ZooKeys (Jan 2024)

Seven new species of the segmented spider genus Liphistius (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) in Thailand and Myanmar

  • Varat Sivayyapram,
  • Chawakorn Kunsete,
  • Xin Xu,
  • Deborah R. Smith,
  • Prapun Traiyasut,
  • Sureerat Deowanish,
  • Mu Mu Aung,
  • Hirotsugu Ono,
  • Daiqin Li,
  • Natapot Warrit

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1189.115850
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1189
pp. 201 – 229

Abstract

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Seven new species of the primitive segmented spider genus Liphistius are described and assigned to species groups based on characters of the male palp and vulva plate. The bristowei group includes L. dawei Sivayyapram & Warrit, sp. nov. (♂♀) from southeastern Myanmar, L. choosaki Sivayyapram & Warrit, sp. nov. (♀) from northwestern Thailand, and L. lansak Sivayyapram & Warrit, sp. nov. (♀) from western Thailand; the trang group (Complex A) contains L. kaengkhoi Sivayyapram & Warrit, sp. nov. (♂♀), L. hintung Sivayyapram & Warrit, sp. nov. (♂♀), L. buyphradi Sivayyapram & Warrit, sp. nov. (♂♀), and L. champakpheaw Sivayyapram & Warrit, sp. nov. (♂♀) from central Thailand.