One new species of Drapetisca Menge, 1866 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Gele Mountain, Chongqing, China

By

Shi, He-Xiong
Liu, Zu-Ying
IRFAN, MUHAMMAD
Wang, Lu-Yu

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2026-1-13

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

14

Pages

1--7

Subjects

Description , Distribution , Morphology , sheet-web spiders , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e180901

 

Abstract

<br> The genus<br> Drapetisca<br> comprises 7 species distributed in Canada, Central Asia, China, Caucasus, Europe, Japan, Russia (Europe to the Far East), and the USA, out of which five species have been recorded in China (World Spider Catalog 2025). The males and females of<br> Drapetisca<br> can be distinguished from all other Linyphiidae genera by the palpal distal arm of the paracymbium anchor-shaped in the retrolateral view and the protruding epigyne without a scape.<br> <br> <br> While examining Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 specimens from Gele Mountain in Chongqing, we discovered a new species of the genus<br> Drapetisca<br> ,<br> D. dentata<br> sp. nov.<br> Detailed descriptions, photographs of copulatory organs and somatic features, and a distribution map are provided.<br>