Three new species of Pinelema from caves in Guangxi, China (Araneae, Telemidae)

By

Song, Yang
Zhao, Huifeng
Luo, Yufa
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

692

Pages

83-101

Subjects

Haplogynae , karst region , SEM photographs , taxonomy , Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.692.11677

 

Abstract

Three new Pinelema species, P. cunfengensis Zhao & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), P. podiensis Zhao & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), and P. qingfengensis Zhao & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), are described from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, bringing the total number of Pinelema species to eight. All occur in Yunnan Province or the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The male palp of Telemidae was studied for the first time using scanning electron microscope.