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Male. Total length 4.26–4.58. ♂ from Xiaowutai Mt: body 4.26 long; carapace 1.87 long, 1.31 wide; abdomen 2.24 long, 1.26 wide. Carapace yellowish. Head region slightly elevated above thorax. In dorsal view, anterior eye row slightly recurved, posterior eye row almost stright. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.08, ALE 0.10, PME 0.08, PLE 0.10; AME–AME 0.04, AME–ALE 0.04, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.12. MOA 0.27 long, front width 0.24, back width 0.35. Clypeus height 0.02. Chelicerae yellowish, promargin with six teeth, retromargin with three teeth. Endites yellow, longer than wide. Labium yellow brown, longer than wide. Abdomen oval, brown yellow, with conspicuous anterior tufts of hairs, dorsum with yellow thin hairs, cardiac pattern yellow brown; venter brown yellow. Spinnerets and legs yellow brown. Measurements of legs: leg I 4.60 (1.32, 0.65, 1.25, 0.86, 0.52), II 4.80 (1.40, 0.68, 1.33, 0.87, 0.52), III 4.23 (1.26, 0.56, 0.92, 1.02, 0.47), IV 6.17 (1.71, 0.67, 1.44, 1.77, 0.58). Male palp as in Figs 5–7, 10–12: RTA strongly expanded, forked, with hilt-like ventral branch; embolus arching behind tegulum and directing prolaterally; EP apophysis strong, wedge-shaped, with a triangular membrane proximally; conductor small, club-like, membranous. Female. Total length 4.73–4.98. ♀ from Xiaowutai Mt: body 4.98 long; carapace 1.82 long, 1.35 wide; abdomen 2.98 long, 1.79 wide. Eyes sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.10, PME 0.08, PLE 0.10; AME–AME 0.05, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.19, PME–PLE 0.13, ALE–PLE 0.07. MOA 0.28 long, front width 0.25, back width 0.41. Clypeus height 0.03. Labium 0.55 long, 0.24 wide. Endite 0.31 long, 0.24 wide. Measurements of legs: leg I 3.71 (1.10, 0.61, 0.90, 0.67, 0.43), II 3.90 (1.19, 0.63, 0.97, 0.68, 0.43), III 3.58 (1.09, 0.53, 0.72, 0.85, 0.39), IV 5.56 (1.60, 0.63, 1.24, 1.56, 0.53). Coloration darker than in male. Other characters as in male. Epigyne expanding posteriorly above epigastric groove, with a strongly sclerotized hind part. Copulatory openings separated from each other by a tongue-like process in the middle of the posterior part. Copulatory ducts directed laterad, then distad, almost parallel. Spermathecae spherical (Figs 3–4, 8–9).
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Wu P, Zhang F (2014) One new species of the Clubiona obesa-group from China, with the first description of Clubiona kropfi male (Araneae, Clubionidae) ZooKeys 420: 1–9
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China (Hebei).
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Pan-Long Wu, Feng Zhang
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Wu P, Zhang F (2014) One new species of the Clubiona obesa-group from China, with the first description of Clubiona kropfi male (Araneae, Clubionidae) ZooKeys 420: 1–9
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Pan-Long Wu
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Feng Zhang
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