ZooKeys (May 2023)

Two new genera and five new species of Corinnidae Karsch, 1880 (Arachnida, Araneae) from China and Vietnam

  • Ying Lu,
  • Chang Chu,
  • Zixuan Lin,
  • Dinh-Sac Pham,
  • Shuqiang Li,
  • Zhiyuan Yao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1165.102672
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1165
pp. 17 – 42

Abstract

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Six species of the family Corinnidae Karsch, 1880 are described from China and Vietnam. Fengzhen gen. nov. is erected to accommodate F. mengla sp. nov. (♂♀) from China; Peng gen. nov. is erected to accommodate P. birmanicus (Thorell, 1897), comb. nov., P. borneensis (Yamasaki, 2017), comb. nov. and P. taprobanicus (Simon, 1897), comb. nov., transferred from Sphecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895. Further new species described include Allomedmassa tamdao sp. nov. (♂), Echinax baisha sp. nov. (♂), Medmassa lingshui sp. nov. (♂), and Spinirta shaoguan sp. nov. (♂). The male of P. birmanicus is described for the first time.