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Issue: Vol. 5636 No. 3: 19 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.3.7
Page range: 523-537
Abstract views: 55
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Review of Kelawakaju Maddison & Ruiz, 2022 from China, with description of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae)

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; 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.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; 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.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; 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 Bark dweller embolus morphology Dendryphantini Marpissina

Abstract

The species of Kelawakaju Maddison & Ruiz, 2022 from China are reviewed, and two new species are described based on both sexes: K. nezha Yu & Zhang, sp. nov. (Yunnan) and K. pomo Yu, Li & Zhang, sp. nov. (Guangxi). K. frenata (Simon, 1901), previously known from China, is further described here for comparison. A key for identifying all species within Kelawakaju is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Yu, K., Li, Y. & Zhang, J. (2025) Review of Kelawakaju Maddison & Ruiz, 2022 from China, with description of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae). Zootaxa, 5636 (3), 523–537. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.3.7