A new species of Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from Fujian, China

By

Zhou, Guchun
Lu, Jian
Cui, Muqiushi
Xu, Jiasheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-1-3

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--12

Subjects

Asia , Biodiversity , Morphology , Mygalomorphae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e142264

 

Abstract

The genus Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 comprises 66 species, distributed across regions from East Asia to the Caucasus, with about 20 species recorded from China. According to Zonstein et al. (2018) and Zonstein (2024), members of Raveniola can be identified by the presence of two to three retroventral megaspines arranged sequentially on tibia I in males and paired spermathecae in females, each bearing two-branched heads or a lateral diverticulum.<br> A new mygalomorph species, Raveniola fuzhouensis Zhou, sp. nov., is described from Fujian Province, China. Detailed description, diagnosis, illustrations and a distribution map of the new species are provided.