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| Ibana gan Liu & Li, in Liu, Li, Yao, et al., 2022. |
Abstract
Background
The genus Ibana Benjamin, 2014 was established, based on the type species Ibana senagang Benjamin, 2014 from Borneo, Malaysia. No species of this genus has been recorded from China.
New information
A new species of Ibana is described and illustrated, representing the first record of the genus for China. Ibana gan sp. n. differs from its congener by the yellowishbrown longitudinal band on the abdomen and the round, contiguous spermathecae. The distribution of the new species in Jiangxi Province is mapped.
Keywords: taxonomy, spiders, types, Jiangxi
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| Ibana gan sp. n., female. A type locality in Huangyangjie Scenic Spot, Jinggang Mountain National Nature Reserve; B–D photos of living specimen. |
Ibana gan Liu & Li, sp. n.
Diagnosis: The new species can be distinguished from Ibana senagang Benjamin, 2014 (Benjamin 2014: 181, figs. 1G, 3A–C) by the transverse ridge of copulatory openings present (vs. absent), the copulatory ducts extending from anterolateral to posteromedial part of epigyne (vs. from medial to anteromedial) and the oval, contiguous spermathecae (vs. close touching) (Figs 2, 3).
Etymology: The specific name refers to the Chinese abbreviation for Jiangxi Province; noun in apposition.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality in Jiangxi Province, China
Keke Liu, Wenhui Li, Yanbin Yao, Congzheng Li and Shuqiang Li. 2022. The First Record of the Thomisid Genus Ibana Benjamin, 2014 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from China, with the Description of A New Species. Biodiversity Data Journal. 10: e93637. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e93637
