Plator
Creators: name: Zhu, Ming-Sheng
name: Tang, Gui-Ming
name: Zhang, Feng
name: Song, Da-Xiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Trochanteriidae
Plator

description: Key to Chinese species of <i>Plator</i> 1. Epigynum of females have narrow first windings of the copulatory duct system (Figs 5, 10); Pedipalpus of males lacking RTA (Figs 7, 13)... The <i>insolens</i> species­group... 2 <b>­</b> Epigynum of females have broad first windings of the copulatory duct system (Figs 17, 22, 28, 33); Pedipalpus of males have RTA (Figs 19, 24, 30, 35).................................................................................................................... The <i>pennatus</i> species­group... 5 2. Females......................................................................................................................... 3 ­ Males............................................................................................................................ 4 3. Epigynum with one pair of leaf­like anterior margins, spermathecae triangular (Figs 4–5).................................................................................................... <i>Plator insolens</i> Simon ­ Epigynum with a pair of eye­like anterior margins and spermathecae oval (Figs 9–10) <i>............................................................................................ Plator sinicus</i> Zhu <i>et</i> Wang 4. Median apophysis almost warship­shaped and pointed distally, subtegulum without hump (Figs 6–7)......................................................................... <i>Plator insolens</i> Simon ­ Median apophysis really oval and rounded distally, subtegulum with a hump medianlly (Figs 12–13)................................................................. <i>Plator sinicus</i> Zhu <i>et</i> Wang. 5. Females......................................................................................................................... 6 ­ Males............................................................................................................................ 9 6. Anterior epigynal margin weakly sclerotized and M­shaped, anteriorly copulatory ducts long, spermathecae with a small head laterally (Figs 16–17)...................................................................................................................................... <i>Plator bowo</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> ­ Anterior or lateral epigynal margins strongly clerotized (Figs 21, 27, 32).................. 7 7. Anterior epigynal margins narrow, semicircular, located medially, copulatory openings posteriolateral (Figs 21–22)..................................................... <i>Plator pandeae</i> Tikader ­ Epigynal margins lateral or anteriolateral, copulatory openings at anterior median (Figs 27, 32)................................................................................................................. 8 8. Epigynum with short margins at anteriolateral corners, anteriorly copulatory ducts Ushaped (Figs 27–28)................................................................. <i>Plator pennatus</i> Platnick ­ Epigynum with margins laterally, large and C­shaped, anteriorly copulatory ducts short, parallel to each other (Figs 32–33) <i>.................................. Plator yunlong</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> 9. Pedipalpal median apophysis without hook or prong (Figs 18, 23)............................. 10 ­ Pedipalpal median apophysis with hook or prong (Figs 29, 34)................................ 11 10. Median apophysis long and horn­shaped in ventral view, widened distally in lateral view (Figs 18–19).......................................................................... <i>Plator bowo</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> ­ Median apophysis short and spine­shaped in ventral view, pointed distally in lateral view (Figs 23–24).................................................................... <i>Plator pandeae</i> Tikader 11. Median apophysis triangular at lateral view, hooked distally, tegulum not extended posteriorly (Figs 29–30) <i>.......................................................... Plator pennatus</i> Platnick ­ Median apophysis oval at lateral view, tegulum extended posteriorly (Figs 34–35)...... <i>................................................................................................... Plator yunlong</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>
description: Published as part of <i>Zhu, Ming-Sheng, Tang, Gui-Ming, Zhang, Feng &amp; Song, Da-Xiang, 2006, Revision of the spider family Trochanteriidae from China (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea), pp. 31-51 in Zootaxa 1140 (1)</i> on pages 33-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1140.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/172053