Nine new species of the spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

By

Mi, Xiaoqi
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1072

Pages

49--81

Subjects

Morphology , new record , orb-weaver spider , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1072.73345

 

Abstract

Nine new species of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 from Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China are described: Acusilas tongisp. nov. (♂♀), Chorizopes yuisp. nov. (♂♀), Chorizopesoides guoisp. nov. (♂♀), Deione chenisp. nov. (♀), D. yangisp. nov. (♂♀), Hypsosinga pullasp. nov. (♂♀), Mangora baiisp. nov. (♂♀), M. cephalasp. nov. (♂♀) and Milonia gemellasp. nov. (♂♀). The genus Milonia Thorell, 1890 is recorded from China for the first time. The previous description of Chorizopesoides wulingensis (Yin, Wang & Xie, 1994) from Libo County, Guizhou by Mi and Wang (2018) refers to Chorizopesoides annasestakovaesp. nov. (♂♀). Diagnostic photos of the habitus and copulatory organs of the new species are provided.