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Issue: Vol. 5666 No. 2: 28 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5666.2.6
Page range: 239-261
Abstract views: 65
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On five new species of the genus Synagelides Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae: Agoriini) from China

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; 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; Engineering Research Center of Ecological Safety and Conservation in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Xiong’an New Area) of MOE; Baoding; Hebei 071002; P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; 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; Engineering Research Center of Ecological Safety and Conservation in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Xiong’an New Area) of MOE; Baoding; Hebei 071002; P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; 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; Engineering Research Center of Ecological Safety and Conservation in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Xiong’an New Area) of MOE; Baoding; Hebei 071002; P. R. China
Araneae distribution jumping spider morphology taxonomy

Abstract

Five new species of Synagelides Strand, 1906 from China are described: S. numu sp. nov. (♂♀) and S. xiangyun sp. nov. from Hunan Province, S. lovecrafti sp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan Province, S. qin sp. nov. (♂♀) from Gansu Province and S. shimian sp. nov. (♂♀) from Sichuan Province. Diagnostic illustrations and photographs, as well as a distributional map, are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Ni, Y., Li, Y. & Zhang, J. (2025) On five new species of the genus Synagelides Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae: Agoriini) from China. Zootaxa, 5666 (2), 239–261. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5666.2.6