Notiocoelotes Wang, Xu & Li, 2008

Zhang, Xiaoqing, Zhao, Zhe, Zheng, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2016, A further study of the spider genus Notiocoelotes (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Hainan Island, China, ZooKeys 601, pp. 75-87 : 77

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Genus Notiocoelotes Wang, Xu & Li, 2008

Notiocoelotes Wang et al, 2008: 11. Type species Coelotes palinitropus Zhu & Wang, 1994, from Hainan Island, China.

Diagnosis.

The chelicerae of all Notiocoelotes have 3 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth, while other coelotines usually have 3 or 4 retromarginal teeth. Females of this genus can be separated from other coelotines by the absence of epigynal teeth and the presence of a tongue-shaped epigynal scape (Fig. 2 A–B); other coelotines usually have long and broad epigynal teeth. Males can be distinguished from other coelotines by the absence of a patellar apophysis, the presence of a large and strongly bifurcated lateral tibial apophysis and the reduced or invisible median apophysis (Fig. 1); other coelotines usually have a thick patellar apophysis and the special shaped median apophysis.

Composition.

Thirteen Notiocoelotes species are currently known: Notiocoelotes laosensis (♀) from Laos; Notiocoelotes parvitriangulus Liu, Li & Pham, 2010 (♀), Notiocoelotes pseudovietnamensis Liu, Li & Pham, 2010 (♂♀) and Notiocoelotes vietnamensis (♂♀) from Vietnam; Notiocoelotes sparus (♂) from Thailand; Notiocoelotes lingulatus (♀), Notiocoelotes membranaceus (♂), Notiocoelotes orbiculatus Liu & Li, 2010 (♂♀), Notiocoelotes palinitropus (♂♀), Notiocoelotes pseudolingulatus Liu & Li, 2010 (♂♀), and Notiocoelotes spirellus Liu & Li, 2010 (♂♀) from Hainan, China ( World Spider Catalog 2016), and two new species described in this paper: Notiocoelotes maoganensis sp. n. (♂♀), Notiocoelotes qiongzhongensis sp. n. (♂♀) from Hainan.