A new spider species of Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Guizhou Province, south-western China

Abstract

China exhibits remarkable diversity of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898, with 62 species recorded to date. However, the largest number of Belisana species was found in Yunnan Province (23 ssp.), while only seven species were found in Guizhou Province.In this paper, Belisana wangchengi sp. nov. as a new species is described from Guizhou Province, China.

Keywords

• Asia
• daddy-long-legs
• invertebrate
• morphology
• t