Four new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 from Mainland China and Laos (Araneae, Ctenizidae).

ABSTRACT: Here for the first time the presence of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 (Araneae: Ctenizidae) is reported from mainland China and Laos. Four Conothele species collected from the regions are described as new to science, based on the female genital morphology: Conothele baiyunensis Xu, Xu & Liu, sp. n. (Guangdong Province), Conothele daxinensis Xu, Xu & Li, sp. n. (Guangxi Province), Conothele sidiechongensis Xu, Xu & Liu, sp. n. (Yunnan Province, China and Vietnam), Conothele yundingensis Xu, Xu & Li, sp. n. (Yunnan Province).

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5242267 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature