A review of the spider genus Chthonopes (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae), with descriptions of two new species from China

By

Yang, Weicheng
Yu, Hao
Lin, Yucheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1124

Pages

147--160

Subjects

Araneoidea , Asia , key , revision , theridiosomatid , Yunnan

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1124.89991

 

Abstract

The genus Chthonopes Wunderlich, 2011 is reviewed in this paper. The type species Chthonopes jaegeri Wunderlich, 2011 was illustrated based on new material from the type locality and the new distribution records (Bolikhamsay and Ban Kouanphavang Khammouane, Laos). Two new species are described from Yunnan, China: C. bifidum Yu & Lin, sp. nov. (♂♀) and C. jimudeng Yu & Lin, sp. nov. (♀). A key is provided for the genus, as well as species diagnoses, and a distribution map for all five species of Chthonopes.