Notiocoelotes pseudolingulatus, Liu & Li, 2010

Liu, Jie & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, The Notiocoelotes spiders (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Hainan Island, China, Zootaxa 2561 (1), pp. 30-48 : 40-41

Notiocoelotes pseudolingulatus sp. nov.

( Figs 10–11 and 16 )

Type material: Holotype female ( IZCAS), 37 paratypes ( IZCAS), Mt. Limushan Nature Reserve (19.2ºN, 109.7ºE, Alt: 576m), Hainan Island, China, 13 August 2007, Shuqiang Li, Chunxia Wang, Linghui Lin and Jianjun Xu leg.

Etymology: The specific name refers to its similarity to N. lingulatus .

Diagnosis: The new species is similar to N. lingulatus in having a short, square-shaped atrium and round spermathecae but can be distinguished by the diamond-shaped atrium scape and the semicircle-shaped copulatory ducts ( Figs 10–11 ).

Description. Female holotype: Total length 5.55. Prosoma 2.65 long, 1.75 wide; Opisthosoma 2.90 long, 2.00 wide. AME 0.05; ALE 0.13; PME 0.13; PLE 0.13; AME–AME 0.02; AME–ALE 0; ALE–PLE 0; PME– PME 0.09; PME–PLE 0.04. Both AME and PLE adjacent to ALE. Clypeus height 0.13. Leg formula: IV, I, II, III; leg measurements: I: 7.35 (2.00, 2.50, 1.75, 1.10); II: 6.05 (1.70, 2.00, 1.50, 0.85); III: 5.95 (1.65, 1.90, 1.60, 0.80); IV: 7.80 (2.15, 2.55, 2.20, 0.90). Chelicerae with three promarginal and two retromarginal teeth ( Fig. 10C ). Epigynal teeth absent ( Figs 10A , 11B ); atrium small, elongated, with a diamond-shaped posterior extension ( Figs 10A , 11B ); copulatory ducts broad, originating anteriorly covering most of spermathecae ( Figs 10B , 11C ); spermathecae small, rounded, widely separated ( Figs 10B , 11C ); spermathecal heads extended anteriorly, with distinct stalks ( Figs 10B , 11C ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution: Only known from the type locality ( Fig. 16 ).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Notiocoelotes pseudolingulatus sp. nov., holotype female. A. Epigynum, ventral view; B. Vulva, dorsal view; C. Cheliceral teeth, ventral view. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 11. Notiocoelotes pseudolingulatus sp. nov. holotype female. A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Epigynum, ventral view; C. Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 1.0 mm, B–C =0.2 mm.

FIGURE 16. Collection localities of Notiocoelotes species of Hainan Island.