A new species of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Ganjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, southern China

By

Tan, Mingshan
Xu, Kuankuan
Zhou, Guchun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2026-1-7

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

14

Pages

1--9

Subjects

Asia , Cobweb spiders , Distribution , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e182063

 

Abstract

<br> The genus<br> Theridion<br> Walckenaer, 1805 comprises 577 species, distributed all over the world and it is common in habitat species, such as grasses, barks and deciduous layers.<br> <br> <br> A new cobweb species,<br> Theridion ganjiangyuan<br> Zhou, sp. nov., is described from the Ganjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, in Jiangxi Province, China. A detailed description, diagnosis, illustrations and a distribution map of the new species are provided.<br>