Monday, January 23, 2023

[Arachnida • 2022] Lysiteles nanfengmian • A New Species of Lysiteles Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from South China


Lysiteles nanfengmian
Li, Li, Yao, Liu & Liao, 2022


Abstract
Background: 
Lysiteles Simon, 1895 is one of the largest taxa with small body size among the Thomisidae and is mainly distributed in East, South and Southeast Asia. Most of them are recorded from southern provinces of China, such as Jiangxi Province, including three species. However, all of them are only discovered from Jinggang Mountain National Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province. But there are still other species remaining unknown which need to be surveyed from other areas in this Province.

New information: 
One Lysiteles species was collected from Nanfengmian National Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province. Based on morphological characters, it was recognised as a new species and has been named as Lysiteles nanfengmian sp. n. It is described and illustrated with photographs and its distribution is also mapped.

Keywords: axonomy, spiders, morphological, Jiangxi

Lysiteles nanfengmian sp. n., living specimen.
A & B male; C & D female.


Wenhui Li, Congzheng Li, Yanbin Yao, Keke Liu and Xuqing Liao. 2022. A New Species of Lysiteles Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from South China. Biodiversity Data Journal. 10: e95981. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e95981