Two new species of Amaurobius C.L. Koch, 1837 from China (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)

By

Wang, Lu
IRFAN, MUHAMMAD
Zhou, Huan
Zhang, Zhisheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1169

Pages

307--315

Subjects

Amaurobius guangwushanensis sp. nov , Amaurobius wulongdongensis sp. nov , Description , illustration , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1169.102581

 

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Amaurobius are described from China: A. guangwushanensissp. nov. (♂♀) from Sichuan and A. wulongdongensissp. nov. (♂♀) from Shaanxi. With the addition of two new species, the number of Amaurobius species endemic to China now reaches four. Morphological descriptions, photos, and illustrations of copulatory organs, as well as a map of distribution records, are provided.