Description of six new crab-spider species and first description of the male of Pharta xizang Liu & Yao, 2023 from Medog, Xizang, China (Araneae, Thomisidae)

By

Wang, Lu
Mu, Yannan
Lu, Feng
Xu, Yongqiang
Bu, Haitao
Zhang, Feng
Zhang, Zhisheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1217

Pages

195--213

Subjects

Description , Morphology , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1217.127555

 

Abstract

Seven species of the crab-spider family Thomisidae from Medog, Xizang, China are described here, including six new species: Camaricus medog Wang, Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. (♂♀), Monaeses xizang Wang, Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. (♂♀), Sinothomisus beibeng Wang, Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. (♂♀), Sinothomisus dawai Wang, Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. (♂♀), Spilosynema motuo Wang, Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. (♂♀), and Thomisus yarang Wang, Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. (♂♀). The male of Pharta xizang Liu & Yao, 2023 is described here for the first time. Descriptions and photographs of all the species are provided.