Two new species of Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) and first description of A. wulongensis male from China

By

Liu, Ping
IRFAN, MUHAMMAD
Yang, Sufang
Peng, Xianjin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

886

Pages

61--77

Subjects

Araneinae , Chongqing , Gaoligong Mountain , Hubei , orb-weaver , taxonomy , Wuling Mountain , Yunnan

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.886.31163

 

Abstract

Two new species of Araneus Clerck, 1757 are described: A. conexussp. nov. (♂♀) and A. digitatussp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan and Hubei provinces. The male of A. wulongensis Song & Zhu, 1992 is described here for the first time. All species treated in this study belong to A. strurmi species group. Detailed description and illustrations of somatic features, and copulatory organs as well as distribution maps are provided.