Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China

By

Deng, Zhongwei
Agnarsson, Ingi
Chen, Zhanqi
Liu, Jie 1968-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1082

Pages

153--178

Subjects

Cobweb spider , comb-footed spider , flattened black spines , long-legged theridiid spiders , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1082.75400

 

Abstract

In an ongoing effort to expand knowledge of the Chinese cobweb spider fauna (Theridiidae), the genus Meotipa Simon, 1894 is reviewed. Two new species are described, Meotipa pseudopicturatasp. nov., Meotipa striatasp. nov., and five known species are redescribed: Meotipa argyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952), Meotipa pulcherrima (Mello-Leitão, 1917), Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895, Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869), and Meotipa vesiculosa Simon, 1895.