Sinoalaria prolata (Zhao & Li, 2012) Zhang & Feng & Yu & Lin, 2023

Zhang, Jianshuang, Feng, Chengcheng, Yu, Hao & Lin, Yucheng, 2023, A review of the spider genus Sinoalaria (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae), with the descriptions of four new species and two new combinations, ZooKeys 1173, pp. 307-338 : 307

Sinoalaria prolata (Zhao & Li, 2012) comb. nov.

Figs 12 , 17

Karstia prolata Zhao & Li, 2012: 23, figs 13A-F, 14A, B (♀).

Material examined.

Holotype ♀ (IZCAS), China: Guangxi, Pingxiang City, Youyi County, Bantou Village , Niuyan Cave , 22°05.666'N, 106°45.439'E, 251 m, 18.I.2011, Z. Chen and Z. Zha leg. Examined.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from all other species of the genus Sinoalaria by the wide, triangular, scape that protrudes vertically from the posterior epigynal margin (Fig. 12C-E ).

Description.

See Zhao and Li (2012). Habitus as in Fig. 12A-C , epigyne as in Fig. 12D-F .

Distribution.

China (Guangxi) (Fig. 17 ).

Figures

Figure 12. Sinoalaria prolata (Zhao & Li, 2012), comb. nov., female habitus (A-C) and epigyne (D-F) A dorsal view B ventral view C lateral view D intact, ventral view E cleared, posterior view F cleared, anterior view. Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct; DPF = dorsal and posterior fold of copulatory duct; Sc = scape; Sp = spermatheca; VAF = ventral and anterior fold of copulatory duct. Scale bars: 0.50 mm (A-C); 0.20 mm (D-F).

Figure 17. Distribution records of the species from genus Sinoalaria.