Pinelema Wang et Li, 2012

Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2016, Four new species of the spider genus Pinelema (Araneae, Telemidae) from caves in South China, Ecologica Montenegrina 7, pp. 546-566 : 547

Genus Pinelema Wang et Li, 2012

Type species Pinelema bailongensis Wang et Li, 2012 , from South China .

Diagnosis. Pinelema can be distinguished from other telemid genera by the following combination of male palpal characters: cymbium with a prolateral apophysis, bearing several setae; bulb with a tube-shaped embolus.

Description. Carapace yellow, pear-shaped, with radial shadings and dim margins. Six eyes, with black rings, and in two species the eye absent. Chelicerae, endites and labium yellow. Sternum brown or yellow. Legs yellowish. Chelicerae fang furrow with 2 big teeth and 3 tiny granulous denticles on promargin, 4 small triangular denticles on retromargin. Sternum covered with sparse long setae. Opisthosoma yellowish or blue, oval or circular dorsally, covered with sparse setae. Male Pedipalp simple, femur shorter than tarsus, patella half the length of tibia, tarsus bears bristles distally and dorsally, bulb ovate or pear-shaped, yellow, embolus tube-shaped, anterior margin sclerotized. Epigynum of the female, weakly sclerotized, with a row of sparse hairs on epigynal plate, and a row of short, strong spines or setae behind epigastric furrow. Spermatheca tube-shaped, translucent, basal part slender, the distal part swollen or curved in some species.

Distibution. China.