Vinathela Ono, 2000

Li, Dengqing, Liu, Hao & Xu, Xin, 2019, Three new species of the primitively segmented spiders from Mt Yuelu, Hunan, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae), Zootaxa 4691 (2), pp. 139-152 : 149

Genus Vinathela Ono, 2000

Vinathela Ono, 2000: 150 . Type species, Heptathela cucphuongensis Ono, 1999 .

Diagnosis. Males of Vinathela differ from those of all other Heptathelinae genera by the conductor with a wide proximal portion, and its distal portion being curved and narrow ( Fig. 7 A–F); females of Vinathela can be distinguished from those of all other Heptathelinae genera by having three or four receptacular clusters, three of the same size with short genital stalks or median pair with short genital stalks and smaller than lateral pair ( Fig. 7 H–K).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Male and female genital anatomy of Vinathela nenglianggu sp. nov. A–C, male palp, holotype, DQ–2018–036; A, prolateral view; B, ventral view; C, retrolateral view; D–G, male palp, paratype, DQ–2018–008; D, prolateral view; E, ventral view; F, retrolateral view; G, distal view; H–I, female genitalia, dorsal view; J–K, female genitalia, ventral view; H–K, paratypes; H, J, DQ–2018–007; I, K, DQ–2018–028. Scale bars: A–K, 0.3 mm.