A new species of the genus Ambanus (Arachnida: Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Korea

Abstract

A new species of coelotin spider from forests of Busan city, South-eastern Korea, Ambanus cochlea sp. nov., is described with detailed illustrations, leg spination, trichobothrium patterns, and scanning electron micrographs. This species can be distinguished from other Ambanus spiders by embolus with large distal part, wound snail-like and embolus tip in male and genital opening situated in the middle of atrium, copulationary ducts oblique linear, spermathecal heads long cylindrical processes in female. A key to the species of genus Ambanus is provided.