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Issue: Vol. 2989 No. 1: 9 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2989.1.2
Page range: 51–68
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 1

Eleven new species of the genus Belisana Thorell (Araneae: Pholcidae) from South China

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
Araneae taxonomy pholcine Belisana new species China

Abstract

Eleven new species of the spider genus Belisana are reported from South China: Belisana galeiformis sp. nov., B. bawangensis sp. nov., B. chaoanensis sp. nov., B. diaoluoensis sp. nov., B. longinqua sp. nov., B. parallelica sp. nov., B. erromena sp. nov., B. lata sp. nov., B. colubrina sp. nov., B. tianlinensis sp. nov., and B. yangi sp. nov. Somatic and genitalic features are described and illustrated.

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