A survey of Belisana spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China

Abstract

China exhibits remarkable diversity of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898, while Sichuan Province has recorded only one species, Belisana maoer Yao & Li, 2020. In this study, four species were collected in eastern Sichuan by canopy fogging. These comprise two new species, Belisana miyi Wang, Li & Yao, sp. nov. and B. tongjiang Wang, Li & Yao, sp. nov., as well as two known species, B. tongi Zhang, Li & Yao, 2024 and B. yanhe Chen, Zhang & Zhu, 2009, which are reported from Sichuan for the first time. A distribution map of all five species is provided.