Pireneitega liansui (Bao & Yin, 2004)

Zhang, Xiaoqing, Zhao, Zhe, Zheng, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2017, A survey of five Pireneitega species (Agelenidae, Coelotinae) from China, ZooKeys 663, pp. 45-64 : 47-49

Pireneitega liansui (Bao & Yin, 2004) Figs 3, 4, 11

Coelotes liansui Bao & Yin, 2004: 455, figs 1-3 (♀). Holotype ♀ from Hunan, Daoxian County, 25°31'N, 111°36'E. Types lost (originally at College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University).

Pireneitega liansui : Wang & Jäger 2007: 46 (transfer from Coelotes ).

Paracoelotes liansui : Yin et al. 2012: 1020, fig. 528 a–c (♀).

Material examined.

3♀1♂, China: Hunan: Daoxian County: Dongzhou Village, 25°31'45"N, 111°36'17"E, 168 m, 5.XI.2016, H. Yang.

Diagnosis.

The male can be distinguished from all other Pireneitega species except P. involuta ( Wang et al., 1990), by having a narrow embolus base and a long cymbial furrow, more than half the length of the cymbium. From P. involuta it can be distinguished by the bifurcate tip of the patellar apophysis (vs a tapering tip in P. involuta ) (Fig. 3; Wang et al. 1990: figs 13-15, 18-19).

Description.

Female (Fig. 4): Well described by Bao & Yin (2004: figs 1-3).

Male: Total length 10.0. Carapace 5.0 long, 3.75 wide. Abdomen 5.0 long, 3.25 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.30, ALE 0.30, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20; AME-AME 0.10, AME-ALE 0.10, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.25. Leg measurements: I: 15.75 (4.50, 5.00, 4.00, 2.25); II: 14.45 (4.25, 4.50, 3.70, 20); III: 13.55 (4.00, 4.50, 3.30, 1.75); IV: 17.00 (5.00, 5.50, 4.50, 2.00). Carapace brown, the radial grooves distinct. Abdomen whitish, with green herringbone pattern. Palp as in Fig. 3: patellar apophysis long, about 1/2 length of tibia; tibia short, about four times shorter than cymbium; VTA long, subequal to the tibial length, without pointed tip, extending beyond the tibia; RTA short, about 1/8 length of VTA; width of conductor about 1/5 of loop diameter; embolus beginning at 6:30 o’clock position.

Spination in male:

Distribution.

Known only from Hunan (Fig. 11).

Remarks.

The male of P. liansui is described for the first time.