Three new species of Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae) from Xizang, China

By

Gan, Jiahui
Xiaoqi, Mi
Wang, Cheng
Fan, Liqing

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-9-3

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1251

Pages

1--15

Subjects

Cob-web spider , DNA barcodes , Morphology , southwestern China , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1251.164206

 

Abstract

Three new species belonging to the spider family Theridiidae are described based on materials collected from Xizang Autonomous Region, Southwestern China: Moneta linzhi Gan, Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♀♂), M. yinae Gan, Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♀♂) and Phoroncidia cibagou Gan, Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♀♂). Diagnostic photos of the habitus and copulatory organs, and a distribution map are provided.