Padillothorax exilis

Padillothorax exilis (Cao & Li, 2016) Figs 18, 19, 48 Bavia exilis Cao & Li, in Cao, Li & Żabka, 2016: 54, figs 7 A – D, 8 A, B (holotype ♂, not examined). Bavirecta exilis: Kanesharatnam and Benjamin 2018: 8 (transferred from Bavia). Padillothorax exilis: Maddison et al. 2020: 65 (transferred from Bavirecta). Material examined. 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (TRU - JS 0759–0760), China: • Hainan Province, Qiongzhong County, Limushan National Nature Reserve (19°9.35'N, 109°44.70'E, ca 620 m), 6. VIII. 2023, C. Wang et al. leg. Diagnosis. The male was diagnosed in Cao et al. (2016). The female resembles that of P. casteti (Simon, 1900) in the general shape of epigyne, but differs in: 1) presence of accessory glands (AG) of copulatory ducts (Fig. 18 D, E) vs absent (see the drawings in Prószyński 1987: 78); 2) copulatory ducts (CD) curved distally and connected to the dorsal surface of spermathecae (S) (Fig. 18 E) vs straight distally and connected to the ventral surface of spermathecae (see the drawings in Prószyński 1987: 78). Description. Male. See Cao et al. (2016). Female (Figs 18 D, E, 19 C, E). Total length 5.36. Carapace 1.86 long, 1.32 wide. Abdomen 3.36 long, 1.23 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.45, ALE 0.18, PLE 0.18, AERW 1.14, PERW 1.05, EFL 0.77. Legs: I 5.24 (1.53, 0.93, 1.40, 0.88, 0.50), II 3.51 (1.00, 0.65, 0.85, 0.63, 0.38), III 3.18 (0.95, 0.60, 0.55, 0.70, 0.38), IV 4.36 (1.25, 0.65, 1.03, 1.05, 0.38). Carapace mainly yellow, with pair of dark stripes laterally on thoracic part, covered with sparse setae, denser on eye base. Chelicerae yellow, with four promarginal and seven retromarginal teeth. Leg I robust, with thickened femora, three and two pairs of ventral spines on tibiae and metatarsi, respectively. Dorsum of abdomen with symmetrical, alternating pale and dark patches; venter pale. Epigyne (Fig. 18 D, E) ~ 1.3 × wider than long; atrium (At) with anterior arc-shaped ridge (AR), copulatory openings (CO) slit-shaped, partly covered by atrial ridge; copulatory ducts (CD) thickened in walls at proximal 1 / 3, strongly curved distally, and with medially located, laterally extended accessory glands (AG) forming round ends; spermathecae (S) oval, touching each other. Distribution. China (Yunnan, Hainan; Fig. 48).