Meotipa vittiforma Hu, Zhong, Liu & Li, 2026, sp. nov.

Meotipa vittiforma sp. nov. Figs 5 C, D, 7 D, H, L Type material. Holotype female (LJ 201800979): China – Hainan Province • Diaoluoshan; 18.7814°N, 109.5161°E, elev. 136 m, 1–31 March 2018, F. X. Liu and Z. C. Li leg. Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word vittiforma, meaning “ banded ” and refers the reddish-brown transverse lines on the dorsal opisthosoma. Diagnosis. The female of Meotipa vittiforma sp. nov. is similar to Meo. pseudomultuma Liang, Yin & Xu, 2024 (cf. Figs 5 C, D and figs 3 D – F, 4 in Liang et al. 2024) in having similar copulatory duct surrounding spherical spermatheca, but it can be distinguished from Meo. pseudomultuma by: (1) epigyne with an atrium (vs without atrium); and (2) copulatory openings touching (vs separated). Description. Female: total length 2.86; carapace length 1.07, width 0.92; opisthosoma length 1.81, width 1.56; eye diameters: AME 0.08, ALE 0.06, PME 0.08, PLE 0.07; eye interdistances: AME – AME 0.08, ALE – AME 0.02, PME – PME 0.06, PLE – PME 0.08, AME – PME 0.07, ALE – PLE 0.01; leg measurements: I 7.31 (2.63, 0.32, 1.34, 2.40, 0.62), II 4.14 (1.44, 0.26, 0.65, 1.33, 0.46), III 2.70 (0.98, 0.23, 0.48, 0.63, 0.38), IV 5.12 (1.75, 0.33, 0.99, 1.58, 0.47). Leg formula 1423. Epigyne (Fig. 5 C, D): epigyne with a rugby-ball-shaped atrium, laterally with triangular pockets. Copulatory openings situated in anterior part of atrium. Copulatory ducts coiled once. Spermathecae spherical. Fertilization ducts arising from posterior part of spermathecae. Colouration in ethanol (Fig. 7 D, H, L): carapace rounded and pale yellow, medially with a wide red line. Sternum, chelicerae, labium, palps, and legs pale yellow. Opisthosoma pale yellow, posteriorly extending with black, flattened spines; dorsum with white patches and reddish-brown transverse lines; venter laterally with black transverse line. Male: unknown. Distribution. Known only from the type locality (China: Hainan).