identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
BF53657B741CAB48F40F7D8AFAEC7FD6.text	BF53657B741CAB48F40F7D8AFAEC7FD6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bothriocyrtum Simon 1891	<div><p>Bothriocyrtum Simon, 1891</p> <p>Bothriocyrtum Simon, 1891: 305; Gertsch &amp; Wallace, 1936: 23; Raven, 1985: 143.</p> <p>Type species. – Bothriocyrtum californicum (O. P. Cambridge, 1874), by original designation.</p> <p>Diagnosis. – Tibia III lacking a dorsally saddle-shaped depression. Eye group at least twice as wide as long. Chelicera with rastellum on a process. Leg formula 4123. Tibia IV bowed prolaterally and spinose. Metatarsus I with a conspicuous bend near the middle. Tarsi II – IV of male with scopulae, palpal tibia with a retrolateral knob.</p> <p>Remarks. – Bothriocyrtum is a small genus represented by only a few species (Gertsch &amp; Wallace, 1936; Roewer, 1942). Almost all are found in North America, and only one species is found in Taiwan.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF53657B741CAB48F40F7D8AFAEC7FD6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tso, I-Min;Haupt, Joachim;Zhu, Ming-Sheng	Tso, I-Min, Haupt, Joachim, Zhu, Ming-Sheng (2003): The Trapdoor Spider Family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Taiwan. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 25-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619307
BF53657B741CAB48F68A78AEFA7E79FF.text	BF53657B741CAB48F68A78AEFA7E79FF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bothriocyrtum tractabile Saito 1933	<div><p>Bothriocyrtum tractabile Saito, 1933</p> <p>Bothriocyrtum tractabile Saito, 1933: 33, Figs. 2 a-d; Lee, 1964: 10, pl. 1, Figs. b, c; Song, Zhu &amp; Chen, 1999: 36.</p> <p>Remarks. – Saito (1933) described this species from a single female collected from northern Taiwan, with only sketchy descriptions and illustrations of genitalia, spinnerets and tarsal claws. Subsequently, Kayashima (1943) and Lee (1964) both recorded this species but only supplemented additional dorsal body illustration and did not give sufficient description for taxonomic purposes. The type specimen might be lost, and nobody has collected it again up to now, so it has been listed as a species inquirenda in Song, Zhu &amp; Chen (1999).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF53657B741CAB48F68A78AEFA7E79FF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tso, I-Min;Haupt, Joachim;Zhu, Ming-Sheng	Tso, I-Min, Haupt, Joachim, Zhu, Ming-Sheng (2003): The Trapdoor Spider Family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Taiwan. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 25-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619307
BF53657B741CAB48F5C47C4FFD0F7A72.text	BF53657B741CAB48F5C47C4FFD0F7A72.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ctenizidae Thorell 1887	<div><p>Key To Taiwanese Genera Of Ctenizidae</p> <p>1. Tibia III with a dorsally saddle-shaped depression (Fig. 31)……………...............................…..…. Ummidia</p> <p>– Tibia III without a dorsally saddle-shaped depression………..2</p> <p>2. Rastellar process present; metatarsus I with a conspicuous bend near the middle; male with a retrodistal knob on palpal tibia, with scopulae on tarsi II –IV…….… Bothriocyrtum</p> <p>– Rastellar process absent; metatarsus I without a conspicuous bend near the middle; male lacking retrodistal knob on palpal tibia, with scopulae on tarsi I – II……… Latouchia</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF53657B741CAB48F5C47C4FFD0F7A72	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tso, I-Min;Haupt, Joachim;Zhu, Ming-Sheng	Tso, I-Min, Haupt, Joachim, Zhu, Ming-Sheng (2003): The Trapdoor Spider Family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Taiwan. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 25-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619307
