Three new species of the genus Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) from China

By

Li, Songlin
Liu, Ping
Peng, Xian-Jin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1125

Pages

87--101

Subjects

Araneoidea , long-jawed spider , taxonomy , Tetragnathinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1125.86905

 

Abstract

Three new species of Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 are described from China: T. bifurcata Li & Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀) and T. tortilis Li & Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan Province, and T. bimaculata Li & Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Hubei and Hunan provinces. Detailed descriptions, photographs of somatic features and copulatory organs, and a distribution map of these three species are provided.