Mutatus gen. nov., a new genus of Phrurolithidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from China, with descriptions of four new species

By

Mu, Yannan
Wang, Lu
Zhang, Feng
Zhang, Zhisheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1226

Pages

121--137

Subjects

Asia , guardstone spiders , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1226.137752

 

Abstract

Mutatusgen. nov. is described from southwest China, including four new species: M. gelaosp. nov. (♂♀, Guizhou Province), M. tianyansp. nov. (♂♀, Hubei Province), M. tujiasp. nov. (♂♀, Hubei Province), and M. yintiaolingsp. nov. (♂, Chongqing Municipality). This new genus can be differentiated from other phrurolithid genera by the male palp which has a prolateral tegular apophysis and tegular sheet, and by a small protuberance on the female epigynal plate.