Five new species of Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 from China (Araneae, Macrothelidae)

By

Lin, Yejie
Yan, Xunyou
Li, Shuqiang
Ballarin, Francesco
Chen, Haifeng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1052

Pages

1--23

Subjects

Asia , cryptic species , Mygalomorphae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1052.68623

 

Abstract

Five new species of the genus Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 are described from China: Macrothele emei Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Sichuan), M. hanfeii Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Hainan), M. hungae Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Taiwan), M. limenghuai Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Sichuan), and M. nanning Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Guangxi). Types of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China.