Yejie Lin

• MD
• Shuqiang Li at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Background Corinnomma Karsch, 1880 comprises 14 species, distributed in Asia, Africa and America. Amongst Asian species, Castianeira hamulata Song & Zhu, 1992 was considered as a junior synonym of Co. severum (Thorell, 1877) by Deeleman-Reinhold (2001). New information The species Corinnomma hamulatum (Song & Zhu, 1992) stat. rest. is resurrected...

本研究对大疣蛛科Macrothelidae Simon, 1892的分类进行了修订，基于形态学特征和系统发育分析，重新定义其属级划分。除了已知的大疣蛛属Macrothele Ausserer, 1871和粗壮蛛属Vacrothele Tang & Yang, 2022外，本文新增4个属：版纳疣蛛属Bannathele gen. nov.、巨疣蛛属Gigathele gen. nov.、小疣蛛属Microthele gen. nov.和刺疣蛛属Spinathele gen. nov.，并恢复了东疣蛛属Orientothele Mirza, Sanap & Kunte, 2017 gen. rest.的有效性。本研究提供了分属检索表、属级鉴别特征及物种组合。

Background Falcileptoneta Komatsu, 1970 comprises 68 species, distributed in Japan (28), Korea (31) and southeast of China (9). This genus has not been recorded in the north-eastern part of China. New information A new species: Falcileptoneta taoqii sp. nov. (♂♀) are reported from Jilin Province, China. This is also the first record of Leptonetida...

Background Hersilia Audouin, 1826 is the largest genus of the Hersiliidae Thorell, 1869, currently including 80 extant species that are widespread throughout most of forests of the Tropical realm. The tropical rainforest in Xishuangbanna is one of the most biodiversity-rich regions in China. However, Hersilia can be regarded as being poorly represe...

A new species, Siamspinops liangyuqi sp. nov., is described from Sichuan, China. Photos and a morphological description are provided. S. allospinosus Dankittipakul & Corronca, 2009 are recorded in Yunnan, China for the first time. Type materials are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China.

Twenty-four spider species from China were studied, including fifteen new national records, two new combinations, four new synonyms, and three species are considered as nomina dubia due to the loss of the holotype and unclear descriptions.

Ten new species of the spider family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 from China and Vietnam are described: Chrysso shantinggui sp. nov. (♂♀), Gushangzao andaoquan sp. nov. (♂), Moneta oupeng sp. nov. (♂♀), Phycosoma yanshun sp. nov. (♂♀), Spinembolia gaofani sp. nov. (♀), S. jiangjing sp. nov. (♂♀), S. lingzhen sp. nov. (♂♀), Stemmops dengfei sp. nov....

Background: Venom glands play a key role in the predation and defense strategies of almost all spider groups. However, the spider family Uloboridae lacks venom glands and has evolved an adaptive strategy: They excessively wrap their prey directly with spider silk instead of paralyzing it first with toxins. This shift of survival strategy is very fa...

Background Only two Otacilia Thorell, 1897 species with troglobitic characteristics have been recorded from Laos and no records of troglobitic Otacilia species from China. New information A new troglobitic species is reported from Guangxi, China: Otacilia khezu Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀). Photos and morphological descriptions of the new species are p...

The male of Phrynarachne xuxiake Lin & Li, 2022 is described for the first time, based on a specimen collected from the type locality in Anhui Province, China. A morphological description and illustrations are given.

Four new genera in three spider families are reported, namely Langlibaitiao Lin & Li, gen. nov., of Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871, with Lathys inaffecta Li, 2017 (♂♀, China: Guangxi) as the type species; Huoyanluo Lin & Li, gen. nov., of Macrobunidae Petrunkevitch, 1928, with Huoyanluo ruanxiaoqi Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂, China: Yunnan) as the...

The inventory of Asian spiders hit 17,095 species by the end of 2023, spanning across 1,696 genera and 92 families. This amounts to approximately 34% of the tally of global spider diversity. A more robust development in the study of spider taxonomy in Asia can be hindered by the outmoded notion of taxonomy as a “descriptive science”, with its negat...

In this paper, two new species of the genus Amaurobius C. L. Koch, 1837 of the family Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1869 are reported from Sichuan Province, China: A. danba Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀) and A. yaan Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀). Photos and morphological descriptions of the new species are presented; the type specimens of the new species are deposited...

