Three new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae, Heptathelinae) from Hunan Province, China

ABSTRACT: Abstract Three new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela Ono, 2000 are identified and described from Hunan Province, China, based on morphological characters of males and females: S.anhua Zhang & Xu, sp. nov. (♂♀), S.longhui Zhang & Xu, sp. nov. (♂♀), and S.zhongpo Zhang & Xu, sp. nov. (♂♀). All the new Songthela species belong to the multidentata-group according to male palp and female genital morphology.

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10194079 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature