Synagelides xingdouensis sp. nov.

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Figs 15–16

Differential diagnosis

Synagelides xingdouensis sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from all other congeners by: male palp has three tibial apophyses in S. xingdouensis sp. nov. whereas none, one or two tibial apophyses in other congeners; spermathecae are mainly anterior to copulatory ducts and about three-fourth as long as epigynum in S. xingdouensis sp. nov., whereas mainly posterior to copulatory ducts and shorter than half the epigynal length in all other congeners.

Etymology

The species name comes from the type locality; adjective.

Material examined

Holotype

CHINA • ♂; Hubei Province, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Xianfeng County, Huangjindong Town, Maliuxi Village, Xingdoushan National Nature Reserve; 29°57.00′ N, 109°1.54′ E, ca 860 m a.s.l.; 22 Aug. 2017; Guchun Zhou, Tian Tian and Zongguang Huang leg.; HNU-20170513-1.

Paratypes

CHINA • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; HNU-20170513-2 to 20170513-3 .

Description

Male (holotype)

Total length 3.32. Carapace 1.54 long, 1.14 wide. Abdomen 1.71 long, 0.95 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.39, ALE 0.20, PLE 0.19, AREW 1.13, PERW 1.15, EFL 0.94. Legs: I 3.91 (1.22, 1.93, 0.44, 0.32), II 2.59 (0.78, 0.93, 0.54, 0.34), III 2.76 (0.83, 0.88, 0.71, 0.34), IV 3.70 (1.02, 1.39, 0.90, 0.39). Carapace (Fig. 16D) stippled, brown, with a pair of indistinct dark patches anteriorly, bearing hairs at the anterior margin and bilateral sides. Eye base black except AME base brown. Fovea oval, hollowed.Chelicerae (Fig. 16G) yellow, with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth fissident with two cusps. Endites, labium, and sternum pale yellow (Fig. 16E). Legs pale yellow to green-yellow. Spination of leg I (Fig. 16H): femur v2-2-2-2-2; metatarsus v0-2-2. Abdomen (Fig. 16 D–E) oval; dorsum brown, with two pairs of muscle depressions and a transverse white band followed by an indistinct transverse yellow patch; venter gray-white. Palp (Fig. 15 A–D): patella about 1.5 times longer than wide; retrolateral tibial apophysis tapering to a slightly pointed tip; intermediate tibial apophysis triangular, transparent apically; dorsal tibial apophysis tapering,digitiform in dorsal view; embolus short, broad and flattened antero-medially and abruptly narrowed posteriorly; median apophysis bifurcated terminally in retrolateral view.

Female (allotype, HNU-20170513-2)

Total length 3.87. Carapace 1.63 long, 1.18 wide. Abdomen 2.21 long, 1.16 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.40, ALE 0.22, PLE 0.20, AREW 1.20, PERW 1.22, EFL 0.96. Legs: I 3.74 (1.10, 1.88, 0.44, 0.32), II 2.69 (0.85, 0.98, 0.54, 0.32), III 2.96 (0.85, 1.01, 0.71, 0.39) IV 3.99 (1.10, 1.49, 1.01, 0.39). Habitus (Fig. 16F) similar to that of male except darker. Epigyne (Fig. 16 A–C) wider than long, with a pair of middle arcuated rims; atrium small, separated by a nib-shaped median septum; copulatory openings beneath the base of epigynal rims; copulatory ducts almost U-shaped; spermathecae large, reniform, extending longitudinally, about three-fourth as long as epigynum and separated from each other by 1.5 times their width; fertilization ducts extending obliquely.

Distribution

China (Hubei) (Fig. 18).