Paraplectana magnaculata Lin & Li, sp. nov. (Figs 4, 6) Diagnosis. The new species resembles P. tsushimensis Yamaguchi, 1960 but can be distinguished by the number of black spots on abdomen is 14 (vs. 12 in P. tsushimensis (Tanikawa, 2007, figs 54–55), and the width of the hood is much greater than the length (vs. the width and length of the hood are almost equal in P. tsushimensis (Tanikawa, 2007, fig. 50)). Description. Female (holotype, Fig. 6). Total length 6.58. Carapace 2.52 long, 2.33 wide. Abdomen 6.25 long, 7.35 wide. Carapace pear shaped, dark brown. Chelicerae brown, 3 promarginal teeth, 2 retromarginal teeth. Endites and labium yellow-brown, endites almost square. Sternum brown with yellow margin. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.12, PME 0.12, PLE 0.10, AME–AME 0.20, AME–ALE 0.42, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.48. Legs yellow-brown. Leg measurements: I 6.19 (2.21, 2.24, 1.17, 0.57), II 6.09 (2.15, 2.19, 1.23, 0.52), III 3.91 (1.42, 1.33, 0.67, 0.49), IV 5.65 (2.11, 2.11, 0.97, 0.46). Abdomen pale yellow, with 14 black spots, pair of middle spots largest. Spinnerets yellow-brown. Epigyne (Fig. 4) about 1.5 times wider than long, with rimmed scape and hood, hood about 10 times wider than long. Copulatory opening concave, located posteriorly, close to base of scape; copulatory duct inconspicuous; spermathecae oval, almost touching each other. Male. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype ♀ (IZCAS-Ar43246), China: Hunan, Yueyang City, Pingjiang County, Fushoushan (28.4667°N, 113.7667°E), 15 July 2016, R. Jiang leg. Paratype. 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar43247), China: Jiangxi, Pingxiang, Luxi County, Nankeng Township, Xinping Village, 19 June 2018, Y. Zhao leg. Distribution. Known only from the type locality. Etymology. The species name is a combination of " magnus " and " maculata ", because the spot on the middle of the abdomen of this species is larger than that of other species; adjective.

Published as part of Lin, Yejie, Zhao, Huifeng, Koh, Joseph K H & Li, Shuqiang, 2022, Taxonomy notes on twenty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia, pp. 198-270 in Zoological Systematics 47 (3) on page 204, DOI: 10.11865/zs.2022303, http://zenodo.org/record/7175859

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