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Issue: Vol. 5666 No. 1: 25 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5666.1.5
Page range: 105-114
Abstract views: 49
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Two new species of the genus Tmarus Simon, 1875 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from China

College of Life Sciences; Hunan Normal University; Changsha; Hunan 410081; China.
College of Life Sciences; Hunan Normal University; Changsha; Hunan 410081; China.
School of life Sciences; National Navel Orange Engineering Research Center; Gannan Normal University; Ganzhou; Jiangxi 341000; China
School of life Sciences; National Navel Orange Engineering Research Center; Gannan Normal University; Ganzhou; Jiangxi 341000; China
College of Life Sciences; Hunan Normal University; Changsha; Hunan 410081; China.
Araneae Crab spiders Taxonomy Yuelu Mountains Wuling Mountains COI

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Tmarus Simon, 1875 are described and named as T. yueluensis sp. nov. (♂♀) and T. rostratus sp. nov. (♂♀) from Hunan Province. Detailed description, photographs of somatic features and copulatory organs, as well as a distribution map are provided. Nucleotide data for the barcoding gene, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) of T. yueluensis. sp. nov. (♂♀) are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Zhou, Y.-C., Qin, X.-Y., Zhou, G.-C., Peng, X.-J. & Liu, P. (2025) Two new species of the genus Tmarus Simon, 1875 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from China. Zootaxa, 5666 (1), 105–114. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5666.1.5