Four new genera and 11 new species of Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878 are described. The new genera are Goblinia Lin & Li, gen. nov., with the type species G. tiane Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Guangxi, China; Myahnia Lin & Li, gen. nov., with the type species M. kanpetlet Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Chin, Myanmar; Troglohnia Lin & Li, gen. nov., with the...

Ten jumping spider species published by Song and Chai in 1992 are restudied. The following new synonyms are proposed: Chinattus emeiensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) syn. nov. [=C. undulatus (Song & Chai, 1992)], Evarcha paralbaria Song & Chai, 1992 syn. nov. (= E. coreana Seo, 1988), Ptocasius nanyuensis (Xie & Peng, 1995) syn. nov. [=P. badongensis (Song...

The spider genus Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 contains 69 species, endemic to Indochina and Southeast Asia. Only one species is currently known from the Chinese province of Yunnan: Liphistius nabang Yu, Zhang & Zhang, 2021. A new species, Liphistius liz Lin & Li, sp. nov., is described from Yunnan, China, on the basis of both sexes. Photos and a morph...

Photographs of the type specimens of nine spider species described by Barrion et al. (2013) from Hainan Island, China, considered as valid taxa in this study, are provided. Among them, three new combinations are proposed: Clubiona pandalira (Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Heong, 2013) comb. nov. (ex Nusatidia Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001); Dictis edwardsi (Bar...

Species of the family Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892 were surveyed in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, and nine species were found including two new genera and seven new species. The new monotypic genera are Meizhelan gen. nov. , with the type species Meizhelan muhong sp. nov. (♂♀) and Yuqilin gen. nov. , with the type species Y. lujunyi sp. nov....

Song & Chai (1992) reported 13 new species of Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 from the Wuling Mountains in China, of which the original descriptions and the figures were unclear due to poor printing quality. These type specimens have never been re-examined, although further species descriptions from this area have occured in the past years (WSC 2023). R...

The theridiid spider genus Stemmops O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 includes 27 extant species and is distributed in America (23 spp.) and Asia (4 spp.). Three species, S. forcipus Zhu, 1998 (♂♀), S. nigrabdomenus Zhu, 1998 (♂) and S. nipponicus Yaginuma, 1969 (♂♀), are currently known from China. Two new species of Stemmops are described from China: S....

The spider genus Stiphropus Gerstaecker, 1873 currently includes 21 extant species that are distributed in Africa (12) and Asia (9). Four species, S. falciformus Yang, Zhu & Song, 2006, S. myrmecophilus Huang & Lin, 2020, S. ocellatus Thorell, 1887 and S. soureni Sen, 1964, are currently known from China. The mismatched female of S. falciformus is...

The spider genus Asceua Thorell, 1887 contains 34 species, almost entirely limited to Indochina, India, Sri Lanka and China, with a regional distribution. Eleven species of Asceua are currently only known from China, five of them are described only from one sex. Two new spider species of the genus Asceua are reported from China, A. haocongi sp. n....

Pennella balaenoptera Koren & Danielssen, 1877 (Crustacea, Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae) is so far known as the largest copepod species and has only been found as a parasite on marine mammals. Previous studies on parasitic copepods in China only focused on those found on economic fishes, no records of P. balaenoptera having ever been reported bef...

Three new genera of spiders are described: Jishiyu Lin & Li, gen. nov., of Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837, with J. songjiang Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂, China: Yunnan) as the type species, Marusik Lin & Li, gen. nov., of Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892, with M. yurii Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂, Vietnam) as the type species and Xiaoliguang Lin & Li, gen. nov., of Phruro...

Eresidae C. L. Koch, 1845 contains nine genera and 102 species, of which 24 species belong to Eresus Walckenaer, 1805. Four species of the family are known from China: E. granosus Simon, 1895 (Beijing), E. kollari Rossi, 1846 (Hebei), E. lishizheni Lin, Marusik & Li, 2021 (Xinjiang) and Stegodyphus tibialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (Yunnan). Tw...

The theraphosid spider genus Chilobrachys Karsch, 1892 contains 30 species, almost entirely limited to Indochina, India, Sri Lanka and China. Six species of Chilobrachys are currently known from China: C. dominus Lin & Li, 2022 (Yunnan), C. guangxiensis (Yin & Tan, 2000) (Guangxi, Hainan), C. hubei Song & Zhao, 1988 (Hubei, Chongqing), C. jinchengi...

A new troglobiontic species of the genus Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 is described from China: Raveniola jundai sp. nov. Photos and morphological description of the new species are given. Type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (IZCAS).

