Vappolotes ganlongensis Li & Zhao & Chen & Chen & Wu & Li 2019, sp. n.
Creators: name: Li, Bing
name: Zhao, Zhe
name: Chen, Yuanxue
name: Chen, Haifeng
name: Wu, Zhiyan
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Agelenidae
Vappolotes
Vappolotes ganlongensis

description: Vappolotes ganlongensis Zhao et S. Li, sp. n.
Figs 2, 3, 5
Type material. Holotype: ♂ (IZCAS-Ar39637, ZZ550): Chenjia Cave (N28.38187º, E108.67368º, 792 m), Ganlong Town, Miao Autonomous County of Songtao, Guizhou Province, China, 9.III.2013, H.F. Zhao and J.C. Liu leg. Paratypes: 7♀♀ (IZCAS-Ar39638–Ar39644, ZZ550): same data as holotype.
Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality, Ganlong Town; adjective.
Diagnosis. Vappolotes ganlongensis sp. n. can be distinguished from V. jianpingensis sp. n. by the following: the posterior margin of the atrium is concave medially (Fig. 3A), whereas it is arciform in V. jianpingensis sp. n. (Fig. 4A); the copulatory ducts are large, about 2 times larger as the spermathecae (Fig. 3B), whereas the copulatory ducts are nearly the same size as the spermathecae in V. jianpingensis sp. n. (Fig. 4B).
Description. Male. Clypeus brown, abdomen gray, other parts are the same color as for the genus (Fig. 3C). Total length 5.76. Carapace 3.04 long, 2.19 wide. Abdomen 2.72 long, 1.75 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.16, PME 0.15, PLE 0.16; AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.02, AME–PME 0.04, ALE–PLE 0, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.05. Leg measurements: I 12.24 (3.15, 4.06, 2.94, 2.09); II 11.52 (3.19, 3.52, 2.93, 1.88); III 11.11 (2.67, 3.46, 3.05, 1.93); IV 14.41 (3.71, 4.39, 4.12, 2.19). Palp: Femur 4.5 times longer than wide; patella with a long anterodorsal macroseta, almost 2.3 times longer than the patella, patellar apophysis about 1/2 the patella length, with blunt tip; tibia and base of cymbium with long dorsal and prolateral macrosetae; VTA and RTA spine-shaped, VTA about 3 times longer than RTA, extending beyond the distal margin of the tibia; cymbium 2.2 times longer than bulb, cymbial furrow short, less than 1/2 the cymbial length; dorsal apophysis of the conductor pointed, and the large lamella of conductor spoon-shaped; tegular apophysis shorter than 1/2 the cymbial furrow, with bifurcated tip; embolus originates around the 6 o’clock position (Fig. 2 A–C).
Female (IZCAS-Ar39638). Same color as male except abdomen yellow-brown (Fig. 3D, E). Total length 5.95. Carapace 2.56 long, 1.81 wide. Abdomen 3.39 long, 2.34 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.14, PME 0.12, PLE 0.13; AME–AME 0.05, AME–ALE 0.03, AME–PME 0.05, ALE–PLE 0, PME–PME 0.07, PME–PLE 0.06. Leg measurements: I 9.04 (2.59, 2.89, 2.11, 1.45); II 8.77 (2.54, 2.78, 2.06, 1.39); III 8.68 (2.41, 2.72, 2.24, 1.31); IV 11.98 (3.35, 3.67, 3.31, 1.65). Epigynum: about 1.7 times wider than long; atrium occupying 3/4 of epigynum, length equal to width, posterior lateral margin of atrium about 1/2 the width of the lateral margin, concave medially; copulatory ducts large, about 3 times larger than spermathecae; spermathecae small, occupying 1/4 of epigynum, over 2 times longer than wide; fertilization ducts 2 times longer than wide (Fig. 3A, B).
Variation. Total length of females 5.72–5.96 (n=7).
Distribution. Guizhou, China (Fig. 5).
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 434-442 in Zootaxa 4701 (5) on pages 436-437, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3559385