Pireneitega wui 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 : 62-64

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Pireneitega wui Zhao & Li sp. n. Figs 15, 17

Type material.

Holotype ♂: China: Xinjiang, Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, Akqi County, N40°47'32", E78°15'48", 3020 m, 25.VII.2014, J. Wu.

Etymology.

The specific name is a patronym in honor of the collector Jianglang Wu; noun (name) in genitive case.

Diagnosis.

The male can be distinguished from all other Pireneitega species, except Pireneitega armeniaca by having bended and narrow conductor, and can be distinguished from this species by the blunt tip of median apophysis (the tapering tip of median apophysis in Pireneitega armeniaca ) (cf. Fig. 15; Brignoli 1978: figs 117-121).

Description.

Male (holotype): Total length 8.98. Carapace 3.85 long, 2.75 wide. Abdomen 5.13 long, 3.00 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.23, PME 0.20, PLE 0.20; AME-AME 0.05, AME-ALE 0.05, PME-PME 0.10, PME-PLE 0.10. Leg measurements: I: 14.75 (4.25, 5.25, 3.25, 2.00); II: 13.00 (3.50, 4.50, 3.00, 2.00); III: 12.25 (3.50, 4.00, 3.25, 1.50); IV: 17.50 (5.00, 5.25, 5.00, 2.25). Carapace yellow. Abdomen beige, with gray spots. Palp: patellar apophysis thick; palpal tibia short, about 1/3 of cymbial length; RTA short, about 1/3 of tibial length; cymbial furrow short, about 1/3 length of cymbium; conductor narrow, with the tapering tip; median apophysis broad and nearly triangular; embolus with broad and nearly trapezoidal base, beginning at 7:00 o’clock position (Fig. 15 A–C).

Distribution.

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