Eight new species of the spider genera Raveniola and Sinopesa from China and Vietnam (Araneae, Nemesiidae)

By

Li, Shuqiang
Zonstein, Sergei L.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

519

Pages

Jan-32

Subjects

mygalomorph spiders , new records , South-East Asia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.519.8784

 

Abstract

Eight new species, seven Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 and one Sinopesa Raven & Schwendinger, 1995 from China and Vietnam are described: Raveniola alpina sp. n., R. bellula sp. n., R. chayi sp. n., R. gracilis sp. n., R. rugosa sp. n., R. spirula sp. n. and R. yajiangensis sp. n. and Sinopesa ninhbinhensis sp. n. Keys to all East-Asian congeners, diagnoses of the new species, and new distribution data of R. montana Zonstein & Marusik, 2012, with a first record for Sichuan, China, are provided.