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. 2016 Sep 29;(620):33–55. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.620.7982

Table 1.

Definition of species groups of Otacilia species, together with lists of included species (species marked with an asterisk are reported from China).

Species group name Diagnostic Character Included Species
armatissima 1) Palpal organ with a distinct sclerotized TA or membranous conductor; embolus hook-shaped.
2) Epigyne with a distinct median plate, without concavity; CO slocated anteriorly or medially, higher than the spermathecae; CD (the left one from the ventral view) anti-clockwise from the CO; connecting tube usually crescent-shaped; spermathecae separated by more than half a spermatheca’s diameter.		 1) Otacilia armatissima Thorell, 1897
2) Otacilia bawangling Fu, Zhang & Zhu, 2010*
3) Otacilia biarclata Fu, He & Zhang, 2015*
4) Otacilia bicolor Jäger & Wunderlich, 2012
5) Otacilia florifera Fu, He & Zhang, 2015*
6) Otacilia forcipata Yang, Wang & Yang, 2013*
7) Otacilia foveata (Song, 1990)*
8) Otacilia fujiana Fu, Jin & Zhang, 2014*
9) Otacilia hengshan (Song, 1990)*
10) Otacilia jianfengling Fu, Zhang & Zhu, 2010*
11) Otacilia kao Jäger & Wunderlich, 2012
12) Otacilia komurai (Yaginuma, 1952)*
13) Otacilia limushan Fu, Zhang & Zhu, 2010*
14) Otacilia liupan Hu & Zhang, 2011*
15) Otacilia luna (Kamura, 1994)
16) Otacilia lynx (Kamura, 1994)*
17) Otacilia macrospora Fu. Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
18) Otacilia obesa Fu. Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
19) Otacilia onoi Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
20) Otacilia papilion Fu, Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
21) Otacilia pyriformis Fu, Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
22) Otacilia sinifera Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
23) Otacilia songi Wang et al., 2015*
24) Otacilia subliupan Wang et al., 2015*
25) Otacilia taiwanica (Hayashi & Yoshida, 1993)*
26) Otacilia truncata Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014
27) Otacilia yangi Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009*
28) Otacilia hippocampa sp. n.*
29) Otacilia yangmingensis sp. n.*
ambon 1) Palpal organ without a distinct TA; the bulb is not pyriform but oval; embolus claw-like.
2) Epigyne without median plate and concavity; Cos located posterior, lower than the spermathecae; spermathecae well separated from each other by more than three spermatheca’s diameter.		 1) Otacilia ambon Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
2) Otacilia revoluta (Yin et al., 2004)*
longituba 1) Palpal organ without a distinct TA; conductor well developed or degenerated; embolus needle-like.
2) Epigyne without median plate and concavity; Cos located medially, higher than the spermathecae; CD (the left one from the ventral view) straight or slightly clockwise from the CO; spermathecae close together or separated by less than half a spermatheca’s diameter.		 1) Otacilia bifurcata Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014
2) Otacilia christae Jäger & Wunderlich, 2012
3) Otacilia flexa Fu, Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
4) Otacilia longituba Wang, Zhang & Zhang, 2012*
5) Otacilia loriot Jäger & Wunderlich, 2012
6) Otacilia microstoma Wang et al., 2015*
7) Otacilia mingsheng Yang, Wang & Yang, 2013*
8) Otacilia mira Fu, Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
9) Otacilia mustela Kamura, 2008
10) Otacilia namkhan Jäger & Wunderlich, 2012
11) Otacilia parva Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
12) Otacilia simianshan Zhou, Wang & Zhang, 2013*
13) Otacilia vangvieng Jäger & Wunderlich, 2012
14) Otacilia zebra Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
15) Otacilia curvata sp. n.*
16) Otacilia submicrostoma sp. n.*
pseudostella 1) Palpal organ without a distinct TA; an apophysis (PEA); embolus needle-like.
2) Epigyne without indistinct median plate, but with a pair of shallow concavities; Cos located anteriorly or medially, higher than the spermathecae; spermathecae separated by more than one spermatheca’s diameter.		 1) Otacilia acuta Fu, Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
2) Otacilia aurita Fu, Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
3) Otacilia digitata Fu, Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
4) Otacilia leibo Fu, Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
5) Otacilia ovata Fu, Zhang & Zhang, 2016*
6) Otacilia pseudostella Fu, Jin & Zhang, 2014*
7) Otacilia stella Kamura, 2005
8) Otacilia vulpes (Kamura, 2001)
9) Otacilia zhangi Fu, Jin & Zhang, 2014*
the others 1) Otacilia luzonica (Simon, 1898)
2) Otacilia papilla Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014
3) Otacilia paracymbium Jager & Wunderlich, 2012*