Two new cave-dwelling Spiricoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Hubei, China

By

Chen, Hailun
Liu, Jie 1968-
Wei, Mian

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-16

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1245

Pages

383--397

Subjects

Biodiversity , cave , Coelotinae , COI , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1245.145389

 

Abstract

Two new cave-dwelling Spiricoelotes (Wang, 2002) species are described: S. metyrsp. nov. (♂♀) and S. zhengisp. nov. (♂♀). Moreover, Spiricoelotes zonatus (Peng & Wang, 1997) is redescribed due to the high similarity to S. zhengisp. nov. All these three species are illustrated, and their collection localities are mapped. To ensure the correct gender match, the COI sequences data are provided.