On eleven new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

By

Mi, Xiaoqi
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1137

Pages

75--108

Subjects

Arachnida , Morphology , Species , taxonomy , type

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1137.96306

 

Abstract

Eleven new species of Araneus Clerck, 1757 from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China are described: Araneus arcuatussp. nov. (♂♀), A. bidentatussp. nov. (♂♀), A. bidentatoidessp. nov. (♂♀), A. complanatussp. nov. (♂♀), A. corrugissp. nov. (♀), A. cucullatussp. nov. (♀), A. minisculussp. nov. (♂), A. ovoideussp. nov. (♀), A. pseudodigitatussp. nov. (♂♀), A. semiorbiculatussp. nov. (♀), and A. tetracanthussp. nov. (♂♀). Diagnostic photographs of the habitus and copulatory organs are provided.