BF53657B741CAB48F6DA7EB5FB2B7A05.text	BF53657B741CAB48F6DA7EB5FB2B7A05.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ummidia Thorell 1875	<div><p>Ummidia Thorell, 1875</p> <p>U m m i d i a T h o r e l l, 1 8 7 5: 1 0 2; R a v e n, 1 9 8 5: 1 4 1 -1 4 2; Yaginuma, 1986: 4.</p> <p>Type species. – Ummidia aedification (WestWood, 1840), by original designation.</p> <p>Diagnosis. – This genus has been distinguished from Bothriocyrtum and Latouchia by a dorsal saddle-shaped depression of tibia III, and from Conothele by distinctly notched trochanters I and II.</p> <p>Remarks. – Less than 10 species have been recorded world wide (Gertsch &amp; Mulaik, 1940), of which six from North America and El Salvador, one from Tadzhikistan and one from Japan. This genus is reported from Taiwan for the first time. In this study, the new species U. taiwanensis is described as follows.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF53657B741CAB48F6DA7EB5FB2B7A05	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tso, I-Min;Haupt, Joachim;Zhu, Ming-Sheng	Tso, I-Min, Haupt, Joachim, Zhu, Ming-Sheng (2003): The Trapdoor Spider Family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Taiwan. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 25-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619307
BF53657B741CAB4AF6B57DDBFE9C7FC6.text	BF53657B741CAB4AF6B57DDBFE9C7FC6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ummidia fragaria (Donitz 1887)	<div><p>Ummidia fragaria (Dönitz, 1887)</p> <p>(Figs. 1-5)</p> <p>Material examined. – Lectotype - adult female. Label: Zool. Mus. Berlin, F. Japan, S. Dönitz, I.N. 6398 E.K.N. (Kyushu is mentioned only on the glass in which the material is stored.)(ZMB).</p> <p>Paralectotypes – 3 juveniles, same data as lectotype (ZMB).</p> <p>Others – 1 female, Oyabu, 110 m alt., Yabu-cho, yabu-gun, Hyogo pref., Japan, coll. Y. Nishikawa, 11 Apr.1973, det. K. Katsura (Osaka); 1 female, Nyugawa-kami, Jinya, 300 m alt, Shiraya, Kawakami-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara pref., Japan, coll. Y. Nishikawa, 21 Dec.1972, det. Y. Maikawa (Osaka); 1 male, Ponpon-yama NW, 400 m alt., Izuriha, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka pref. coll. Y. Nishikawa, 24 Apr.1988, det. K. Katsura (Osaka).</p> <p>Remarks. - It seems to be questionable whether this and the following new species are well placed in the genus Ummidia, as they have remarkable characters in common with Conothele.</p> <p>Description of female lectotype. – Carapace (in ethanol) yellowish brown, 4.4 long, 3.95 broad, fovea procurved (Fig.</p> <p>1), broadly rounded behind, anterior branches diverging almost rectangularly, 2 strong bristles behind eye tubercle, 1 bristle on each side 1.25 apart from median line (Fig. 1). AME:ALE:PME:PLE 0.2: 0.325: 0.175: 0.175. Sternum nonagonal, rounded, labium with two rows of cuspules, ventral side of pedipalpal coxae with numerous cuspules. Sigillum rounded, anteriorly acute, two marks in posteror region, posterior median region excavate.