Five new genera are reported, namely Rathalos Lin & Li, gen. nov., of Anyphaenidae Simon, 1892, with Anyphaena xiushanensis Song & Zhu, 1991 (♂♀, China: Hubei, Sichuan) as the type species, Funny Lin & Li, gen. nov., of Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871, with Funny valentine Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, China: Sichuan) as the type species, Pararana...

Troglomorphism is rare known in Mygalomorphae. Only three troglomorphic mygalomorphs have been recorded in China: Raveniola beelzebub Lin & Li, 2020, R. lamia Yu & Zhang, 2021 and Sinopesa gollum Lin & Li, 2021. A new troglobiontic species of the genus Raveniola is described from China: R. yangren sp. n. (female) from Hunan. Photos and morphologica...

The holotypes of Phrynarachne bimaculata Thorell, 1895 and Phrynarachne papulata aspera Thorell, 1895 from Myanmar are described, with P. papulata aspera being raised to species level, creating the new status Phrynarachne aspera stat. nov. Discussion on these specimens, which are fragmented, and the need for fresh topotypic material to be collected...

The genus Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 includes 39 species. Five species were known from China. This genus has not been found in south-eastern China (Li 2020, Li et al. 2021, Yao et al. 2021, Zhao et al. 2022). A new species of the genus Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 is described from China: Selenocosmia zhangzhengi Lin, sp. n. from Fujian. Photos and...

Background: Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996 is a small genus distributed in the Himalayas that includes two species. This genus has not been found in China (Li et al. 2021, Yao et al. 2021, Zhao et al. 2022). New information: A new species of the genus Haplocosmia is described from China: Haplocosmiasherwoodae sp. n. from Tibet. Photos and...

Four new species of the genus Phrynarachne Thorell, 1869 from China are described: P. dreepy Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), P. xuxiake Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀), P. yunhui Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀), and P. zhengzhongi Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀). The unknown sexes of P. brevis Tang & S. Li, 2010 (♂), P. huangshanensis Li et al., 1985 (♀), P. lancea Tang...

The genus Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 of the spider family Halonoproctidae Pocock, 1901 includes ten known species from North America and Asia. Since Cyclocosmia ricketti was described by Pocock in 1901, no males of this species have ever been reported. The male of Cyclocosmia ricketti is described for the first time, based on a specimen collected n...

Two new species of the genus Chilobrachys Karsh, 1892 are described from China: Chilobrachys dominus Lin & Li, sp. nov. from Yunnan and C. jinchengi Lin & Li, sp. nov. from Tibet. Photos and a morphological description of the new species are given. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy (IZC...

Ectatosticta spiders from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were studied. Multilocus molecular and morphological data identified 16 putative species, including seven new species: Ectatosticta wenshu Lin & S. Li sp. nov., Ectatosticta baima Lin & S. Li sp. nov., Ectatosticta helii Lin & S. Li sp. nov., Ectatosticta shaseng Lin & S. Li sp. nov., Ectatosticta...

Five new species of the genus Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 are described from China: Macrothele emei Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Sichuan), M. hanfeii Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Hainan), M. hungae Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Taiwan), M. limenghuai Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Sichuan), and M. nanning Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Guangxi). Types of the new species are depos...

Due to its special ways of hiding and lifestyle, Thelcticopis is a type of spider that is very difficult to collect. In 2018, we collected two huntsman spiders in Guangxi. After comparison with other Thelcticopis species, such as anterior median eye larger than other eyes, they were found to belong to the genus of Thelcticopis . Currently, four The...

Four new species of the spider genus Ectatosticta Simon, 1892 are reported, diagnosed, described and illustrated. The new species are E. bajie sp. nov. (♂♀), E. dapeng sp. nov. (♂♀), E. rulai sp. nov. (♂♀) and E. yukuni sp. nov. (♂♀).

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: Anyphaen...

The genus Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 of the spider family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 includes 25 species from Southeast Asia, of which three have been recorded in China (Li 2020): P. bogadeki Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016 and P. xinping (Zhu & Zhang, 2008) from Hong Kong and P. watasei (Kishida, 1920) from Taiwan. Here, we describe a new Phlogiellus...

A new genus of the spider family Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 is described from Tibet Autonomous Region, China: Tibetima gen. nov. This new genus includes two species: T. char sp. nov. (type species) and T. gyirongensis (Hu & Li, 1987) comb. nov. The morphological description and male palp photos are provided for the new species. The type specimen of...

