Notes on species of Talaus Simon, 1886 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species

By

Li, Congzheng
Yao, Yanbin
Xiao, Yonghong
Xu, Xiang
Liu, Keke

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1190

Pages

195--212

Subjects

Crab spiders , new synonym , Southeast Asia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1190.111583

 

Abstract

Taxonomic notes on the Talaus species from China are provided. Two new species, T. yuyang Yao & Liu, sp. nov. and T. zhangjiangkou Yao & Liu, sp. nov. are described and illustrated, and a further three species are redescribed based on their genitalic characters: T. dulongjiang Tang, Yin, Ubick & Peng, 2008, T. niger Tang, Yin, Ubick & Peng, 2008, and T. sulcus Tang & Li, 2010. The species T. xiphosus Zhu & Ono, 2007 is considered a junior synonym of T. triangulifer Simon, 1886 based on an examination of many recently collected female and male specimens from Guangxi Province, China. Diagnoses, detailed illustrations and a map of distributional records of the six treated species of Talaus in China are provided.