Papiliocoelotes gen. n., a new genus of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) spiders from the Wuling Mountains, China

Zhe Zhao; Shuqiang Li

doi:10.3897/zookeys.585.8007

Papiliocoelotes gen. n., a new genus of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) spiders from the Wuling Mountains, China

Zookeys. 2016 Apr 27:(585):33-50. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.585.8007. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Zhe Zhao¹, Shuqiang Li²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
² Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.

Abstract

One new genus of the spider subfamily Coelotinae, Papiliocoelotes gen. n., with five new species is described for both sexes: Papiliocoelotes guanyinensis sp. n., Papiliocoelotes guitangensis sp. n., Papiliocoelotes jiepingensis sp. n., Papiliocoelotes meiyuensis sp. n., Papiliocoelotes yezhouensis sp. n. All new species were collected from caves in the Wuling Mountains of Hubei and Hunan Provinces, China. DNA barcodes were obtained for future use.

Keywords: Asia; Taxonomy; coelotine; description; diagnosis.