On five new species of the genera Araneus and Hypsosinga (Araneae, Araneidae) from Vietnam

By

Xiaoqi, Mi
Li, Shuqiang
Pham, Dinh-Sac

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1161

Pages

69--87

Subjects

Arachnida , Biodiversity , Diagnosis , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1161.102375

 

Abstract

Five new species of the spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 from Vietnam are described: Araneus eugeneisp. nov. (♂♀), A. ethanisp. nov. (♀), A. liamisp. nov. (♂♀), Hypsosinga ryanisp. nov. (♂♀), and H. zionisp. nov. (♀). Diagnostic photographs of the habitus and copulatory organs are provided. Types of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China.