A new species of Wuliphantes from Sichuan, China, with re-description on the type specimens of W.tongluensis (Araneae, Linyphiidae).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The genus Wuliphantes Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023 is a small genus in the family Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859, with only three species: W.guanshan (Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2022), W.tongluensis (Chen & Song, 1988) and W.trigyrus Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023, all distributed in China.

New information

A new species: Wuliphantesyaan sp. nov. from Sichuan Province, China is reported. In addition, we re-described the type specimens of W.tongluensis (Chen & Song, 1988) that is similar to W.yaan sp. nov.

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10755744 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature