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Issue: Vol. 5351 No. 5: 29 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.3
Page range: 543-558
Abstract views: 137
PDF downloaded: 15

A further study on the Belisana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

College of Life Science; Shenyang Normal University; Shenyang 110034; Liaoning; China
College of Life Science; Shenyang Normal University; Shenyang 110034; Liaoning; China
Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100101; China
College of Life Science; Shenyang Normal University; Shenyang 110034; Liaoning; China
College of Life Science; Shenyang Normal University; Shenyang 110034; Liaoning; China
Araneae biodiversity morphology new species taxonomy tropics

Abstract

Species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 exhibit high diversity in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Currently, 14 species have been recorded. In this study, three additional new species of Belisana from Xishuangbanna are described and illustrated based on specimens from the collection of Shenyang Normal University in China. They are: Belisana chuandiani Li, Zheng & Yao sp. nov. (male, female), B. daxiangi Li, Zheng & Yao sp. nov. (male), and B. fengzheni Li, Zheng & Yao sp. nov. (male, female). Moreover, the female of B. zhengi Yao, Pham & Li, 2015 is reported for the first time. Taxonomic keys for identification of males and females of Belisana species from Xishuangbanna are also presented.

 

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