European Journal of Taxonomy (Apr 2020)

Five new species of Meta Koch, 1836 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Gaoligong Mountains, China

  • Luyu Wang,
  • Guchun Zhou,
  • Muhammad Irfan,
  • Sufang Yang,
  • Xianjin Peng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.624
Journal volume & issue
no. 624

Abstract

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Five new species of the genus Meta C.L. Koch, 1836 from the Gongligong Mountains, Yunnan are described: Meta hamata sp. nov. (♂♀), M. longlingensis sp. nov. (♂), M. tangi sp. nov. (♂♀), M. yani sp. nov. (♂♀) and M. yinae sp. nov. (♂♀). Detailed descriptions of somatic features and genitalic characters, photos of the body and genital organs, line drawings of the copulatory organs and distribution maps are provided.

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