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2021 , Vol. 46 >Issue 2: 91 - 152

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2021201

Original Paper

Twenty-three new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia

  • Yejie Lin ,
  • Yuri M. Marusik ,
  • Caixia Gao ,
  • Hao Xu ,
  • Xiaoqing Zhang ,
  • Ziyi Wang ,
  • Wenhui Zhu ,
  • Shuqiang Li
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  • 1Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China 2Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia 3Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

Online published: 2021-04-24

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31530067)

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Abstract

A new genus, Sinophaena Lin & Li, gen. nov., of the spider family Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878 is reported, with S. xiweni Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♀) from Sichuan, China as the type species. Sinophaena bivalva (Zhang & Song, 2004) comb. nov. is transferred from Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833. Further new species reported in the current paper include: Anyphaena grovyle Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Hainan), A. sceptile Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Hainan), A. shenzhen Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Guangdong), A. tibet Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Tibet), A. treecko Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Hainan), Cybaeus fushun Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♀, Liaoning), C. huadian Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♀, Jilin), Eresus lishizheni Lin, Marusik & Li, sp. nov. (♂, Xinjiang), Alistra pikachu Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Guangdong), Sinopesa gollum Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂, Guangdong), Pimoa gagna Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♀, India), P. nainital Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, India), P. shoja Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, India), Selenops crewsae Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♀, Sichuan), Sinopoda helii Wang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Sichuan), Phlogiellus jiaxiangi Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Guangxi), Episinus bonjovi Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Yunnan), E. jiangweni Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Yunnan), E. tongyani Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Yunnan), Meotipa luoqiae Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂, Yunnan), M. menglun Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂, Yunnan), and M. zhengguoi Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂, Yunnan). The female of Belisana yuexiu Yao & Li, 2020 is reported for the first time. All types are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China.

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Yejie Lin , Yuri M. Marusik , Caixia Gao , Hao Xu , Xiaoqing Zhang , Ziyi Wang , Wenhui Zhu , Shuqiang Li . Twenty-three new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2021 , 46(2) : 91 -152 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.2021201

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