Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae).

ABSTRACT: Four species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015 collected from Hainan Island, China are diagnosed and described as new to science based on their genital morphology: Q. bawangsp. n. (♀), Q. jianfengsp. n. (♂♀), Q. yinisp. n. (♀), Q. wuzhisp. n. (♂♀). Together with the type species of Qiongthela, Q. baishensis Xu, 2015, five species are found and described from Hainan, China, and seven species are now known in the genus.

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5740404 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature