title: Five new Platocoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from caves in southern China.
abstract: Five new Platocoelotes species are described based on both sexes collected from caves in southern China. They are: Platocoelotesluoi sp. n. from Jiangxi, Platocoelotesqinglinensis sp. n. from Yunnan, Platocoelotesshuiensis sp. n. from Guizhou, Platocoelotestianyangensis sp. n. from Sichuan and Platocoelotesxianwuensis sp. n. from Hubei.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Shuqiang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: Coelotinae; Taxonomy; description; diagnosis; etymology