Pireneitega lini 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 : 58

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Pireneitega lini Zhao & Li sp. n. Figs 9, 17

Type material.

Holotype ♀: China: Xinjiang, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture: Akto County, N38°57'31", E75°30'16", 1833 m, 2.VIII.2014, Y. Lin.

Etymology.

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

Diagnosis.

The female can be distinguished from all other Pireneitega species, except for Pireneitega luniformis , by having spiral receptacles, and can be distinguished from this species by the narrow and straight epigynal teeth (the broad and bent epigynal teeth in Pireneitega luniformis ) (cf. Fig. 9 A–B; Zhu and Wang 1994: figs 5-6).

Description.

Female (holotype): Total length 13.82. Carapace 5.49 long, 4.50 wide. Abdomen 8.33 long, 4.50 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.25, ALE 0.30, PME 0.25, PLE 0.24; AME-AME 0.10, AME-ALE 0.08, PME-PME 0.19, PME-PLE 0.25. Leg measurements: I: 18.14 (5.00, 6.41, 4.17 2.56); II: 16.99 (4.81, 5.77, 4.17, 2.24); III: 16.69 (4.49, 5.45, 4.50, 2.25); IV: 21.68 (5.78, 6.73, 6.41, 2.76). Carapace yellow. Abdomen beige, with gray spots. Epigyne: epigynal teeth long and narrow, about 0.7 times as long as epigynal atrium; septum with the well delimited tip, about 0.6 times as long as wide; epigynal atrium with well delimited posterior margin, about two times as long as wide, about 2.5 times as long as septum, about 0.7 times as wide as septum; receptacles long, about three times as long as wide, mightily spiral; copulatory opening distinct; hoods distinct (Fig. 9 A–B).

Distribution.

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