Three New Coelotes Spiders (Araneae: Amaurobiidae} from Taiwan
Xinping Wang, I-Min Tso and Hai-Yin Wu (2001) Five species of the spider genus Coelotes were collected from pitfall traps in the Hui-Sun Experimental Forest Station in the central mountains of Taiwan. These include Coelotes xinhuiensis Chen, 1984, Paracoelotes taiwanensis Wang and Ono, 1998; and 3 new species: Coelotes bifida sp. n., C. latus sp. n., and C. longus sp. n. The new species are described and illustrated, and the spinneret morphology and natural history of the new species C. bifida and C. latus are reported. The current number of coelotine spider species in Taiwan is increased to 12. The species, Wadotes primus Fox, 1937, which was described from Hong Kong, is newly transferred to the genus Coelotes (new combination).
Keywords
Coelotes bifida, Coelotes latus, Coelotes longus, Spinnerets, Hui-Sun Forest Area.
