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Issue: Vol. 5231 No. 4: 1 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.4.6
Page range: 445-458
Abstract views: 207
PDF downloaded: 28

Three new Spinirta species from China (Araneae, Corinnidae), with the first description of the male of S. leigongshanensis Jin & Zhang, 2020

1The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
2School of Landscape and Ecological Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, Hebei 056038, P. R. China
1The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
Araneae corinnid morphology new species taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Spinirta Jin & Zhang, 2020 are described from China: S. shenwushanensis sp. nov., S. lanceola sp. nov. and S. caudata sp. nov.. Additionally, the male of S. leigongshanensis Jin & Zhang, 2020 is described for the first time. Finally, we provide an updated distribution map of the genus.

 

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