Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China.

ABSTRACT: In an ongoing effort to expand knowledge of the Chinese cobweb spider fauna (Theridiidae), the genus Meotipa Simon, 1894 is reviewed. Two new species are described, Meotipapseudopicturata sp. nov., Meotipastriata sp. nov., and five known species are redescribed: Meotipaargyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952), Meotipapulcherrima (Mello-Leitão, 1917), Meotipapicturata Simon, 1895, Meotipaspiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869), and Meotipavesiculosa Simon, 1895.

SUBMITTER: Deng Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8794957 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature