Three new species of the segmented spider genus Qiongthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Hainan Island, China.

ABSTRACT: We report three new species of the segmented trapdoor spider genus Qiongthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015 collected from Hainan Island, China based on morphological characters: Q. dongfang sp. nov. (♂♀), Q. nankai sp. nov. (♂♀), Q. yalin sp. nov. (♂♀). We also provide the GenBank accession codes of the DNA barcode gene, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), of the type specimens of all three new species to aid future identification.

SUBMITTER: Yu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7813806 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature