Two new species and a new combination in Aculithus Liu & Li, 2022 (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from South China

By

Jiang, Zimin
Wang, Zhongjing
Lyu, Xiaoting
Yang, Jun
Liu, Keke

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-4-8

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--14

Subjects

diversity , hotspot , Jiangxi Province , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e153747

 

Abstract

Jiangxi Province has gradually become a hotspot for research on the family Phrurolithidae Banks, 1892, with 64 new species discovered in the past five years. Notably, over half of the currently known Aculithus species (5 species) were recorded in this region. However, studies have primarily focused on southern Jiangxi, while northern Jiangxi and remote mountainous areas remain under-surveyed. Many unknown Phrurolithidae species are still likely to be discovered within the Province.<br> Two new species, Aculithus languan Jiang &amp; Liu, sp. nov. and A. ruijin Jiang &amp; Liu, sp. nov., are described from Jiangxi Province, China. Morphological illustrations, SEM pictures, photos of live specimens and a distribution map are given. Additionally, a new combination, A. taoyuan (Fu, Chen &amp; Zhang, 2016) comb. nov., is proposed. The total number of the known species of Aculithus from China is raised to 12, including the three species treated in the present paper.