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Issue: Vol. 5652 No. 1: 24 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5652.1.21
Page range: 201-206
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Description of one new jumping spider species, with the first description of the female of Thiania longapophysis Yu & Zhang, 2022 from Yintiaoling Nature Reserve, China (Araneae: Salticidae)

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

Abstract

A new species belonging to the genus Plexippoides Prószyński, 1984 is described: Plexippoides yintiaoling sp. nov. (male, female). The female of Thiania longapophysis Yu & Zhang, 2022 is also described for the first time. All specimens were collected from Yintiaoling Nature Reserve. Its morphological description and photographs are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Lu, J.-Z. & Wang, L.-Y. (2025) Description of one new jumping spider species, with the first description of the female of Thiania longapophysis Yu & Zhang, 2022 from Yintiaoling Nature Reserve, China (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa, 5652 (1), 201–206. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5652.1.21