</p> <p>Basal article of chelicera with seven teeth on ventrolateral side, 4 on ventromedian side. Rastellum present. Pedipalps and legs 1 and 2 from tibiae to tarsi with ventrolateral stout spines. Third leg: tibia basodorsally excavate, metatarsus with 4 terminal bristles on dorsal side. Opisthosoma wrinkeled, violet (in ethanol), with light spots around the numerous hair bases. Receptacula semines globular in terminal part, which inserts to tubular part in obtuse angle through slightly darker intermediate part (Fig. 2).</p> <p>Description of male. – Carapax dark brown, rounded, posterior part excavate, surface wrinkled, 3.75 long, 3.75 broad, AME:ALE:PME:PLE 0.25: 0.325: 0.075: 0.075, fovea as in female. Cuspules on labium in two rows, but posterior row with only few and small cuspule, those on the pedipalpal coxae scattered and small. Pedipalps and legs relatively much longer than in female, with numerous long hairs, especially numerous on ventral sides of tarsi of leg 1 (Fig. 5) and 2. 3 rd leg with proximal excavation on dorsal side of tibia and four thick, stout bristles on dorsodistal side of metatarsus. Left palpal organ as depicted in figures 3 and 4. Opisthosoma as in female, sternum slightly more slender in anterior part.</p> <p>Distribution. – Japan.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF53657B741CAB4AF6B57DDBFE9C7FC6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tso, I-Min;Haupt, Joachim;Zhu, Ming-Sheng	Tso, I-Min, Haupt, Joachim, Zhu, Ming-Sheng (2003): The Trapdoor Spider Family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Taiwan. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 25-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619307
BF53657B741EAB4DF5E97881FA3C7C16.text	BF53657B741EAB4DF5E97881FA3C7C16.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ummidia taiwanensis Tso & Haupt & Zhu 2003	<div><p>Ummidia taiwanensis, new species</p> <p>(Figs. 25 -42)</p> <p>Material examined. – Holotype - male, Lugu Country, Nantou County, Taiwan, coll. Wen-Hao Chou, 29 Feb.1996 (NMNS- THU-Ar-01-0008).</p> <p>Paratypes – 1 male, Lugu Country, Nantou County, Taiwan, coll. Wen-Hao Chou, 19 Aug.1997 (ZMB 34999); 1 male, Manzhou Country, Pingdong County, Taiwan, coll. Hsueh-Wen Chang, Dec.1996 (NMNS-THU-Ar-00-0009); 1 female, Renai Country, Nantou County, Taiwan, 25 Aug.2000, coll. I. M. Tso (NMNS- THU-Ar-00-0097).</p> <p>Diagnosis. – Dark brown trap-door spider with round (male) or oval carapace (female) (Fig. 25) resembling Ummidia fragaria (Dönitz, 1887). In male specimens on anterolateral side of 1st leg towards ventral side there are numerous short, stout bristles, especially on tarsus, metatarsus and tibia (Fig. 6). In U. fragaria the first leg of males lacks short, thick bristles (Fig. 5). In the new species there are distal bristles on the cymbium (Figs. 13, 14) as compared to U. fragaria. In female specimens of the new species the globular reservoir of receptacles inserts at almost right angle at proximal tubular part (Fig. 24) as compared to an obtuse angle in U. fragaria (Fig. 2).</p> <p>Etymology. – Named after the type locality Taiwan.</p> <p>Description of male holotype. – Total length, including chelicerae, 11.52; prosoma 6.48 long, 6.75 wide; opisthosoma 5.49 long, 4.68 wide. Carapace red brown or black purple, strongly sclerous, with numerous puncta and small ridges. Eight eyes in two rows, with the anterior eye row procurved and posterior row recurved from above, the former slightly wider than the latter; eye group 0.63 long, 1.39 wide; ALE-AME 0.18, AME-AME 0.10, PLE-PME 0.08, PME-PME 0.58; MOA 0.68 long, front width 0.68, back width 0.95; ALE: AME: PLE: PME (0.40: 0.33: 0.23: 0.18). Clypeus width 0.18.