Taxonomic study on Mysmenidae spiders (Mysmenidae, Araneae) from Xishuangbanna of Yunnan, China

By

Zhang, Qiuqiu
Li, Shuqiang
Lin, Yucheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1124

Pages

59--108

Subjects

diagnoses , Discovery , minute clasping weavers , rainforest , types

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1124.85952

 

Abstract

Thirteen spider species belonging to the family Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 are reported from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Menglun Township, Mengla County, Yunnan Province of China. One genus and five species are documented as new to science: Mengmena bannagen. nov. et. sp. nov. (♂♀), Mengmena yulinsp. nov. (♀), Mosu heguomusp. nov. (♂♀), Mysmena luosuosp. nov. (♂♀), and Mysmena daisp. nov. (♀). One species is proposed as a new combination: Mosu zhengi (Lin & Li, 2008) comb. nov. (♂♀, ex Mysmena Simon, 1894). The females of Microdipoena menglunensis (Lin & Li, 2008), Mysmena arcilonga Lin & Li, 2008, Mysmena furca Lin & Li, 2008, and Mysmena rostella Lin & Li, 2008 are described for the first time. Three known species are re-examined and photographed: Gaoligonga taeniata Lin & Li, 2014, Mysmena biangulata (Lin & Li, 2008), and Mysmena cornigera (Lin & Li, 2008). Morphological diagnoses and illustrations are provided for these thirteen mysmenid species.