. A, epigynum, ventral; B, vulva (lactic acid-treated), dorsal. Scale bar: 0.10.