</p> <p>Chelicerae with 8 teeth on inner margin and outer margin respectively (Fig. 9); rastellum conspicuous, consist of about 20 transverse-lined coniform spines, the first row with 9-10 spines (Fig. 8). rastellum is similar to that of female. Labium 0.85 long, 1.16 wide, cuspules reduced (Fig. 10). Coxae of palp (maxillae) 2.41 long, 1.39 wide; with about 20 cuspules ventrally; serrula absent (Fig. 10). Sternum yellowish brown, 3.42 long, 3.42 wide.</p> <p>Coxae of legs yellowish brown ventrally. Legs with less and shorter thorn-like and normal spines. Trochanters I and II not notched. Tarsi I and II with narrower scopulae. Leg formula: 4123. Measurement of legs and palp:</p> <p>I II III IV Palp Femur 4.14 3.78 3.24 4.32 3.51 Patella 2.61 2.52 2.25 2.52 2.16 Tibia 3.15 2.52 2.16 2.79 2.70 Metatarsus 2.74 2.16 1.84 3.42 — Tarsus 1.35 1.53 1.53 1.89 1.44 Total 13.99 12.51 11.02 14.94 9.81</p> <p>Opisthosoma gray-black, with lots of yellow small spots, dorsal setae shorter and more slender than in female. PMS slender, PMS-PMS 1.4 times as wide as diameter of PMS. Palpal bulb elliptic, embolus pointed and slender, cymbium with 4 dagger-shaped spines at its top (Figs. 12-14).</p> <p>Description of female. – Total length, including chelicerae, 14.22: prosoma 6.75 long, 6.39 wide; opisthosoma 7.65 long, 6.30 wide. Carapace black brown, black on its margins; glabrous, only with a few slender setae on eye tubercle and its back. Caput arched. Eye tubercle black and low. Fovea deep, strongly procurved and “U”-shaped (Fig. 15). Eight eyes in two rows (Fig. 16), with the anterior eye row procurved and posterior row recurved from above, equal in width; eye group 0.80 long, 1.60 wide; ALE-AME 0.18, AME-AME 0.13, PLE-PME 0.13, PME-PME 0.68; MOA 0.68 long, front width 0.88, back width 1.08; ALE: AME: PLE: PME (0.48: 0.40: 0.33: 0.20). Clypeus width 0.25.</p> <p>Chelicerae black; inner margin with 4 teeth, outer margin with 7 teeth (Fig. 18); rastellum is similar to that of male (Fig. 17). Labium, coxae of palp (maxillae) and sternum black brown. Labium 1.18 long, 1.33 wide, with 14 conspicuous cuspules (Fig. 19). Coxae of palp (maxillae) 1.08 long, 1.26 wide, with about 53 conspicuous cuspules ventrally (Fig. 19). Sternum 3.87 long, 4.05 wide, with a large lunular sigilla at the center (Fig. 19).</p> <p>Legs black brown, light-colored ventrally, with long and short brown sparse setae, tadpole-shaped and willow-leafshaped trichobothrial hairs besides the normal ones. Tibia III with a saddle-like depression dorsally (Fig. 21). Trochanters I and II distinctly notched (Fig. 20). Tibia and tarsus of palp, distal three segments of leg I and II with bands of short thorn-like spines laterally; palpal patella with 2-3 short thorn-like prolateral spines; tibia III with 3 prolateral and 2 retrolateral short thorn-like spines distally; metatarsus IV with 2 prolateral spines; tarsus IV with 3 distal short thornlike spines. Femur III thickest. Scopulae and claw tufts absent. Palpal claw with a single branched tooth; leg with 3 tarsal claws, paired claws with a row of teeth, occasionally with a denticle. Leg formula: 4123. Measurement of legs and palp:</p> <p>I II III IV Palp Femur 4.14 3.60 2.25 4.23 3.60 Patella 2.61 2.52 2.16 2.61 2.25 Tibia 2.52 2.16 1.98 2.52 2.34 Metatarsus 1.62 1.44 1.53 2.25 — Tarsus 1.08 1.17 1.44 1.53 2.25 Total 11.97 10.89 9.36 13.14 10.44</p> <p>Opisthosoma black purple, scattered with thick and slender black setae. Spinnerets brownish. PMS one-segmented, 0.61 long, PMS-PMS 0.20; PLS three-segmented, 0.68 long, thicker and shorter. Genitalia with a pair of spermathecae, each with a right-angled curve, and apical globe (Fig. 24).</p> <p>Distribution. – Taiwan (Nantou County, Pingdong County).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF53657B741EAB4DF5E97881FA3C7C16	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tso, I-Min;Haupt, Joachim;Zhu, Ming-Sheng	Tso, I-Min, Haupt, Joachim, Zhu, Ming-Sheng (2003): The Trapdoor Spider Family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Taiwan. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 25-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619307