Solitudes dushengi gen. & sp. nov. is described from Xinjiang, China. This species is tentatively assignted to the Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898, and a new subfamily is described, namely Solitudinae subfam. nov. A full morphological description of the female, with epigyne illustrations are given for the new species. The type specimen is deposited in the...

Althepus pictus Thorell, 1898 is the type species of the genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 from the family Psilodercidae Machado, 1951. This genus includes 60 species from Southeast Asia (WSC 2020). A. pictus was described on the basis of one male and one female from Carin Chebà mountains, elevation 600‒800 m, Kayin Province, Myanmar. Another female spe...

Species of the spider family Hypochilidae Marx, 1888 from China are studied, including two known species and two new species of the genus Ectatosticta Simon, 1892. The new species are E. wukong sp. nov. (♂♀) from Sichuan and E. xuanzang sp. nov. (♀) from Tibet.

Two new genera and eight new species of jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) are diagnosed, described, and illustrated. The new genera are Dendroicius gen. nov. (type species D. hotaruae sp. nov. (♂♀)) and Megaeupoa gen. nov. (type species M. yanfengi sp. nov. (♂♀)). The new species are Colyttus yiwui sp. nov. (♂♀), E...

Two new species of the genus Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884, T. dahanensis Zhu & Zhong, sp. nov. (♂) and T. unciformis Zhu & Zhong, sp. nov. (♂), are described and figured from Taiwan Island. Thelcticopis severa (L. Koch, 1875) is recorded from Guangdong and Fujian provinces for the first time. So far, Thelcticopis , including four species from China, i...

Tibetyrus formicarius Yin & Lin, gen. et sp. nov., a new myrmecophilous genus and species of the pselaphine tribe Tyrini, is described from southeastern Xizang, China. Three adults were collected in nests of a Formica ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) at an altitude of 3,485 m. Tibetyrus is similar to Megatyrus Hlaváč & Nomura in sharing the ba...

An new and eyeless nemesiid species of the genus Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 is reported from Lianhua Cave, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Morphological description of the female and photos of its genitalia are provided. Types are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (IZCAS).

Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837 is reported from China for the first time. A new species of the genus Dysdera Latreille, 1804, D. dushengi sp. nov. from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is described based on both sexes. The new species is closely related to D. pamirica Dunin, 1992, a species known from adjacent Tajikistan.

The spider genus Desis Walckenaer, 1837 is the type genus of the spider family Desidae Pocock, 1895. Desis spiders hide in silk sacs between rocks or shells during high tide and forage during low tide (Baehr et al. 2017). Four Desis species have been recorded from Asia: Desis gardineri Pocock, 1904 (India), Desis inermis Gravely, 1927 (India), Desi...

A new genus of the spider family Deinopidae C.L. Koch, 1850 is described from Asia: Asianopis Lin & Li gen. nov. , with A. zhuanghaoyuni Lin & Li sp. nov. as the type species. The new genus is divided into two species groups, of which the liukuensis -group includes two species: A. dumogae (Merian, 1911) sp. reval. comb. nov. (♀) and A. liukuensis (...

In present work, we study six species of the genus Plator Simon, 1880 of the spider family Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879, including five new species from China: Plator cyclicus sp. nov., P. dazhonghua sp. nov., P. hanyikani sp. nov., P. kamurai sp. nov. and P. qiului sp. nov. Plator sinicus Zhu & Wang, 1963 syn. nov. is regarded as a junior synonym...

Two species of the genus Platythomisus Doleschall, 1859 are studied: P. xiandao Lin & Li, sp. nov. is described based on male and female specimens from Yunnan, China, and P. octomaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1845), the type species of the genus, is redescribed based on female specimens from Singapore. Its male, also from Singapore, is described for the fi...

A new species of the genus Bannana Tong & Li, 2015 is reported from Yunnan. Specimen was collected in a colony of Odontomachus monticola Emery, 1892 ants. A morphological description and illustrations are given for the new species. The new species also represents the first record of oonopid spiders associated with Odontomachus from China.

The male of Barylestissaaristoi Jäger, 2008 is described for the first time from Menglun Town, Yunnan Province, China. This is the first record of this genus from China. An illustrated morphological description of this species is given.

The spider genus Plator Simon (1880) is a small and little-known group in the spider family Trochanteriidae. Species of Plator are called flat-spiders in Chinese for the extremely flat habitus (Zhu & Wang 1963). Up to now, 11 Plator species have been recorded from India, China, Korea and Japan. Six of them, P. insolens Simon (1880), P. pandeae Tika...