Further study of two Chinese cave spiders (Araneae, Mysmenidae), with description of a new genus

By

Feng, Chengcheng
Miller, Jeremy A.
Lin, Yucheng
Shu, Yunfei

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

870

Pages

77-100

Subjects

China , Gaoligong Mountains , Maymena , new genus , Phylogeny , symphytognathoids , troglobite

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.870.35971

 

Abstract

The current paper expands knowledge of two Chinese cave spider species originally described in the genus Maymena Gertsch, 1960: M. paquini Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 and M. kehen Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009. With the exception of these two species, the genus Maymena is endemic to the western hemisphere, and new evidence presented here supports the creation of a new genus for the Chinese species, which we name Yamanetagen. nov. The male of Y. kehen is described for the first time. Detailed illustrations of the habitus, male palps and epigyne are provided for these two species, as well as descriptions of their webs. DNA sequences are provided for both Yamaneta species. We build on a previously published phylogenetic analysis of Mysmenidae to assess the phylogenetic position of Yamaneta and its relationship to true Maymena.