BF53657B7419AB4CF6FF7BEEFEB97CD6.text	BF53657B7419AB4CF6FF7BEEFEB97CD6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Latouchia Pocock 1901	<div><p>Latouchia Pocock, 1901</p> <p>Latouchia Pocock, 1901: 210; Raven, 1985: 140-143. ˇ</p> <p>Figs. 6-24. Ummidia taiwanensis, new species. 6-14, male: 6. anterolateral side of first leg; 7. carapace, dorsal view; 8. left chelicera, ventral view; 9. teeth of both cheliceral margins, ventral view; 10. labium, coxa of left palp (maxilla) and sternum, ventral view; 11. spinnerets, ventral view; 12. left palp, ventral view; 13. do., prolateral view; 14. do., retrolateral view. 15-24, female: 15. carapace, dorsal view; 16. eyes and clypeus; 17. left chelicera, outer view; 18. teeth of both cheliceral margins, ventral view; 19. labium, coxa of left palp (maxilla) and sternum, ventral view; 20. right trochanters of palp and leg I, ventral view; 21. left leg III, prolateral view; 22. metatarsus III, dorsal view; 23. spinnerets, ventral view; 24. genitalia, dorsal view. (Scale bars: Figs. 6-7, 10-11, 15, 17-21, 23 = 1mm; Figs. 8-9, 12-14, 16, 22, 24 = 0.5mm).</p> <p>spines absent. Scopulae present in male on tarsi I and II.</p> <p>Remarks. – About 12 species have been reported world wide (Yaginuma, 1986; Murphy, 2000). Only one species Latouchia formosensis Kayashima, 1943, had been described from Taiwan. In this paper a new subspecies, L. formosensis smithi is described.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF53657B7419AB4CF6FF7BEEFEB97CD6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tso, I-Min;Haupt, Joachim;Zhu, Ming-Sheng	Tso, I-Min, Haupt, Joachim, Zhu, Ming-Sheng (2003): The Trapdoor Spider Family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Taiwan. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 25-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619307
BF53657B7418AB4CF5CC7BAEFD457E86.text	BF53657B7418AB4CF5CC7BAEFD457E86.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Latouchia formosensis Kayashima 1943	<div><p>Latouchia formosensis Kayashima, 1943</p> <p>Latouchia formosensis Kayashima, 1943: 37, Table 3, figs. 1, 3.</p> <p>Latouchia formosensis - Lee, 1964: 10, pl. 1, fig. a; Song, Zhu &amp; Chen, 1999: 36.</p> <p>Latouchia formosensis formosensis - Haupt &amp; Shimojana, 2001: 105, fig. 6a-b, 7a, 8.</p> <p>Remarks. – Brignoli (1983) mentioned this species in his catalogue of spiders, and pointed to the fact that Kayashima (1943) has to be considered as author. Haupt &amp; Shimojana (2001) redescribed it based on material from the surroundings of Taipei, as the type material is apparently lost. As Latouchia formosensis also occurs in the southern Ryukyu Islands, two different subspecies have been distinguished. In the following another subspecies from central Taiwan is described.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF53657B7418AB4CF5CC7BAEFD457E86	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tso, I-Min;Haupt, Joachim;Zhu, Ming-Sheng	Tso, I-Min, Haupt, Joachim, Zhu, Ming-Sheng (2003): The Trapdoor Spider Family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Taiwan. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 25-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619307
