Metashinobius gen. nov., the second Asian genus with uncleared subfamily placement of Trechaleidae (Araneae, Lycosoidea) from southwest China, with the description of a new species

By

Cheng, Yufan
Liu, Jie 1968-
Wei, Mian

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-6-27

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--8

Subjects

Asia , Biodiversity , Morphology , new genus , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e153601

 

Abstract

Trechaleidae Simon, 1890 is a relatively small spider family comprising 17 genera and 136 species, most of which are distributed in South America and only one genus and three species are distributed in Asia; however, these have never been reported in southwest China. <br> A new genus, Metashinobius gen. nov., is established, based on a new species from Guizhou Province, southwest China: Metashinobius hikariae sp. nov. (♂). This is the second Asian genus of Trechaleidae. Diagnosis, detailed descriptions, colour illustrations and distribution map of the new species are provided. The type specimen of the new species is deposited in the Centre for Behavioural Ecology and Evolution (CBEE), Hubei University, Wuhan, China.