Six new species of the spider genus Spiricoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from caves in Jiangxi, China

By

Chen, Lu
Zhao, Zhe
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

561

Pages

1-19

Subjects

Asia , cave , Coelotinae , Description , Diagnosis , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria, Pensoft Publishers,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.561.6965

 

Abstract

Six new species of the spider genus Spiricoelotes Wang, 2002 are described, S. anshiensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), S. chufengensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), S. nansheensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), S. taipingensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), S. xianheensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♂♀) and S. xiongxinensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♀). All new species were collected from caves in Jiangxi Province, China.