Pireneitega Kishida, 1955

Zhang, Xiaoqing, Zhao, Zhe, Zheng, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2016, Nine new species of the spider genus Pireneitega Kishida, 1955 (Agelenidae, Coelotinae) from Xinjiang, China, ZooKeys 601, pp. 49-74 : 51

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Genus Pireneitega Kishida, 1955

Pireneitega Kishida, 1955: 21. Type species Amaurobius roscidus C.L. Koch, 1843 (= Pireneitega segestriformis Dufour, 1820) from Germany; Wang and Jäger 2007: 46 (synonymized 2 genera).

Paracoelotes Brignoli, 1982: 348. Type species Coelotes armeniacus Brignoli, 1978 from Turkey; Wang 2002: 112.

Diagnosis.

The chelicerae of all Pireneitega have 3 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth; other coelotines usually have 2 or 4 retromarginal teeth. The females of this genus can be separated from other coelotines by the widely separated long epigynal teeth, the large epigynal atrium with weakly sclerotized septum, and broad copulatory ducts (Fig. 6 A–B); other coelotines usually have a small epigynal atrium, the short epigynal teeth and narrow copulatory ducts. The males of this genus can be distinguished from other coelotines by with an elongated and flattened conductor which is usually twisted into a circle horizontally or vertically and a large median apophysis (Fig. 1 A–C); other coelotines usually have a broad or short conductor and a reduced or indistinct median apophysis.

Description.

Described in Wang (2002, sub Paracoelotes ).

Composition.

Twenty-one Pireneitega species are known from Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Russia, South Korea, Japan and China ( World Spider Catalog 2016). Eleven Pireneitega species were known from China before the current study, including Pireneitega involuta ( Wang et al., 1990) (♂♀), Pireneitega liansui (Bao & Yin, 2004) (♀), Pireneitega luctuosa (L. Koch, 1878) (♂♀), Pireneitega luniformis (Zhu & Wang, 1994) (♂♀), Pireneitega neglecta (Hu, 2001) (♀), Pireneitega spinivulva (Simon, 1880) (♂♀), Pireneitega taishanensis ( Wang et al., 1990) (♂♀), Pireneitega taiwanensis Wang & Ono, 1998 (♂♀), Pireneitega tianchiensis (♂♀), Pireneitega triglochinata (Zhu & Wang, 1991) (♂♀), and Pireneitega xinping Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2002 (♂♀).