Biodiversity Data Journal (Apr 2022)

A new species of the spider genus Selenocosmia (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Fujian, China

  • Ye-Jie Lin,
  • Haifeng Chen,
  • Xunyou Yan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e82406
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The genus Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 includes 39 species. Five species were known from China. This genus has not been found in south-eastern China.A new species of the genus Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 is described from China: Selenocosmia zhangzhengi Lin, sp. n. from Fujian. Photos and a morphological description of the new species are given. The type specimen of the new species is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beiing (IZCAS).