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Published: 2019-07-18
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Herbiphantes Tanasevitch, 1992 and Labullinyphia van Helsdingen, 1985 (Araneae, Linyphiidae), two newly recorded spider genera from the Gaoligong Mountains in China with the description of two new species

College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China Muhammad IRFAN
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China Muhammad IRFAN
Araneae Erigoninae Micronetinae sheet web spiders taxonomy Yunnan

Abstract

Herbiphantes Tanasevitch, 1992 and Labullinyphia van Helsdingen, 1985 are two genera for the first time in China. Two new species,  Herbiphantes acutalis n. sp. (male, female) and Labullinyphia furcata n. sp. (male, female), are described from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan. Detailed morphological description of both new species, habitus photos, copulatory organs, line drawings of copulatory organs, as well as the locality map are provided.

 

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