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Six new genera, Pengaraneus gen. nov., Songaraneus gen. nov., Tangaraneus gen. nov., Wangaraneus gen. nov., Yinaraneus gen. nov. and Zhuaraneus gen. nov., and twenty species, including sixteen new, of the family Araneidae from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, south-west China are described: Cyclosa anjing sp. nov. (♂♀), C. daodai sp. nov. (♂♀), C. longquan s...
Twenty-one new species of jumping spiders from five provinces of South China are described: Cheliceroides jinxinisp. nov. (♂), Dendroicius qiongsp. nov. (♂♀), Icius deergongsp. nov. (♂♀), Irura qiuhangisp. nov. (♂♀), I. yarlungzangbosp. nov. (♂♀), Mintonia shiwandashansp. nov. (♂), Myrmarachne kuansp. nov. (♂♀), Nandicius xiefengisp. nov. (♂♀), Pan...
Background
In our recent examination of the Phintella specimens collected from Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park, a new species and the unknown female of P. liae Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 were recognised, based on the morphological characteristics and molecular evidence.
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A new species of Phintella Strand, 1906 is described: P. h...
Background
The spider genus Argiope Audouin, 1826, comprises 88 species worldwide, including 23 species occurring in China. Two Argiope species were collected by the spider survey on Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Nature Reserve, Xizang, southwest China, conducted in 2023.
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Two species of the orb-weaver spider genus Argiope fr...
Four new species of the genus Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 collected from Xizang, China, are described: A. cibagou Wang & Mi, sp. nov. (♂♀), A. linzhi Wang & Mi, sp. nov. (♂♀), A. shufui Wang & Mi, sp. nov. (♀) and A. yejiei Wang & Mi, sp. nov. (♀). Diagnostic photos of the habitus and copulatory organs and a distributional map are provided.
Lysiteles Simon, 1895 contains 64 nominal species distributed in East, South and South Asia. It possesses very high species diversity in China (with 46 and 32 endemics), Bhutan (with 9 and 1 endemic) and Nepal (with 8 and 4 endemics).
In June 2023, a spider survey of Cibagou National Nature Reserve, Xizang, China was carried out. After examination...
Ten new species of jumping spiders are described from China, including Attulus jimani sp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan, Colaxes cibagou sp. nov. (♂♀), Epeus pengi sp. nov. (♂♀),
Evarcha zayu sp. nov. (♂♀), Icius zang sp. nov. (♂♀), Pancorius nyingchi sp. nov. (♂♀), Stertinius liqingae sp. nov. (♂♀), and Synagelides medog sp. nov. (♀) from Xizang, S. tian...
The orb-weaver spider genus Gea C.L. Koch, 1843 from China is revised, and three species including one new species, are recognized: Gea jingdong Mi, Wang & Gan, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan; Gea spinipes C.L. Koch, 1843 (♂♀) from Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Taiwan, and Yunnan; and Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 (♂♀) from Guangxi and Hainan. Gea...
Hahnia , the most species-diversity genus of the comb-tailed spider family Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878, compromises 102 species distributed worldwide. To date, 24 species have been recorded from China.
A new species of the genus Hahnia C. L. Koch, 1841 is described, based on both sexes from Shanyang Cave of Guizhou Province, China and is named H. jiang...
A taxonomic study on twenty-nine species of jumping spiders from South China is presented. Twenty new species are diagnosed and described: Heliophanoides proszynskii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), Myrmage lii Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), Myrmarachne hamata Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂), M. xingrenensis Wang, Mi & Peng sp. nov. (♂♀), M. yinae Wang,...
Six new species of the genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 from Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, China are described: Araneus chenjingi sp. nov. (♂♀), and A. yuboi sp. nov. (♂♀) are assigned to the A. diadematus group; A. lihaiboi sp. nov. (♂♀), A. shii sp. nov. (♂♀), A. wanghuai sp. nov. (♂♀), and A. yangchuandongi sp. nov. (♂♀) are...
Five new species of the spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 from Vietnam are described: Araneus euge-nei sp. nov. (♂♀), A. ethani sp. nov. (♀), A. liami sp. nov. (♂♀), Hypsosinga ryani sp. nov. (♂♀), and H. zioni sp. nov. (♀). Diagnostic photographs of the habitus and copulatory organs are provided. Types of the new species are deposited in the In...
