Draconarius latusincertus Wang, Griswold & Miller, 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, XIN-PING
name: Griswold, CHARLES E.
name: Miller, JEREMY A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Agelenidae
Draconarius
Draconarius latusincertus

description: Draconarius latusincertus sp. nov.
(Figs 249-272, 542)
Type material: Holotype. ♂, CHINA: Yunnan: Fugong County: Gaoligongshan, 0.5 km radius of Shibali Forest Station, N27.16519°, E98.77891°, 2525 m, searching at night in forest, May 2-5, 2004, C. Griswold & D. Kavanaugh (HNU, CASENT9020025).
Paratypes. CHINA: Yunnan: Fugong County: 1♂, Lishadi subdistrict, Gaoligongshan, Shibali, N27.16784°, E98.77782°, 2582 m, May 2, 2004, H.M. Yan, G.X. Peng (CAS, CASENT9020625); 1♀, Gaoligongshan, Shibali Forest Station, N27.16519°, E98.77891°, 2525 m, general collecting, May 1, 2004, C. Griswold & D. Kavanaugh (CAS, CASENT9011586); 1♀, Lishadi subdistrict, Gaoligongshan, Shibali, N27.16515°, E98.77975°, 2527 m, May 4, 2004, H.M. Yan (HNU, CASENT9020590); 1♀, Lishadi subdistrict, Gaoligongshan, Shibali, N27.16784°, E98.77782°, 2582 m, May 2, 2004, H.M. Yan, GX. Peng (HNU, CASENT9020626); 1♂, Gaoligongshan, Shibali Forest Station, N27.16519°, E98.77891°, 2525 m, general collecting, May 1, 2004, C. Griswold & D. Kavanaugh (HNU, CASENT9011585); 1♀, Lishadi, Shibali, N27.16650°, E98.77936°, along road, hand collecting, August 9, 2005, D.Z. Dong (HNU, CASENT9022601); 1♀, Gaoligongshan, 0.5 km radius of Shibali Forest Station, N27.16519°, E98.77891°, 2525 m, general collection in disturbed areas and forest, May 1-11, 2004, C. Griswold & D. Kavanaugh (CAS, CASENT9019935).
Other material examined: CHINA: Yunnan: Dali: 1♀, Diancang Shan, 3 km W Dali old town, pine forest at "Cloud Road", right upper chairlift station, N25°41.1', E100°06.085', 2650-2750 m, needle and leaf litter, September 1, 2003, D.W. Wrase (SMF).
Etymology: The species name is derived from the Latin word “latus”, which means “broad”, and refers to the broad conductor compared to other Draconarius incertus group species; term in apposition.
Diagnosis: D. latusincertus is similar to D. pseudobrunneus Wang 2003 and D. incertus Wang 2003 in having a similar epigynum and similar palp, but can be distinguished by the distinctly larger body size, the broad conductor in the male; and the large atrium with atrial ridges extending posteriorly close to the epigastric furrow and the distinct anterior extension of the spermathecae in the female (Figs 249-252).
Notes: The female from Dali, Diancang Shan (SMF) has a similar epigynum as D. latusincertus sp. nov., but its atrium is wider than long and the spermathecae are much shorter (Figs 263-264). This specimen is temporarily listed here as D. latusincertus sp. nov. Further collection of both males and females from this location is badly needed.
Description: Male (holotype). Large sized Coelotinae, total length 11.11 (Fig. 267). Dorsal shield of prosoma 6.30 long, 4.33 wide; opisthosoma 4.81 long, 3.40 wide. AME smallest, 3/4 the size of ALE, which are the largest; posterior eyes subequal in size, slightly smaller than ALE (AME 0.17, ALE 0.23, PME 0.19, PLE 0.19); AME separated from each other by their diameter, from ALE by half the size of AME; PME separated from each other by slightly less than their diameter, from PLE by more than their diameter; AME and PME separated by AME diameter (AME-AME 0.16, AME-ALE 0.08, PME-PME 0.17, PME-PLE 0.23, AME-PME 0.16) (Fig. 268). Labium subequal in length and width (L / W =1.09) (Fig. 269). Chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth. Palp with a short patellar apophysis; RTA more than half of tibial length, with slightly protruding distal end; lateral tibial apophysis distinct, widely separated from RTA; a short macroseta arising near lateral tibial apophysis; cymbial furrow less than half of cymbial length; conductor short, slightly bifurcate, broad, with a slender dorsal apophysis and a small basal lamella; median apophysis simple, not spoon-shaped; embolus short, filiform, prolateral in origin (Figs 251-252, 255-258).
Female (paratype of CASENT9011586 measured). Large sized Coelotinae, total length 12.15 (Fig. 270). Dorsal shield of prosoma 6.00 long, 4.05 wide; opisthosoma 6.15 long, 4.60 wide. AME smallest, 3/4 the size of ALE, which are the largest; PLE slightly smaller than ALE, PME slightly smaller than PLE (AME 0.18, ALE 0.24, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22); AME separated from each other by their diameter, from PLE by 2/3 of AME diameter; PME separated from each other by their diameter, from PLE by more than PLE size; AME and PME separated by AME diameter (AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.12, PME-PME 0.20, PME-PLE 0.25, AME-PME 0.18) (Fig. 271). Labium slightly longer than wide (L / W =1.11) (Fig. 272). Promargin of chelicera with 3, retromargin with 2 teeth. Epigynal teeth absent; atrium large, with distinct, posteriorly protruding anterior margin and indistinct lateral margins; atrial ridges distinct, situated on posterior half of atrium, slightly extending posteriorly, but distinctly separated from epigastric furrow; copulatory ducts short, originating and extending between spermathecae; spermathecae broad, slightly elongated, widely separated, anteriorly extending beyond heads; spermathecal heads arising from distal half of spermathecae (Figs 249-250, 253-254, 259-266).
Distribution: China (Yunnan: Dali, Fugong) (Fig. 542).
description: Published as part of Wang, XIN-PING, Griswold, CHARLES E. & Miller, JEREMY A., 2010, Revision of the genus Draconarius Ovtchinnikov 1999 (Agelenidae: Coelotinae) in Yunnan, China, with an analysis of the Coelotinae diversity in the Gaoligongshan Mountains, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 2593 on pages 63-68