Vappolotes Zhao et S. Li, 2019

Li, Bing, Zhao, Zhe, Chen, Yuanxue, Chen, Haifeng, Wu, Zhiyan & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Vappolotes, a new genus of coelotine spiders (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Guizhou, China, Zootaxa 4701 (5), pp. 434-442 : 435-436

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scientific name	Vappolotes Zhao et S. Li
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Genus Vappolotes Zhao et S. Li View in CoL View at ENA , gen. n.

Type species. Vappolotes ganlongensis Zhao et S. Li View in CoL , sp. n.

Etymology. The generic name is derived from the Latin “vappo”, meaning a variety of nocturnal moth. It refers both to the spiders being collected from the dark zone of a cave and to the copulatory ducts in the females which are shaped like the wings of a moth. The second part of the name “-loetes” comes from Coelotes Blackwall, 1841 , referring to the similarity with the nominal genus of the subfamily. The gender is masculine.

Diagnosis. The type species of the new genus is similar to Longicoelotes , Platocoelotes , Papiliocoelotes , and Spiricoelotes by the slender embolus ( Fig. 2A, B View FIGURE 2 ), the small or absent median apophysis ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ), and the lack of epigynal teeth ( Figs 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 ). The new genus is most similar to Papiliocoelotes with which it shares a bifurcated tegular apophysis ( Fig. 2B, C View FIGURE 2 ). However, the male of the new genus can be easily distinguished from males of Papiliocoelotes by having a dorsal apophysis and a lamella of the conductor ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A–C), whereas in Papiliocoelotes the conductor has a slightly bifurcated distal process and lacks a lamella (fig.1A–C in Zhao and Li, 2016). Additionally, in Vappolotes , the tegular apophysis is bifurcated at the base ( Fig. 2B, C View FIGURE 2 ), whereas in Papiliocoelotes it is bifurcated at the tip (fig. 2A, B in Zhao and Li, 2016). The female of the new genus can be easily distinguished from females of Papiliocoelotes by the bracketed lateral edges of the epigynum ( Figs 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 ); in Papiliocoelotes , the lateral edges are concave medially (fig. 2A in Zhao and Li, 2016).Also, in Vappolotes , the epigynal hoods are located anterolaterally ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 ), whereas in Papiliocoelotes they are located mediolaterally (fig. 2A in Zhao and Li, 2016).

Description. Medium sized, with a total length of 5–6 mm. Body color yellow-brown generally, with black stripes ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C–E); chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth in both sexes; carapace yellow-brown with radial pattern, pear-shaped ( Fig. 3C, D View FIGURE 3 ); clypeus yellow-brown or brown ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ); endites and labium brown ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ); sternum yellow-brown ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ); legs yellow-brown with the formula 4> 1> 2> 3 ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C–E); abdomen gray or yellow-brown, oval, with 3–4 chevrons posterodorsally ( Fig. 3C, D View FIGURE 3 ); spinnerets yellow-brown ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C–E). Male palp with one patellar apophysis, one retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA), and a ventrolateral tibial apophysis (VTA) ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ); median apophysis absent; cymbial furrow less than 1/2 the length of cymbium ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ); conduc- tor with a lamella (LC) and a dorsal apophysis (CDA) ( Fig.2A, B View FIGURE 2 ); tegulum brown, sclerite of tegulum (ST) as long as embolic base (EB), and tegular apophysis bifurcated ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A–C); subtegulum with many wrinkles ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ); embolus filiform and long ( Fig. 2A, B View FIGURE 2 ). Epigynum with deep anterolateral hoods ( Figs 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 ); atrium relatively large, with lateral and posterolateral margins conspicuous ( Figs 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 ); epigynal teeth and median septum absent; copulatory openings located posteromedially ( Figs 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 ); copulatory ducts broad and transparent, like the wings of a moth ( Figs 3B View FIGURE 3 , 4B View FIGURE 4 ); spermathecae nephroid, spermathecal bases close to each other ( Figs 3B View FIGURE 3 , 4B View FIGURE 4 ); fertilization ducts at least twice as long as wide ( Figs 3B View FIGURE 3 , 4B View FIGURE 4 ).