Vacrothele digitata ( Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020 ) Tang & Wu & Zhao & Yang, 2022

Tang, Ya-Ni, Wu, Ya-Ying, Zhao, Yu & Yang, Zi-Zhong, 2022, Description of a new genus and two new species of the funnel-web mygalomorph (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae) from China with notes on taxonomic amendments, Zootaxa 5125 (5), pp. 513-535 : 516

Vacrothele digitata ( Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) , comb. nov.

Figs 13–14 , 16C , 17E , 18E , 20

Macrothele digitata Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020: 38 (1), fig. 1.

Type material examined. Male holotype (DUIER-VD11), Jiuchong Cave , Bapen Town , Fusui County, Guangxi Province, China, 20 October 2018, coll. by H. M. Chen & X. K. Jiang. Paratypes: male (DUIER-VD12), same data as holotype; male (DUIER-VD13), Tongmian Town , Ningming County , Guangxi Province, China, 17 May 2006, coll. by M. S. Zhu; female (DUIER-VD21), Choushui Cave , Shuangmeng village , Jinlong Town , Longzhou County, Guangxi Province, China, 18 October 2018, coll. by H. M. Chen & X. K. Jiang .

Description: See Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020.

Distribution: China (Guangxi).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Vacrothele digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020), male holotype. A. Male (holotype); B. Spinnerets, ventral view; C. Maxillae and labium; D. Three claws on left legs, retrolateral view; E. Embolus, prolateral view; F. Same, dorsal view; G. Same, retrolateral view; H. Same, the end; I. Sternum; J. Left palp tibia, prolateral view; K. Same, dorsal view; L. Same, retrolateral view.

FIGURE 14. Vacrothele digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020), comb. nov., female paratype. A. Female (paratype); B. Three claws on left palp, retrolateral view; C. Spinnerets, right retrolateral view; D. Sternum; E. Maxillae and labium.

FIGURE 16. Chelicera of three new species transfers to Vacrothele gen. nov. A. V. hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) comb. nov. B. V. palpator (Pocock, 1901) comb. nov. C. V. digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) comb. nov.

FIGURE 17. Left leg II tibia ventral spines of five Vacrothele species. A. V. hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) comb. nov. B. V. pseudohunanica sp. nov. C. V. uncata sp. nov. D. V. palpator (Pocock, 1901) comb. nov. E. V. digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) comb. nov.

FIGURE 18. Genitalia of five Vacrothele species. A. V. hunanica (Zhu & Song, 2000) comb. nov. B. V. pseudohunanica sp. nov. C. V. uncata sp. nov. D. V. palpator (Pocock, 1901) comb. nov. E. V. digitata (Chen, Jiang & Yang, 2020) comb. nov.