Eleven new species of theridiosomatid spiders from southern China (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae)

By

Zhao, Qingyuan
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

255

Pages

1-48

Subjects

Biodiversity , canopy , cave , leaf litterm , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.255.3272

 

Abstract

Two new genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae, Alaria gen.n. with the type species Alaria chengguanensis sp. n., Menglunia gen.n. with the type species Menglunia inaffecta sp. n., are described from Guizhou and Yunnan, China. Nine more new species from Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan and Yunnan Provinces of southern China are described: Baalzebub rastrarius sp. n., B. youyiensis sp. n., Karstia nitida sp. n., K. prolata sp. n., Ogulnius hapalus sp. n., Theridiosoma plumaria sp. n., T. triumphalis sp. n., T. vimineum sp. n., Zoma fascia sp. n. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.