Two new species of Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833, (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Wuling Mountain, China

Su-fang Yang; Muhammad Irfan; Xian-Jin Peng

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (Jun 2019)

Two new species of Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833, (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Wuling Mountain, China

Su-fang Yang,
Muhammad Irfan,
Xian-Jin Peng

Affiliations

Su-fang Yang: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China
Muhammad Irfan: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China
Xian-Jin Peng: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 2
pp. 165 – 172

Abstract

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Two new species of the Theridiidae are described from the Wuling Mountain, China: Coscinida conicus sp. nov. (♂♀) and Robertus peregrinus sp. nov. (♂♀). Photos of the body, copulatory organs, line drawings of copulatory organs, as well as the locality map are provided. Keywords: Asia, Comb-footed, Genital organs, Spider, Taxonomy

Published in Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity

ISSN: 2287-884X (Print); 2287-9544 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology
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