BF53657B7418AB4EF5AE7E5EFDC77D97.text	BF53657B7418AB4EF5AE7E5EFDC77D97.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Latouchia formosensis subsp. smithi Tso & Haupt & Zhu 2003	<div><p>Latouchia formosensis smithi, new subspecies</p> <p>(Figs. 25-40)</p> <p>Material examined. – Holotype - male, Lugu Country, Nantou County, Taiwan, coll. Wen-Hao Chou, Feb.1997 (NMNS-THU- Ar-01-0006).</p> <p>Paratypes – 2 males, Hui-Sun Experimental Forest Station, Nantou County, Taiwan, coll. Hai-Yin Wu, Apr.1998 (NMNS-THU-Ar- 00-0027 and 0028); 1 male, Hui-Sun Experimental Forest Station, Nantou County, Taiwan, coll. Sheng-Hai Wu, Nov.1998 (NMNS- THU-Ar-00-0025); 1 female, Lugu Country, Nantou County, Taiwan, coll. Wen-Hao Chou, 29 Jan.1996 (NMNS-THU-Ar-01- 0001); 1 female, Lugu Country, Nantou County, Taiwan, coll. Wen- Hao Chou, 27 Nov.1995 (NMNS-THU-Ar-01-0003); 1 female, the same data as in holotype (NMNS-THU-Ar-01-0004).</p> <p>Diagnosis. – The new subspecies resembles Latouchia formosensis formosensis Kayashima, 1943, but differs from the latter in male palpal tibia without short and strong setae on retrolateral side, embolus with a small triangular apophysis in the middle and not bent at the tip (Figs. 27- 30); terminal and tubular parts of spermatheca in a right angle in outer surface, base of tubular part thicker (Fig. 40).</p> <p>Etymology. – The specific name is a patronym in honor of Dr. A. Smith.</p> <p>Description of male holotype. – Total length, including chelicerae, 20.43; prosoma 5.94 long, 5.85 wide; opisthosoma 6.48 long, 5.13 wide. Carapace yellow brown, glabrous, only with a few setae at the edge, on eye tubercle and on its back. Caput low. Eye tubercle black and raised. Fovea strongly procurved and “U”-shaped. Eight eyes in two rows, with the anterior eye row procurved and posterior row</p> <p>recurved from above, the latter slightly wider than the former; eye group 0.63 long, 1.18 wide; ALE-AME 0.10, AME-AME 0.05, PLE-PME 0.03, PME-PME 0.40; MOA 0.50 long, front width 0.55, back width 0.75; ALE: AME: PLE: PME (0.35: 0.25: 0.28: 0.18). Clypeus width 0.18.</p> <p>Chelicerae red brown; 7 teeth on inner margin, which the distal three teeth smallest, 4 teeth on outer margin, with a denticle between the third and fourth teeth (Fig. 26); rastellum consists of seven coniform spines, of which four in the first row largest (Fig. 25).Labium, coxae of palp (maxillae) and sternum yellow brown. Labium 0.70 long, 1.10 wide. Coxae of palp (maxillae) 2.07 long, 1.35 wide; with 12-17 cuspules on basal inner angle ventrally; serrula absent. Sternum 3.60 long, 3.24 wide, with a sigillum three branched at the center.</p> <p>Legs red brown, longer than in female. Tarsal trichobothria similar to those of female. Tarsi I and II with relatively sparse scopulae. Leg I with strong spines on the end of prolateral femur, prolateral and ventral lateral patella and tibia; leg II with strong prolateral and ventral spines on patella, tibia (Fig. 31) and metatarsus; leg III, IV with a few relatively slender and longer spines on tibia, metatarsus and tarsus; tibia IV with 3-4 prolateral spines. Claw tufts absent. Legs with three tarsal claws; paired claws with one row of 3-4 small teeth. Leg formula: 4123. Measurement of legs and palp:</p> <p>I II III IV Palp Femur 6.39 5.94 4.59 6.39 3.87 Patella 2.88 2.79 2.61 2.88 1.98 Tibia 4.95 3.96 2.97 4.95 3.15 Metatarsus 4.41 4.05 4.95 6.30 — Tarsus 2.25 2.25 2.79 3.24 1.20 Total 20.88 18.99 17.91 23.76 10.20</p> <p>PMS 0.54 long, PMS-PMS 0.17; PLS 1.29 long (basal 0.68, median 0.34, apical 0.27).