Description of the unknown male of Vappolotestianjiayu Li, Zhao & Li, 2023 (Araneae, Agelenidae, Coelotinae) from China

Bing Li; Zhe Zhao; Shuqiang Li; Chunyan Xie

doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e114147

Description of the unknown male of Vappolotestianjiayu Li, Zhao & Li, 2023 (Araneae, Agelenidae, Coelotinae) from China

Biodivers Data J. 2023 Nov 29:11:e114147. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e114147. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Bing Li¹, Zhe Zhao², Shuqiang Li^{2

3}, Chunyan Xie¹

Affiliations

¹ Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Langfang Normal University, Langfang, Hebei, China Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Langfang Normal University, Langfang Hebei China.
² Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
³ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.

Abstract

Background: Vappolotes Zhao & Li, 2019 is one of the troglophilous genera, with five known species. The previous description of V.tianjiayu from China was based solely on female specimens collected from caves in the Wuling Mountains in southern China without any males.

New information: The present study, deals with the first record of the male of V.tianjiayu from its type locality: Guluo Cave. The validation of species is based on the morphological characteristics of both male and female.

Keywords: Asia; Wuling Mountains; cave-dwelling spiders; taxonomy.

Bing Li, Zhe Zhao, Shuqiang Li, Chunyan Xie.