Notiocoelotes laosensis Wang, Xu & Li, 2008, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Xin-Ping
name: Xu, Xiang
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Amaurobiidae
Notiocoelotes
Notiocoelotes laosensis

description: Notiocoelotes laosensis sp. nov.
Figs 1–8, 44
Type material: Holotype female and 1 female paratype from Laos, Khammouan Province, 2.5 km WNW Ban (=village) Tathot, entrance N17°37.897', E105°07.502', exit N17°37.994', E105°07.195', ca. 200 m alt., entrance area and in the karst cave Tham Kamouk, February 19, 2003, P. Jäger leg. (SMF). 1 female paratype from Laos, Khammouan Province, 2.5 km WNW Ban Tathot, entrance N17°37.897', E105°07.502', exit N17°37.994', E105°07.195', ca. 200 m alt., entrance area and in the Karst cave Tham Kamouk, February 19, 2003, P. Jäger leg. (SMF). 1 female paratype from Laos, Khammouan, 2.5 km WNW Ban Tathot, entrance N17°37.897', E105°07.502', exit N17°37.994', E105°07.195', ca. 200 m alt., entrance area and in the karst cave Tham Kamouk, February 19, 2003, H. Steiner leg. (SMF).
Additional material examined: 1 juvenile male and 1 juvenile female, in same vial as holotype (SMF); 3 juvenile females from Laos, Khammouan Province, 2.5 km WNW Ban Tathot, entrance N17°37.897', E105°07.502', exit N17°37.994', E105°07.195', ca. 200 m alt., entrance area and in the karst cave Tham Kamouk, February 19, 2003, H. Steiner leg. (SMF).
Etymology: The specific name refers to the type locality of the species, Laos; adjective.
Diagnosis: Notiocoelotes laosensis sp. nov. resembles N. vietnamensis sp. nov. from Vietnam in having distinct, long spermathecal heads but can be easily distinguished by the relatively small, distinctly separated copulatory ducts (Figs 1–2, 8), whereas N. vietnamensis sp. nov. has large, medially adjacent copulatory ducts.
Description: Female holotype: Small sized coelotine, total length 4.32. Dorsal shield of prosoma 1.92 long, 1.44 wide; opisthosoma 2.40 long, 1.60 wide. Body pale, without distinct color pattern (Figs 3, 6). Eye sizes and interdistances: anterior row with only two eyes, AME absent, other eyes subequal (AME missing, ALE 0.10, PME 0.08, PLE 0.10); ALE and PME slightly separated, other eyes distinctly separated (ALE– ALE 0.12, ALE–PLE 0.04, PME–PME 0.06, PME–PLE 0.04) (Figs 4, 7). Chelicera with 3 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth. Legs slightly long and slender comparing to other coelotines, with length of first leg about 5.67 times dorsal shield of prosoma length (I 10.88; II 8.48; III 7.52; IV 10.56). Epigynum without teeth; atrium small, length subequal to width, with distinct scape on posterior edge; copulatory ducts large, rounded, folded posterolaterally; spermathecae small, widely separated; spermathecal heads long, strong, extending anteriorly and covered by copulatory ducts from dorsal view (Figs 1–2, 8).
Male: Only immatures were collected, adults are unknown.
Habitat: The spider was collected from a limestone cave in a Karstic region.
Distribution: Laos (Khammouan) (Fig. 44).
description: Published as part of Wang, Xin-Ping, Xu, Xiang & Li, Shuqiang, 2008, Notiocoelotes, a new genus of the spider subfamily Coelotinae from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Amaurobiidae), pp. 1-17 in Zootaxa 1853 on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.183473