A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach

By

Zhang, Jianshuang
Zhang, Chengwen
Xing, Yuanqian
Yu, Hao
Xiaoqi, Mi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-10-10

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1255

Pages

207--237

Subjects

Biodiversity , DNA barcoding , molecular species delimitation , Morphology , new species , orb-weaver

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340

 

Abstract

A survey was undertaken to study the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878, from Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, southwest China. A total of two species is here addressed based on morphology and five methods of molecular species delimitation, comprising L. guiyang J. Zhang, Yu & Mi, sp. nov. and L. fusiformis (Thorell, 1877), the type species of the genus as well as a new record for mainland China. These two species are distributed in Huaxi District and Kaiyang County of Guiyang, respectively, providing the first formal record of this genus from mainland China.