</p> <p>Male palpal organ with middle hematodocha, embolus extended triangularly in the middle, cymbium with more than 10 thick setae at the top, and 8 tadpole-shaped, 1 willowleaf-shaped and 3 normal trichobothria on the dorsal surface (Figs. 27-30).</p> <p>Description of female. – Total length, including chelicerae, 16.92; prosoma 7.83 long, 6.03 wide; opisthosoma 8.28 long, 5.85 wide. Carapace yellow brown, glabrous, only with sparse slender setae at the edge, and a few thick and slender setae on posterior eye tubercle (Fig. 32). Caput low. Eye tubercle black, distinctly raised. Cervicle groove and radial furrows red brown. Fovea strongly procurved and “U”- shaped (Fig. 32). Eight eyes in two rows (Fig. 34), with the anterior row procurved and posterior row recurved from dorsal view, the latter slightly wider than the former; eye group 0.70 long, 1.45 wide; ALE-AME 0.10, AME-AME 0.08, PLE-PME 0.08, PME-PME 0.38; MOA 0.53 long, front width 0.63, back width 0.73; ALE: AME: PLE: PME (0.35: 0.25: 0.38: 0.20). Clypeus width 0.15. Chelicerae red brown; inner margin with 6 teeth, outer margin with 5 teeth and 3 denticles (Fig. 36); rastellum conspicuous, consists of some coniform spines, of which four in the first row largest (Fig. 35).</p> <p>Labium red brown, 1.02 long, 1.36 wide, cuspules absent (Fig. 37). Coxae of palp (maxillae) yellow brown, 2.61 long, 1.35 wide, with 18-19 cuspules on basal inner angle ventrally; serrula absent (Fig. 37). Sternum yellowish brown, 3.78 long, 3.78 wide, with a large sigillum three branched at the center (Fig. 37).</p> <p>Palps and legs reddish brown. Leg III and IV distinctly thicker than leg I and II. All tarsi with tadpole-shaped and willow-leaf-shaped trichobothria besides the normal trichobothrial hair shafts. Tibia and tarsus of palp, distal three segments of leg I and II with bands of short thorn-like spines laterally; patella III with two rows of prolateral spines; tibia III with irregular prolateral spines; metatarsus III with a row of prolateral spines; tarsus III and distal three segments of leg IV with a few ventral spines. Scopulae and claw tufts absent. Palpal claw with a large basal tooth; tarsi with 3 claws, paired claws with four teeth in two rows, unpaired tarsal claw without teeth. Leg formula: 4132. Measurement of legs and palp:</p> <p>I II III IV Palp Femur 4.32 3.60 3.60 4.68 3.87 Patella 2.88 2.61 2.79 2.97 2.43 Tibia 2.61 2.25 1.60 3.15 2.61 Metatarsus 1.98 2.07 2.34 3.42 — Tarsus 1.26 1.35 1.80 1.98 2.61 Total 13.05 11.88 12.13 16.20 11.52</p> <p>Opisthosoma with numerous fine black hairs and a few thick setae, dorsum black brown, with 5 pairs of yellow-green spots at posterior part, and many transverse-lined yellow-green small spots in black brown areas; laterally with lots of longitudinal black stripes (Fig. 32); ventrally yellow-green. Spinnerets yellowish brown; PMS one-segmented, 0.68 long, PMS-PMS 0.10; PLS three-segmented, 1.70 long (basal 0.68, median 0.61, apical 0.41), shorter and thicker. Genitalia with two boot-shaped spermathecae (Fig. 40).</p> <p>Distribution. – Taiwan (Nantou County).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF53657B7418AB4EF5AE7E5EFDC77D97	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Tso, I-Min;Haupt, Joachim;Zhu, Ming-Sheng	Tso, I-Min, Haupt, Joachim, Zhu, Ming-Sheng (2003): The Trapdoor Spider Family Ctenizidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Taiwan. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (1): 25-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619307
