New data on the huntsman spiders (Araneae, Sparassidae) of China

By

Hu, Changhao
Zhang, He
Zhong, Yang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-4-11

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--15

Subjects

Biodiversity , Morphology , new records , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e153724

 

Abstract

Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 is the tenth largest family of Araneae, with 11 genera and 288 species known in China.<br> In the current paper, four newly-recorded species from China are provided: Heteropoda acris Korai &amp; Jäger, 2024, Olios sericeus (Kroneberg, 1875), O. suung Jäger, 2012 and Rhitymna plana Jäger, 2003, of which O. sericeus is re-described, based on specimens collected from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Additionally, a new Thelcticopis species, T. lini sp. nov., is described.