Description on two species of genus Platythomisus (Araneae, Thomisidae) from China and Singapore

By

Lin, Yejie
Koh, Joseph K H
Shao, Lili
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

852

Pages

73-84

Subjects

African region , new species , Oriental region , taxonomy , type species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.852.34436

 

Abstract

Two species of the genus Platythomisus Doleschall, 1859 are studied: P.xiandao Lin & Li, sp. nov. is described based on male and female specimens from Yunnan, China, and P.octomaculatus (C. L. Koch, 1845), the type species of the genus, is redescribed based on female specimens from Singapore. Its male, also from Singapore, is described for the first time.