Six new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) and a redescription of A. colubrinus Song & Zhu, 1992 from Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China

By

Xiaoqi, Mi
Wang, Cheng
Gan, Jiahui

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1173

Pages

243--273

Subjects

Arachnida , Morphology , new synonym , taxonomy , Wuling Mountains

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1173.106315

 

Abstract

Six new species of the genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 from Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, China are described: Araneus chenjingisp. nov. (♂♀), and A. yuboisp. nov. (♂♀) are assigned to the A. diadematus group; A. lihaiboisp. nov. (♂♀), A. shiisp. nov. (♂♀), A. wanghuaisp. nov. (♂♀), and A. yangchuandongisp. nov. (♂♀) are assigned to the A. sturmi group. Araneus colubrinus Song & Zhu, 1992 is redescribed. A new synonym of Araneus colubrinus Song & Zhu, 1992 is proposed: Araneus octodentalis Song & Zhu, 1992 syn. nov.