Sinocoelotes gen. n., a new genus of the subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Southeast Asia

By

Chen, Lu
Zhao, Zhe
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

614

Pages

51-86

Subjects

China , Description , Diagnosis , Morphology , new combination , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.614.8663

 

Abstract

A new genus of the spider subfamily Coelotinae, Sinocoelotes gen. n., with nine new species, is described from Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in southern China. The new species are: Sinocoelotes cangshanensis sp. n. (♀), S. hehuaensis sp. n. (♂♀), S. luoshuiensis sp. n. (♀), S. mangbangensis sp. n. (♀) from Yunnan; S. kangdingensis sp. n. (♀), S. ludingensis sp. n. (♂♀), S. mahuanggouensis sp. n. (♀), S. muliensis sp. n. (♀), and S. yanyuanensis sp. n. (♂) from Sichuan. In addition, six Coelotes species are transferred to the new genus: Sinocoelotes acicularis (Wang, Griswold & Ubick, 2009), comb. n. (♂♀), S. forficatus (Liu & Li, 2010), comb. n. (♂♀), S. guangxian (Zhang, Yang, Zhu & Song, 2003), comb. n. (♂♀), S. pseudoterrestris (Schenkel, 1963), comb. n. (♂♀), S. pseudoyunnanensis (Wang, Griswold & Ubick, 2009), comb. n. (♂♀) and S. thailandensis (Dankittipakul & Wang, 2003), comb. n. (♂♀). DNA barcodes of all the species were documented for future use.