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Utivarachna gui Zhu, Song & Kim 1998

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Utivarachna gui (Zhu, Song & Kim, 1998)

Fig. 10

Trachelas g. Zhu, Song & Kim, 1998: 426, figs. 8–15; Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 429, figs. 14B, 255Q–R, 258G–H. U. g. Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 370, 397.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to U. arcuata sp. nov. by the male palpal tibial apophysis with membranous area, embolus transversely coiled, subtegulum visible in prolateral view, female atrium posteriorly located, copulatory ducts long, and spermathecae located posteriorly, but differs by having: (1) genital bulb as long as wide (Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 258G); (2) the length of the basal portion of embolus about one fourth the width of bulb (Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 258G); (3) in retrolateral view the tibial apophysis is abruptly swelled at distal third (Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 258H); (4) copulatory openings located posteriorly (Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 255Q); (5) atrium wider than long in U. gui (Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 255Q); (6) bursae indistinct (Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: fig. 255R).

Distribution. China (Hainan Province).

Notes

Published as part of Zhao, Yi & Peng, Xian-Jin, 2014, Spiders of the genus Utivarachna from China (Araneae: Corinnidae), pp. 578-588 in Zootaxa 3774 (6) on page 585, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.6, http://zenodo.org/record/228939

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Zhu, Song & Kim
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Corinnidae
Genus
Utivarachna
Species
gui
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Utivarachna gui Zhu, 1998 sec. Zhao & Peng, 2014

References

  • Zhu, M. S., Song, D. X. & Kim, J. P. (1998) Two species of spiders of the genus Trachelas (Araneae: Corinnidae) from China. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology, 14, 425 - 428.
  • Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999) The Spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2001) Forest spiders of South East Asia: with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae and Trochanterriidae [sic]). Brill, Leiden, 591 pp.