Corresponding author: Jie Liu (
Academic editor: Jeremy Miller
The female of
The spider genus
The species
Specimens were examined with an Olympus SZX16 stereomicroscope; details were further investigated with an Olympus BX51 compound microscope. All illustrations were made using an Olympus drawing tube. Male palp and epigyne were examined and illustrated after dissection from the spider bodies. Photos were made with a Canon G10 digital camera (14.7 megapixels) mounted on an Olympus SZX16 stereomicroscope. The digital images depicting the habitus and genital morphology were a composite of multiple images taken at different focal planes along the Z axis and assembled using the software package Helicon Focus 3.10. Most hairs and macrosetae were usually not depicted in the palp and epigyne drawings.
Leg measurements are shown as: total length (femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, tarsus). Number of spines are listed for each segment in the following order: prolateral, dorsal, retrolateral, ventral (in femora and patellae ventral spines are absent and fourth digit is omitted in the spination formula).
Abbreviations: — anterior lateral eyes — anterior median eyes — conductor — embolus — embolic apophysis — fertilization duct — glandular appendage — lateral furrow — lateral lobes — lobal septum — membranous sac unexpanded — posterior lateral eyes — posterior median eyes — posterior part of spermathecae — retrolateral tibial apophysis — tegulum — legs I to IV — Hubei University, Wuhan, China — Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
1 ♂ (holotype, HNU), Mt. Lushan, Jiangxi Province, China, 15 June 1987, Xianjing Peng leg.; 1 ♂ (paratype, HNU), Mt. Huangshan, Anhui Province, China, October 1979, Jiafu Wang leg.
2 ♂, 7 ♀ (HBU), Tiantangzhai National Forest Park (
Male of
Embolus (E) tip short, slender, slightly curved prolaterally, proximal part of embolus fully visible in the ventral view. Embolic apophysis (EA) short, lamellar, strongly curved prolaterally. Sperm duct (SD) curved in ventral view. RTA large, not bifurcate, arising distally from tibia. Cymbium slightly longer than tibia (
Colouration in ethanol (
Epigynal field wider than long. Lateral lobes (LL) fused, posteriorly with median incision. Epigynal pockets running from latero-posterior to medio-anterior, where copulatory openings are situated. Lateral furrows (LF) distinct, running to lateral margins of lateral lobes. Lobal septum (LS) wide, significantly short. Internal duct system significantly wider than long, its left part widely separated from right part. Glandular appendages (GA) small, extending not in posterior half of internal duct system. Posterior part of spermathecae (PP) strongly short, bulging slightly laterally. Fertilization ducts (FD) arising posterio-laterally. Membranous sac between fertilisation ducts unexpanded, almost square-shaped (
Colouration in ethanol (
There is a small difference between the holotype male and the new collected materials: the middle part of RTA slightly covered the cymbium from the ventral view in the new collected materials, but not in the holotype (
China (Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui) (
Collection localities of
We thank Mr Fengxiang Liu (College of Life Sciences, Hubei University) for collecting