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Issue: Vol. 4500 No. 2: 16 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.2.1
Page range: 151–178
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 2

Five new Lathys species (Araneae: Dictynidae) from South China and the first description of the male of Lathys spiralis Zhang, Hu & Zhang, 2012

College of Life Science, Jinggangshan University, Ji’an 343009, Jiangxi, China College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
College of Life Science, Jinggangshan University, Ji’an 343009, Jiangxi, China
College of Life Science, Jinggangshan University, Ji’an 343009, Jiangxi, China
College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
Araneae Taxonomy Jinggang Mountain Jiangxi

Abstract

Dictynidae spiders were collected from Jinggang Mountain National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China in the past four years. Five new species are described and illustrated with photographs, SEMs and line drawings: Lathys adunca Liu spec. nov. (male), L. deltoidea Liu spec. nov. (female), L. fibulata Liu spec. nov. (female), L. huangyangjieensis Liu spec. nov. (male, female) and L. zhanfengi Liu spec. nov. (female). Both sexes of the species L. spiralis Zhang, Hu & Zhang, 2012 were collected from leaf litter in Jinggangshan University and the male is described for the first time. All specimens are deposited in the Animal Specimen Museum, Life Science College, at the Jinggangshan University (ASM-JGSU).

 

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