Four new species of Araneus Clerck, 1757 from southern China are described: A. mayanghe Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Guizhou, A. shiwandashan Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Guangxi, and A. zhoui Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Hainan are assigned to the A. sturmi group, and A. fenzhi Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Hunan, Guizhou and Jiangxi is not ass...
The wall crab spider genus Siamspinops Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 contains eight species restricted to South and Southeast Asia, of which two are recorded from China.
A new species, Siamspinops yejiei sp. n. , is diagnosed and described based on both sexes from Foding Mountain National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Diagnostic photos of the ha...
Eleven new species of Araneus Clerck, 1757 from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China are described: Araneus arcuatus sp. nov. (♂♀), A. bidentatus sp. nov. (♂♀), A. bidentatoides sp. nov. (♂♀), A. complanatus sp. nov. (♂♀), A. corrugis sp. nov. (♀), A. cucullatus sp. nov. (♀), A. minisculus sp. nov. (♂), A. ovoideus sp. nov. (♀), A. pseudodigitatus sp. nov....
The jumping spider genus Pancorius Simon, 1902 is represented by 40 species primarily distributed in East, South and Southeast Asia. Amongst these, 10 (including eight endemics) are known from China.
A new species, Pancorius lui sp. nov. , is diagnosed and described, based on both sexes from Yuntai Mountain in Guizhou of China. Diagnostic photos an...
Asiacantha gen. nov. , a new genus of the subfamily Gasteracanthinae is established with the type species A. pengi sp. nov. (♀♂) from Guangxi and two other new species: A. jianfeng sp. nov. (♂) from Hainan and A. yinae sp. nov. (♀♂) from Yunnan and Guizhou. Diagnostic drawn and detailed description, as well as a distributional map, are provided.
Nine new species of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 from Menglun Town, Xishuang-banna, Yunnan, China are described: Acusilas tongi sp. nov. (♂♀), Chorizopes yui sp. nov. (♂♀), Chorizopesoides guoi sp. nov. (♂♀), Deione cheni sp. nov. (♀), D. yangi sp. nov. (♂♀), Hypsosinga pulla sp. nov. (♂♀), Mangora baii sp. nov. (♂♀), M. ceph...
Species of the genus Eriovixia Archer, 1951 from Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China are reviewed, including seven new species: E. ganae sp. nov. (♂♀), E. liuhongi sp. nov. (♂♀), E. tangi sp. nov. (♂♀), E. wangchengi sp. nov. (♂♀), E. yaoi sp. nov. (♂♀), E. yinae sp. nov. (♂♀) and E. zhengi sp. nov. (♂♀). The male of E. yunnanensis (Yin, Wan...
Based on morphological and molecular evidence, Argiope macrochoera Thorell, 1891 from China is found to be the unknown female of A. cameloides Zhu & Song, 1994, the known male of A. perforata Schenkel, 1963 is mismatched and provisionally suggested to be the male of A. boesenbergi Levi, 1983, and the true male of A. perforata Schenkel, 1963 is desc...
Three new species of the genus Mimetus Hentz, 1832 are described and named as M. bucerus sp. nov. (♂), M. lingbaoshanensis sp. nov. (♂♀) and M. yinae sp. nov. (♂♀). Detailed morphological descriptions, photos of the body and copulatory organs, line drawings of copulatory organs, as well as the distribution maps are provided.
A new genus, Chorizopesoides, is erected for two known araneid species (C. wulingensis (Yin, Wang & Xie, 1994) comb. n., the type species from China and C. orientalis (Simon, 1909) comb. n. from Vietnam and China), both transferred from Chorizopes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871. Chorizopesoides wulingensis and C. orientalis are re-described, and the ma...
A new species of the crab spider Pharta tangi sp. nov. (male and female) from Guizhou province in China is described. Photos of body and copulatory organs as well as difference comparison between the new and closely related species are given. Locality map is also provided.
A new species Araniella is reported from Yunnan Province, south-west China, named Araniella plicata sp. nov. Morphological descriptions, distributional data, diagnosis and illustrations are provided.
The Sulawesi endemic species Macaca maura has been listed in the IUCN Red List as Endangered (A2cd) since 1996, mainly due to habitat disturbance and fragmentation. Nowadays, residual populations have increasingly been relegated to the karst areas of the island's Southern District. The main goal of this project is to point out preferences and strat...
