Abstract
Three new species of the genus Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 are described as such: D. circinatus sp. nov. (male, female), D. jiemuxiensis sp. nov. (female) and D. latus sp. nov. (male, female), from Hunan province, China. Detailed descriptions, photos of somatic features and copulatory organs, as well as the distribution map are provided. Nucleotide data for the barcoding gene, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) of D. circinatus sp. nov. (male, female) are provided.
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