Episinus papilionaceous Liu, Agnarsson, Liu & Zhu, 2022

Episinus papilionaceous Liu, Agnarsson, Liu & Zhu, 2022 View in CoL

Figs 5C View FIGURES 5 , 19 View FIGURES 19 , 21C, G, K View FIGURES 21

Episinus xiushanicus Jin, 2018: 22 View in CoL , fig. 4‒12.B‒D ( ♀, misidentified).

Episinus papilionaceous Liu et al., 2022: 39 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , fig. 4A‒D ( ♀).

Type material examined. Holotype ♀: CHINA, Hunan Province: Zhangjiajie City, Badagong Mountain National Nature Reserve ; 29.7864°N, 110.0950°E; elev. 1400 m; 2 June 2018; F.X. Liu & Z.C. Li leg. (LJ2018.6.2.001, in CBEE). GoogleMaps

Additional material examined. 3♀, CHINA, Hubei Province: Enshi Tujia and Miao Enshi Tujia   GoogleMaps and Miao Autonomous Prefecture   GoogleMaps , Xuan’en County, Qizimeishan National Nature Reserve   GoogleMaps ; 29.7472 ‒30.0242 °N, 109.7454‒ 109.7565°E; 1300‒1900 m; 13‒31 July 2023; C.H. Hu & M. Wei leg.

Diagnosis and description. See Liu et al. (2022).

Remarks. This species shares the same somatic characteristics with the male of Episinus xiushanicus Zhu, 1998 , including yellow carapace with broad brown longitudinal marking, 2 brown lateral lines, and black lateral margins, yellow clypeus with a black longitudinal line, brown markings on legs, and 3 pairs of black transverse lines on posterior part of opisthosoma ( Fig. 21C, D, G, H, K, L View FIGURES 21 ). Jin (2018) reported an Episinus species and identified it as E. xiushanicus , which exhibits the same epigynal characteristics with E. papilionaceous ( Jin 2018: fig. 4‒12.B‒ D). However, the photos provided by Jin (2018) are different from original illustrations of E. xiushanicus ( Zhu 1998: fig. 174C, D). Unfortunately, the types of E. xiushanicus are unavailable for examination. Further research is needed to conclusively resolve this question.

Distribution. China ( Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang).