Two new Eresus species (Araneae, Eresidae) from Xinjiang, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eresidae C. L. Koch, 1845 contains nine genera and 102 species, of which 24 species belong to Eresus Walckenaer, 1805. Four species of the family are known from China: E.granosus Simon, 1895 (Beijing), E.kollari Rossi, 1846 (Hebei), E.lishizheni Lin, Marusik & Li, 2021 (Xinjiang) and Stegodyphustibialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (Yunnan).

New information

Two new species of Eresus are described from Xinjiang, China: Eresusda Lin & Li sp. n. and E.yukuni Lin & Li sp. n. Photos and morphological descriptions of new species are given.

SUBMITTER: Lin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9836555 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature