The first record of Tricholathys Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (Araneae, Dictynidae) from China, with a new combination and descriptions of seven new species

By

Wang, Lu
Peng, Xian-Jin
Zhang, Zhisheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1185

Pages

255--267

Subjects

Description , DNA barcodes , mesh web spiders , Morphology , taxonomy , Tricholathysinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1185.107005

 

Abstract

The genus Tricholathys, found for the first time in China, is surveyed and seven new species, T. burangensissp. nov. (♂♀, Thibet), T. chenzhenningisp. nov. (♂♀, Qinghai), T. hebeiensissp. nov. (♀, Hebei), T. lhunzeensissp. nov. (♂♀, Tibet), Tricholathys relictoidessp. nov. (♂♀, Xinjiang), T. serratasp. nov. (♂♀, Tibet), and T. xizangensissp. nov. (♂♀, Tibet), are described. A new combination is proposed for Tricholathys alxa (Tang, 2011) comb. nov., ex. Argenna Thorell, 1870. Descriptions of all new species are provided, together with digital images, illustrations, and a distribution map. The DNA barcode information of four recently collected species is also provided.