[Arachnida • 2022] Phrynarachne dreepy, P. xuxiake, ... • Taxonomic Notes on the Genus Phrynarachne (Araneae: Thomisidae) from China

 

 Phrynarachne xuxiake sp. nov., juvenile. 
 P. dreepy sp. nov., female life.

Lin & S. Li,

in Lin, Yu, Koomen, Yan et Li. 2022. 

DOI:  10.3897/zookeys.1085.77966

Abstract    

Four new species of the genus Phrynarachne Thorell, 1869 from China are described: P. dreepy Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), P. xuxiake Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀), P. yunhui Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀), and P. zhengzhongi Lin & S. Li, sp. nov. (♀). The unknown sexes of P. brevis Tang & S. Li, 2010 (♂), P. huangshanensis Li et al., 1985 (♀), P. lancea Tang & S. Li, 2010 (♂), and P. mammillata Song, 1990 (♀) are described for the first time. Phrynarachne sinensis Peng, Yin & Kim is treated as a nomen dubium.

Keywords: Diagnosis, new species, nomen dubium, type specimens

 

(B) Phrynarachne xuxiake sp. nov., juvenile. 
(C) Phrynarachne dreepy sp. nov., female life.

Photos by Fan Gao (B); Chao Wu (C).

Phrynarachne spp., live
A P. brevis, adult female B P. xuxiake sp. nov., juvenile.

 Photos by Chao Wu (A) and Fan Gao (B).

 Yejie Lin, Long Yu, Peter Koomen, Xunyou Yan and Shuqiang Li. 2022. Taxonomic Notes on the Genus Phrynarachne from China (Araneae, Thomisidae). ZooKeys. 1085: 69-99.  DOI:  10.3897/zookeys.1085.77966