Physcoa scintillans Thorell 1895

Physcoa scintillans Thorell, 1895 comb. rev. Figs 9, 10 A, B, 13 B, C, E, F, H, I Physcoa scintillans: Thorell 1895: 83 (female). Argyria venusta: Yaginuma 1957: 11, fig. 1 A – J (male, female). Argyroaster venusta: Yaginuma 1958: 37; Yaginuma 1960: 38, fig. 36 (male). Chrysso venusta: Levi 1962: 209, figs 3–5 (male, female); Zhu 1998: 59, fig. 32 A – D (male, female, synonym of Chr. bidens). Chrysso bidens: Xing et al. 1994: 164, figs 1–5 (male, female). Chrysso scintillans: Yoshida 2001: 174, figs 66–71 (male, female, transfer from Physcoa, synonym of Chr. venusta); Breitling 2015: 2 (synonym of Linyphia bilobata); Kim, 2021: 40, fig. 13 A – J, pl. 7 (male, female). Naya 2024: 61, f. 1–4 (male, female). Linyphia bilobata: Roy et al. 2015: 62, figs 1–7 (female). 1 Material examined. 9 males, 14 females (QZMS 00606, 00765, 00993, 02261–02264, 02269, 02396, 02685–02689, 03543, 04207, 04469–04475): China – Hubei Province • Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Xuan’en County, Qizimeishan National Nature Reserve; 29.7400°N – 30.0764°N, 109.5919°E – 109.7763°E; elev. 585–1822 m; 30 June – 31 July 2023; C. H. Hu and M. Wei leg. Diagnosis. Physcoa scintillans Thorell, 1895, comb. rev. is similar to P. trimaculata (Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991), comb. nov. (cf. Figs 9, 10 A, B and Figs 10 C, D, 11) in having digitiform median apophysis in ventral view, similar embolic shape, epigynal atrium posteriorly situated, but can be distinguished from P. trimaculata by: (1) prolateral part of tegulum almost as long as wide (vs wider than long); (2) embolic tip almost as wide as median apophysis (vs thinner than median apophysis); (3) atrium as wide as and half the length of epigynal field (vs almost 3 / 5 the width and 1 / 8 the length of epigynal field); and (4) copulatory duct situated at anterior part of spermatheca (vs situated between spermathecae). Description. See Kim (2021). Distribution. China (Anhui; Fujian; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang), India, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Philippines.