Four species of spider genus Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 (Araneae, Eutichuridae) from Jinggang Mountains, Jiangxi Province, China

By

Zhang, Jianshuang
Zhang, Guren
Yu, Hao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

762

Pages

33-45

Subjects

Description , Morphology , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.762.23786

 

Abstract

Four species of spider genusCheiracanthiumC. L. Koch, 1839 are reported from Jinggang Mountains, Jiangxi Province, China. Two of them are described as new to science:C.auriculatumsp. n.(♀♂) andC.echinulatumsp. n.(♂).CheiracanthiumtaiwanicumChen, Huang, Chen & Wang, 2006 is recorded from Mainland China for the first time.CheiracanthiumzhejiangenseHu & Song, 1982, the most similar species toC.auriculatumsp. n., is a newly recorded species of Jiangxi Province. Detailed descriptions, diagnoses, and photographs of the two new species are given.CheiracanthiumtaiwanicumandC.zhejiangenseare also illustrated.