Four new spider species of the family Theridiosomatidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from caves in Laos

By

Lin, Yucheng
Li, Shuqiang
Jäger, Peter, 1968-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

391

Pages

75-102

Subjects

Araneoidea , Cave spiders , Indochina , limestone karst , Orbiculariae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.391.7161

 

Abstract

Four new species of the spider family Theridiosomatidae are described from caves in Laos: Alaria cavernicola sp. n. (♂♀), A. navicularis sp. n., (♂♀) A. bicornis sp. n. (♂♀), Chthonopes thakekensis sp. n. (♀). Diagnoses and illustrations for all new taxa are given. All holotypes are deposited in the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (SMF).