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Issue: Vol. 5652 No. 1: 24 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5652.1.16
Page range: 144-161
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Seven new species of the spider genus Cicurina Menge, 1871 from Yintiaoling Nature Reserve, China (Araneae: Cicurinidae)

Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education); School of Life Sciences; Southwest University; Chongqing 400715; China.
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education); School of Life Sciences; Southwest University; Chongqing 400715; China.
Araneae description morphology taxonomy

Abstract

Seven new species of the genus Cicurina are described from Yintiaoling Nature Reserve, Chongqing, China: C. guanshan sp. nov., C. linkouzi sp. nov., C. minuta sp. nov., C. shuangyang sp. nov., C. wuxi sp. nov., C. yangi sp. nov. and C. yintiaoling sp. nov. Morphological descriptions, photos and illustrations of copulatory organs are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Wang, L.-Y. & Zhang, Z.-S. (2025) Seven new species of the spider genus Cicurina Menge, 1871 from Yintiaoling Nature Reserve, China (Araneae: Cicurinidae). Zootaxa, 5652 (1), 144–161. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5652.1.16