Eight new species of Otacilia (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from southern China

By

Liu, Keke
Ying, Yuan-Hao
Xiao, Yu-Xin
Yang, Jing
Xiao, Yonghong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

979

Pages

1--33

Subjects

Jiangxi Province , sac spider , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.979.56273

 

Abstract

Eight new Otacilia species were collected from Ji’an City, Jiangxi Province, China during a survey of the phrurolithid fauna of the region: Otacilia bizhouica Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), O. gougunao Liu, sp. nov. (♂), O. nanhuashanica Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), O. subfabiformis Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), O. wugongshanica Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), Otacilia yusishanica Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), O. zaoshiica Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀) and O. ziyaoshanica Liu, sp. nov. (♀). All species are described and illustrated with photographs and SEM micrographs, and their distribution is also mapped.