Sinocoelotes gen. n., a new genus of the subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Southeast Asia

A new genus of the spider subfamily Coelotinae, Sinocoelotes gen. n., with nine new species, is described from Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in southern China. The new species are: Sinocoelotes cangshanensis sp. n. (female), S. hehuaensis sp. n. (male female), S. luoshuiensis sp. n. (female), S. mangbangensis sp. n. (female) from Yunnan; S. kangdingensis sp. n. (female), S. ludingensis sp. n. (male female), S. mahuanggouensis sp. n. (female), S. muliensis sp. n. (female), and S. yanyuanensis sp. n. (male) from Sichuan. In addition, six Coelotes species are transferred to the new genus: Sinocoelotes acicularis (Wang, Griswold & Ubick, 2009), comb. n. (male female), S. forficatus (Liu & Li, 2010), comb. n. (male female), S. guangxian (Zhang, Yang, Zhu & Song, 2003), comb. n. (male female), S. pseudoterrestris (Schenkel, 1963), comb. n. (male female), S. pseudoyunnanensis (Wang, Griswold & Ubick, 2009), comb. n. (male female) and S. thailandensis (Dankittipakul & Wang, 2003), comb. n. (male female). DNA barcodes of all the species were documented for future use.