Pireneitega fuyunensis Zhao & Li

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 : 52-55

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Pireneitega fuyunensis Zhao & Li sp. n. Figs 3, 4, 17

Type material.

Holotype ♂: China: Xinjiang, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Altay Prefecture: Fuyun County, Ocoa Sea Breeze, Erqis Grand Canyon, on the way from the Carla Chale Waterfall to the Shenzhong Mountain, N47°19'28", E90°01'51", 1355 m, 19.VII.2013, J. Liu, K. Meng, Z. Yao, and Z. Zhao. Paratypes: 4♀1♂, same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis.

The male can be distinguished from all other Pireneitega species, except Pireneitega burqinensis sp. n. and Pireneitega tianchiensis , by having a hook-shaped conductor, and can be distinguished from these two species by the small and narrow median apophysis (the broad and nearly fins-shaped apophysis in Pireneitega burqinensis sp. n. and Pireneitega tianchiensis ) (cf. Figs 1, 3 and 12; Wang et al.1990: figs 81-83). The female can be distinguished from all other Pireneitega species, except Pireneitega burqinensis sp. n. and Pireneitega tianchiensis , by having short receptacles and the large epigynal atrium, and can be distinguished from these two species by the receptacles, about 1.5 times as long as wide (about two times longer than wide in Pireneitega burqinensis sp. n. and about 1.2 times in Pireneitega tianchiensis ) (cf. Figs 2 A–B, 4 A–B and 13 A–B; Wang et al. 1990: figs 84-85).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length 12.18. Carapace 5.45 long, 4.75 wide. Abdomen 6.73 long, 3.50 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.30, PME 0.25, PLE 0.25; AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.10, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.20. Leg measurements: I: 22.63 (6.25, 7.69, 6.09, 2.60); II: 22.15 (6.20, 7.45, 6.00, 2.50); III: 20.75 (5.50, 7.00, 6.00, 2.25); IV: 25.67 (7.05, 8.33, 7.69, 2.60). Carapace beige, the radial grooves indistinct. Abdomen blackish, with gray herringbone pattern. Palp: patellar apophysis absent; tibia long, about 1/2 length of the cymbium; RTA short, about 1/4 of tibial length; cymbial furrow short, about 1/4 length of cymbium; conductor short, with tapering apex, with one loop; embolus with nearly tongue-shaped base, beginning at 7:00 o’clock position (Fig. 3 A–C).

Female (one of paratypes): Total length 13.80. Carapace 5.25 long, 4.50 wide. Abdomen 8.55 long, 4.75 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.25, ALE 0.30, PME 0.24, PLE 0.24; AME-AME 0.10, AME-ALE0.10, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.28. Leg measurements: I: 18.75 (5.50, 6.50, 4.50, 2.25); II: 18.00 (5.25, 6.25, 4.50, 2.00); III: 16.98 (4.99, 5.74, 4.50, 1.75); IV: 21.60 (6.10, 7.25, 6.03, 2.22). Carapace yellowish, with brown lateral margins. Abdomen khaki, with yellow sigilla and herringbone pattern. Epigyne: epigynal teeth long and thin, about 0.8 times as long as epigynal atrium; septum about 0.5 times as long as wide, with the weakly sclerotized tip, nearly triangular; epigynal atrium about 1.5 times as long as wide, with well delimited posterior margin, about two times as long as septum, about 0.7 times as wide as septum; receptacles about 1.5 times as long as wide; copulatory opening distinct; hoods indistinct (Fig. 4 A–B).

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 17).