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Issue: Vol. 2508 No. 1: 16 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2508.1.4
Page range: 56–64
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

Huntsman spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, China

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Senckenberg Research Institute, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Araneae Taxonomy fauna new species new record Yunnan

Abstract

An extensive faunal survey of spiders from Xishuangbanna was carried out over one year (July 2006–August 2007) using various collecting techniques (ground pitfall traps, trunk pitfall traps, fogging and hand collecting). Three known Sparassidae species were collected: Heteropoda tetrica Thorell, 1897, Pseudopoda songi Jäger, 2008, and Pseudopoda namkhan Jäger, Pathoumthong & Vedel, 2006, the latter reported for the first time from China. Thelcticopis zhengi sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on males and females. All specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (IZCAS) and Research Institute Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main (SMF).

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