ZooKeys (Jun 2019)

Description on two species of genus Platythomisus (Araneae, Thomisidae) from China and Singapore

  • Yejie Lin,
  • Joseph K.H. Koh,
  • Lili Shao,
  • Shuqiang Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.852.34436
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 852
pp. 73 – 84

Abstract

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Two species of the genus Platythomisus Doleschall, 1859 are studied: P. xiandao Lin & Li, sp. nov. is described based on male and female specimens from Yunnan, China, and P. octomaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1845), the type species of the genus, is redescribed based on female specimens from Singapore. Its male, also from Singapore, is described for the first time.