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Issue: Vol. 5666 No. 1: 25 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5666.1.7
Page range: 125-135
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 3

Description of a new genus, Septsigilla gen. nov., with two new species from China (Araneae: Miturgidae: Systariinae)

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; 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; 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.
Management and Protection Bureau of Tongbiguan Provincial Nature Reserve; Yunnan; 678400; China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; 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 Asia biodiversity morphology taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus of the miturgid subfamily Systariinae Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 is described from China: Septsigilla Zhang & Zhang gen. nov. Two new species are assigned to the genus: S. tongbiguan Zhang & Zhang sp. nov. (♂♀; type species) from Yunnan, and S. zhongi Zhang & Zhang sp. nov. (♂♀) from Xizang.

 

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How to Cite

Zhang, H., Yu, K., Zuo, A. & Zhang, F. (2025) Description of a new genus, Septsigilla gen. nov., with two new species from China (Araneae: Miturgidae: Systariinae). Zootaxa, 5666 (1), 125–135. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5666.1.7