First record of theridiosomatid genus Sennin Suzuki, Hiramatsu & Tatsuta, 2022 from Anhui Province, China, with the description of a new species (Araneae, Theridiosomatidiae)

Abstract

Only two Sennin species are known from the world, Sennin coddingtoni (Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001) from China and Sennin tanikawai Suzuki, Hiramatsu & Tatsuta, 2022 from Ryukyu Islands. No other Sennin species have been recorded from other locations.A new species, Sennin shuanglong sp. n. is described from Anhui Province, China. Morphological illustrations, SEMs, living photos, habitat and distribution map are given.

Keywords

• Cave spider
• small body size
• taxonomy