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Issue: Vol. 2442 No. 1: 3 May. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-05-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2442.1.1
Page range: 1–24
Abstract views: 30
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New Coelotine spiders from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, Southwestern China (Araneae: Amaurobiidae)

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Araneae Taxonomy new species diagnosis morphology tropical forest

Abstract

Four new species of coelotine species from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, Yunnan, China are described: Coelotes forficatus sp. nov., Draconarius bannaensis sp. nov., Draconarius exiguus sp. nov. and Draconarius turriformis sp. nov. Morphological descriptions and illustrations of all the four new species are given. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

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