Huoyanluo Lin & Li, 2024

Lin, Yejie, Li, Shuqiang, Mo, Haolin & Wang, Xihao, 2024, Thirty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam, Zoological Systematics 49 (1), pp. 4-98 : 22

Huoyanluo Lin & Li , gen. nov.

Type species. Huoyanluo ruanxiaoqi Lin & Li , sp. nov.

Etymology. The genus is named after Huoyanluo , nickname for one of the 108 outlaws in the classical Chinese literature Outlaws of the Marsh; masculine in gender.

Diagnosis. Huoyanluo Lin & Li , gen. nov. can be easily distinguished from all Macrobunidae genera by the curved dorsal tibial apophysis, longer than the tibia, the tegular apophysis with a needle-like process, and the presence of an outgrowth at the embolic base.

Description. Male. Total length 2.19–2.81. Carapace oval, covered with sparse black setae, darkens dorsally. Furrows distinct. Fovea obvious, longitudinal. Six eyes, PER procurved in dorsal view, AME absent. All eyes encircled with black. Eyes subequal in size. Chelicerae with 3–5 promarginal and 5–8 retromarginal teeth. Leg formula 1423. Opisthosoma oval, covered with sparse black setae, venter without distinct pattern. Cribellum narrow, undivided.

Palp. Femur almost 4 times longer than patella. Tibia 1.5–2 times longer than patella. Tibia with 2 apophyses: retrolateral one divided: a wide, lamellar apophysis and thick, strongly sclerotized apophysis. Dorsal tibial apophysis elongated and curved, strongly sclerotized. Retro-proximal cymbial outgrowth present. Tegular apophysis with a needle-like process. Conductor membranous, partially wrapped around embolus. Embolus curved, originating at approximately 9:00- o’clock-position, base of embolus with lamellar outgrowth.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Species included. Huoyanluo ruanxiaoqi Lin & Li , sp. nov. and H. zhangzezhongi Lin & Li , sp. nov.