Five new species of the genera Falcileptoneta and Longileptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from South Korea

By

Lan, Tianqi
Zhao, Zhe
Kim, Seung-Tae
Yoo, Jung-Sun
Lee, Sueyeon
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1010

Pages

97--116

Subjects

Biodiversity , litter-dwelling fauna , Morphology , Spider , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1010.59915

 

Abstract

Five new leptonetid species belonging to Falcileptoneta Komatsu, 1970 and Longileptoneta Seo, 2015 are newly described from South Korea: F. dolsansp. nov. (Jeollanam-do), F. naejangsansp. nov. (Jeollabuk-do), L. buyongsansp. nov. (Chungcheongbuk-do), L. byeonsanbandosp. nov. (Jeollabuk-do) and L. jirisansp. nov. (Gyeongsangnam-do). All new species are found in leaf litter and described from both male and female specimens.