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Issue: Vol. 5277 No. 3: 3 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.3.7
Page range: 553-564
Abstract views: 214
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Two new species of the spider genus Putaoa (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from southern China

College of Life Science; Hunan Normal University; Changsha 410081; Hunan; China
College of Life Science; Hunan Normal University; Changsha 410081; Hunan; China
Department of Biological Sciences; The George Washington University; DC 20052; USA
College of Life Science; Hunan Normal University; Changsha 410081; Hunan; China
College of Life Science; Hunan Normal University; Changsha 410081; Hunan; China
Araneae Distribution linyphiid morphology classification taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Putaoa Hormiga and Tu, 2008 from southern China are described, Putaoa annulata n. sp. (♂♀) and Putaoa titanoverpa n. sp. (♂♀), for a total number of five described species in this genus. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the two new species are provided. A map of collecting localities is also provided for all five Putaoa species.

 

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