Two new speicies of Diphya Nicolet, 1849 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) from Southwest China

By

Zhang, Jianshuang
Zhang, Qi
Long, Feiyang
Yu, Hao
Yi, Yin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1124

Pages

131--145

Subjects

DNA barcoding , identification key , Morphology , taxonomy , tetragnathid

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1124.86828

 

Abstract

Two new species of tetragnathid spiders from Guizhou and Sichuang provinces of China are described: Diphya guiyang J. Zhang & H. Yu, sp. nov. (♂♀) and Diphya weimiani J. Zhang & H. Yu, sp. nov. (♀). Detailed descriptions, diagnoses, and photographs are provided for these two species, as well as a key and a distribution map for Chinese Diphya species. DNA barcodes (a partial fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene, COI) of both new species were obtained for species delimitation, matching of different sexes, and future use in molecular studies.