New cheiracanthiid spiders from Xishuangbanna rainforest, southwestern China (Araneae, Cheiracanthiidae)

By

Zhang, Jianshuang
Yu, Hao
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

940

Pages

51--77

Subjects

key to genera , new genus , new species , Oriental region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.940.51802

 

Abstract

Four new species of the genusCheiracanthiumC.L. Koch, 1839 from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China are described:C. daofengYu & Li,sp. nov.(♂♀),C. duanbiYu & Li,sp. nov.(♂♀),C. gouYu & Li,sp. nov.(♂), andC. wuquanYu & Li,sp. nov.(♀). In addition,SinocanthiumYu & Li,gen. nov., is described with the type speciesS. shuangqiuYu & Li,sp. nov.A key to cheiracanthiid genera distributed in East and Southeast Asia is provided.