Three new species of the subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Kyushu, Japan

Acta Arachnologica

Ken-ichi Okumura¹ 

[1] Nagasaki Prefectural Hirado Senior High School

关键词: Araneae;    Coelotes;    Iwogumoa;    new species;    Kyushu;    Japan;   

DOI  :  10.2476/asjaa.56.85

学科分类：动物科学

来源: Arachnological Society of Japan

【 摘 要 】

References(12)Three new species of the subfamily Coelotinae are described from Kyushu, Japan, under the names, Coelotes gotoensis n. sp., Coelotes iharai n. sp. and Iwogumoa nagasakiensis n. sp. Coelotes gotoensis is a large and dark-colored coelotine spider, which has two retromarginal teeth on chelicera, and is characterized by having large and digitiform patellar apophysis on male palp. This new species has only been found in Narushima Is., Goto Islands, Nagasaki Pref. Coelotes iharai is characterized by having palpal conductor roundish in male and epigynal teeth sharp by pointed in female. This new species lives in Mts. Kirishima and the surrounding areas between Miyazaki and Kagoshima Pref. and the entire region of Kumamoto Pref. Iwogumoa nagasakiensis has a characteristic spatula-shaped conductor in male palp. This new species is distributed in Goto Islands, Hirado Is., Ikitsuki Is., Azuchi-oshima Is., and in the western part of the mainland of Nagasaki Pref.

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