Project description:Four new species of the genus Otacilia Thorell, 1897 are reported from Hunan Province, China: Otacilia hippocampasp. n., Otacilia yangmingensissp. n., Otacilia curvatasp. n., and Otacilia submicrostomasp. n. All new species are described based on both sexes. In addition, the 55 known Otacilia species are divided into four species groups.
Project description:BackgroundPhrurolithidae is a family of spiders with 405 species belonging to 25 genera distributed worldwide. Notably, 213 species belonging to 17 genera have been recorded in China.New informationA new species of the genus Otacilia Thorell, 1897 is described from Duheyuan Nature Reserve, Hubei Province, China. Diagnosis, morphological description, living photos and photos of the habitus and genitalia of the new species are provided.
Project description:BackgroundSixty-four phrurolithid species were found from Jiangxi Province in the past five years. However, there are still many unknown phrurolithid species from this Province with unusual morphological characteristics.New informationA new species, Otaciliatongboshan Liu, sp. nov. is described from Tongboshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China. Morphological illustrations, SEMs and living photos and a distribution map are given.
Project description:Eight new Otacilia species were collected from Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, China during a survey of the phrurolithid fauna of the region: Otacilia bizhouica Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), O. gougunao Liu, sp. nov. (♂), O. nanhuashanica Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), O. subfabiformis Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), O. wugongshanica Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), Otacilia yusishanica Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), O. zaoshiica Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀) and O. ziyaoshanica Liu, sp. nov. (♀). All species are described and illustrated with photographs and SEM micrographs, and their distribution is also mapped.
Project description:BackgroundOnly one trachelid species, Trachelassinensis Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1995 has been recorded from Jiangxi Province to date.New informationA new species, Orthobulajiangxi Liu, sp. n., is described from Jiangxi Province of China, based on both sexes. Morphological illustrations are provided and its distribution is mapped.
Project description:Three new species of Grandilithus Liu & Li, 2022 are described from southern China on the basis of both sexes: G.chongzuosp. nov. from Guangxi, G.xiaohuangshansp. nov. from Guangdong and G.lanxisp. nov. from Jiangxi. A distribution map of these three species is provided.
Project description:BackgroundThe genus Xilithus Liu & Li, 2023 contains 22 species, three of which are known from Hubei Province, China: X.acerosus (Yao, Irfan & Peng, 2019), X.auritus (Fu, Zhang & Zhang, 2016) and X.xingdoushanensis (Yao, Irfan & Peng, 2019).New informationOne new Xilithus species from Hubei, China is described: X.qizimeishanensis Liu & Hu sp. nov. Morphological description, digital photos and distribution map are provided.
Project description:BackgroundThe 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.New informationTwo new spider species of the genus Asceua are reported from China, A.haocongi sp. n. (♂♀, Hainan) and A.zijin sp. n. (♂♀, Jiangsu). Photos and a morphological description of the new species are provided.
Project description:Abstract Three new zodariid spiders from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in Yunnan, China are described. A new species of the genus Euryeidon Dankittipakul & Jocqué, 2004, E.diansp. nov. (♂♀), and two new species of the genus Mallinella Strand, 1906, M.bannasp. nov. (♂) and M.menglasp. nov. (♂), are described. Euryeidon is reported for the first time in China.