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).