One new species of <i>Drapetisca</i> Menge, 1866 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Gele Mountain, Chongqing, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The genus Drapetisca comprises 7 species distributed in Canada, Central Asia, China, Caucasus, Europe, Japan, Russia (Europe to the Far East), and the USA, out of which five species have been recorded in China (World Spider Catalog 2025). The males and females of Drapetisca can be distinguished from all other Linyphiidae genera by the palpal distal arm of the paracymbium anchor-shaped in the retrolateral view and the protruding epigyne without a scape.

New information

While examining Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 specimens from Gele Mountain in Chongqing, we discovered a new species of the genus Drapetisca, D. dentata sp. nov. Detailed descriptions, photographs of copulatory organs and somatic features, and a distribution map are p

SUBMITTER: Shi HX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12820568 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature