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Issue: Vol. 4810 No. 1: 9 Jul. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.12
Page range: 175–197
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 3

Six new species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from southern China

College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China
College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China
College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Araneae morphology taxonomy diversity invertebrate Pholcinae

Abstract

The genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 is diverse in southern China. In this study, six new species are described and illustrated: Belisana guilin sp. nov. (Guangxi; male, female), Belisana maoer sp. nov. (Sichuan; male, female), Belisana naling sp. nov. (Guangxi; male, female), Belisana xiyuan sp. nov. (Fujian; male, female), Belisana xuanguan sp. nov. (Guangxi; male) and Belisana yuexiu sp. nov. (Guangdong; male). In addition, Belisana is reported from Sichuan for the first time.

 

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