During our fieldwork in Bishan District, Chongqing Municipality, two coelotine spiders were collected from two adjacent burrows and were identified as the female of C . galeiformis and the male of D . jiafu , respectively. DNA barcoding confirmed that the two specimens are conspecific. Coelotes galeiformis Wang, Yin, Peng & Xie, 1990 is proposed as a senior synonym of Draconarius jiafu Zhang, Zhu & Wang, 2017, syn. nov., based on the correction of their sex association. Thus, the male of C . galeiformis is described and illustrated for the first time, and the female is redescribed. Photos, diagnoses, and detailed descriptions are provided.
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