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Issue: Vol. 5632 No. 2: 7 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5632.2.10
Page range: 377-389
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 4

Three new species of crab-spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Yunnan, China

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding; Hebei 071002; P. R. China; Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction; Hebei University; Baoding; Hebei 071002; P. R. China
ey Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding; Hebei 071002; P. R. China; Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interaction; Hebei University; Baoding; Hebei 071002; P. R. China
Araneae Arachnida morphology taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of the spider familiy Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833 from Yunnan, China are described: Lysiteles falcifer sp. nov., Pharta tridens sp. nov. and Tmarus scopullitus sp. nov. Detailed morphological diagnostic features and illustrations are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Liu, C. & Zhang, F. (2025) Three new species of crab-spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa, 5632 (2), 377–389. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.2.10