Draconarius levyi 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 levyi

description: Draconarius levyi sp. nov.
(Figs 273-287, 542)
Type material: Holotype. ♀, CHINA: Yunnan: Fugong County: Gaoligongshan, Shibali forest station, in moist stream gully, N27.16894°, E98.77205°, 2650 m, May 9, 2004, C. Griswold & H.M. Yan (HNU, CASENT9024341).
Paratypes. CHINA: Yunnan: Fugong County: 2♀, same data as holotype (HNU, CASENT9024341). Gongshan County: 1♀, Dulongjiang Township, Maku ridge, subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest, in webs, N 27.67509°, E98.30160°, 1950 m, August 30, 2006, J.A. Miller, D. Kavanaugh (CAS, CASENT9024425); 1♀, Dulongjiang Township, along trail from Maku Yakou to Qinlangdang village, sifting leaf litter, tropical evergreen, broadleaf forest, N27.68336°, E98.28869°, 1550 m, September 2, 2006, J.A. Miller, J. Wang (CAS, CASENT9024401); 1♂, Dulongjiang Township, Maku ridge, subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest, sifting leaf litter, N27.67446°, E98.30083°, 2000 m, August 29, 2006, J.A. Miller, D. Kavanaugh (HNU, CASENT9024333).
Etymology: The specific name is in honour of Gershom Levy (1927-2009), who helped the first author on the Near East Coelotinae spiders; noun in genitive case.
Diagnosis: The male of this new species can be easily recognized by the large patellar apophysis, the slender RTA that does not reach the distal tibia, and the long, elongated, prolaterally originating base of the embolus, and the female by the absence of epigynal teeth, the distinct atrium, the large, round spermathecae, and the long, ventrally extending spermathecal tubes (Figs 273-276).
Description: Female (holotype). Medium sized Coelotinae, total length 5.85 (Fig. 282). Dorsal shield of prosoma 3.10 long, 1.96 wide; opisthosoma 2.75 long, 1.95 wide. AME smallest, less than half the size of ALE; ALE largest; posterior eyes subequal, slightly smaller than ALE (AME 0.06, ALE 0.14, PME 0.12, PLE 0.13); AME separated from each other by slightly more than their diameter, from ALE by slightly less than AME diameter; PME separated from each other and from PLE by 2 /3 of AME diameter (AME-AME 0.08, AME-ALE 0.03, PME-PME 0.08, PME-PLE 0.10, AME-PME 0.10) (Fig. 283). Labium with length and width subequal (Fig. 284). Promargin of chelicera with 3, retromargin with 2 teeth. Epigynal teeth absent; atrium distinct, large, length and width subequal, with indistinct anterior margin and distinct, parallel extending lateral margins; copulatory ducts indistinct from dorsal view; spermathecae large, round, slightly separated, with spermathecal tubes originating posteriorly and extending anteriorly on ventral side of large spermathecal balls, converging and close together anteriorly; spermathecal head distinct, situated distally, extending laterally (Figs 273-274, 277-278).
Male (paratype). Medium sized Coelotinae, total length 5.55 (Fig. 285). Dorsal shield of prosoma 2.80 long, 2.30 wide; opisthosoma 2.75 long, 1.70 wide. AME smallest, half the size of lateral eyes; lateral eyes subequal in size, largest; PME slightly smaller than lateral eyes (AME 0.07, ALE 0.13, PME 0.11, PLE 0.13); AME separated from each other by about their diameter, from ALE by half of AME diameter; PME separated from each other by 2 /3 of their diameter, from PLE by PME diameter (AME-AME 0.06, AME-ALE 0.03, AME-PME 0.10, PME-PME 0.08, PME-PLE 0.10) (Fig. 286). Labium with equal length and width (L / W =1.0) (Fig. 287). Chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth. Palp with a large patellar apophysis; RTA more than half of tibial length, but relatively small and slender, with distal end not protruding beyond distal tibia; lateral tibial apophysis short, broad; cymbial furrow less than half of cymbial length; conductor long, slender, with a small lamella and a broad dorsal apophysis; median apophysis spoon-shaped, elongate, free-standing along anterior edge; embolus short, filiform, prolateral in origin, with elongated base (Figs 275-276, 279-281).
Distribution: China (Yunnan: Fugong, Gongshan) (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 68-70