Review of the spider genus Amaurobius (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) from China, with description of a new genus

By

Kong, Jin-Xia
Mu, Yannan
Zhu, Ben-Chao
Lu, Wei
Zhang, Zhisheng
Wang, Lu

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-15

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1245

Pages

269--287

Subjects

Amaurobiinae , Description , mesh web spider , Morphology , new combination , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1245.152487

 

Abstract

This study reviews the Chinese representatives of Amaurobius, and a new genus, Sinoamaurobius Kong, Zhang & Wang, gen. nov., is described to accommodate seven species, including three new species and four species transferred from Amaurobius: Sinoamaurobius guangwushanensis (Wang, Irfan, Zhou & Zhang, 2023), comb. nov., S. songi (Zhang, Wang & Zhang, 2018), comb. nov., S. spinatus (Zhang, Wang & Zhang, 2018), comb. nov., S. wulongdongensis (Wang, Irfan, Zhou & Zhang, 2023), comb. nov., S. baima Kong, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (♀, Sichuan), S. chengkou Kong, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀, Chongqing) and S. yintiaoling Kong, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀, Chongqing). Additionally, we also describe three new Amaurobius species: A. foping Kong, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (♀, Shaanxi), A. pingwu Kong, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀, Sichuan) and A. yushen Kong, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀, Chongqing and Hubei). For all new species, morphological descriptions and photos of habitus and copulatory organs are provided.