Two spider species of the subfamily Coelotinae from Japan, Coelotes decolor Nishikawa 1973 and Hypocoelotes tumidivulva (Nishikawa 1980), are revised. We focus particularly on the female vulva structures, which are illustrated and described for the first time. Both species have unique genitalic structures compared with other coelotines. The female Coelotes decolor is similar to C. akakinaensis Shimojana 2000 and C. iheyaensis Shimojana 2000 in having long spermathecal stalks, but no species have been found to be similar to Hypocoelotes tumidivulva.
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1 December 2010
Notes on two coelotine spiders from Japan (Araneae: Agelenidae)
Xin-Ping Wang,
Hirotsugu Ono
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The Journal of Arachnology
Vol. 38 • No. 3
December 2010
Vol. 38 • No. 3
December 2010
Coelotes
Hypocoelotes
morphology
vulva