Abstract
Notiocoelotes gen. nov. is described from China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The type species is N. palinitropus (Zhu & Wang 1994) comb. nov. from Hainan Island, China, and is transferred from Coelotes Blackwall 1841. Other species included in this new genus are: N. laosensis sp. nov. from Khammouan, Laos; N. lingulatus sp. nov. from Hainan Island, China; N. sparus (Dankittipakul, Chami-Kranon & Wang 2005) comb. nov. from Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand transferred from Iwogumoa Kishida 1955, and N. vietnamensis sp. nov. from Huong Son, Vietnam. Females of Notiocoelotes gen. nov. can be recognized from other Coelotinae species by the absence of epigynal teeth and the presence of a tongueshaped atrial scape on the posterior atrium, and males by the presence of a strongly bifurcated lateral tibial apophysis and the long, coiled conductor. The species of Notiocoelotes gen. nov. are similar to the basal clade genera, i.e., Coronilla Wang 2004, Femoracoelotes Wang 2002, Alloclubionoides Paik 1992, and Robusticoelotes Wang 2002 in lacking epigynal teeth and having a simple or reduced median apophysis, but the long conductor and the absence of a conductor dorsal apophysis are similar to the genera Pireneitega Kishida 1955 and Iwogumoa Kishida 1955.References
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