Sinocoelotes luoshuiensis Zhao & Li

Chen, Lu, Zhao, Zhe & Li, Shuqiang, 2016, Sinocoelotes gen. n., a new genus of the subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 614, pp. 51-86 : 61-63

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Sinocoelotes luoshuiensis Zhao & Li sp. n. Figs 12, 21

Type material.

Holotype ♀: China: Yunnan Province: Tengchong County, Gudong Town, Jiangdong Village, Jiangdong Mountain, Luoshui Cave, N24°58'06", E98°52'06", 1881 m, 26.XI.2013, Y. Li and J. Liu.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis.

The female of the new species has uniquely shaped epigyne and can be easily distinguished from all other Sinocoelotes gen. n. species by the broad atrium lacking distinct margins (with distinct anterior and lateral margins in other species), the long and sickle-shaped copulatory ducts, and copulatory ducts span wider than spermathecae, the spermathecal heads short and close to each other (close to each other but five times as long as in Sinocoelotes luoshuiensis sp. n in Sinocoelotes muliensis sp. n., and laterally originating in other species) (Fig. 12 A–B).

Description.

Female. Total length 6.48. Carapace 3.28 long, 2.24 wide. Abdomen 3.20 long, 2.21 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.19, PME 0.16, PLE 0.17; AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.04, PME-PME 0.08, PME-PLE 0.11. Leg measurements: I 9.59 (2.66, 3.15, 2.22, 1.56); II 8.56 (2.47, 2.78, 2.01, 1.30); III 7.72 (2.15, 2.42, 1.98, 1.17); IV 10.37 (2.81, 3.28, 3.82, 1.46). Chelicerae with four retromarginal teeth. Epigyne: atrium large, about 1/3 of epigynal plate square, without sharp boundary, narrowing at posterior part; teeth long, about 1/2 length of atrium; spermathecae close to each other, posterior part about 1/5 of posterior part; spermathecal heads long, located mesally, close to each other; copulatory ducts long, hook-like (Fig. 12 A–B).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 21).