Sinocoelotes gen. n., a new genus of the subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Southeast Asia.

ABSTRACT: A new genus of the spider subfamily Coelotinae, Sinocoelotes gen. n., with nine new species, is described from Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in southern China. The new species are: Sinocoelotes cangshanensis sp. n. (?), Sinocoelotes hehuaensis sp. n. (??), Sinocoelotes luoshuiensis sp. n. (?), Sinocoelotes mangbangensis sp. n. (?) from Yunnan; Sinocoelotes kangdingensis sp. n. (?), Sinocoelotes ludingensis sp. n. (??), Sinocoelotes mahuanggouensis sp. n. (?), Sinocoelotes muliensis sp. n. (?), and Sinocoelotes yanyuanensis sp. n. (?) from Sichuan. In addition, six Coelotes species are transferred to the new genus: Sinocoelotes acicularis (Wang, Griswold & Ubick, 2009), comb. n. (??), Sinocoelotes forficatus (Liu & Li, 2010), comb. n. (??), Sinocoelotes guangxian (Zhang, Yang, Zhu & Song, 2003), comb. n. (??), Sinocoelotes pseudoterrestris (Schenkel, 1963), comb. n. (??), Sinocoelotes pseudoyunnanensis (Wang, Griswold & Ubick, 2009), comb. n. (??) and Sinocoelotes thailandensis (Dankittipakul & Wang, 2003), comb. n. (??). DNA barcodes of all the species were documented for future use.

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5027656 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature