Two new species of Theridiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Yunnan province, China

Abstract

In this article, two new species Argyrodes latifolium sp. nov. (♂♀) and Episinus baoshanensis sp. nov. (♂) of Theridiidae are described as new to science from the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China. Also, diagnostic characteristics, morphological description, photos of the body, and line drawings of copulatory organs for the new species are examined and illustrated, including their distributional map. Keywords: Argyrodes, Comb-footed spiders, Episinus, Gaoligong mountains, Taxonomy