Saturday, August 31, 2024

[Arachnida • 2023] Liphistius chang & L. pilok • Two New Species of Liphistius (Araneae: Liphistiidae) from Thailand


[A–B] Liphistius pilok, [C–D] Liphistius chang 

Tanikawa & Petcharad, 2023

Two new species of LiphistiusL. pilok n. sp. and L. chang n. sp., are described from Thong Pha Phum District, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.

Keywords: COI, Pilok, Thong Pha Phum, trap door spider

 Habitus. A–B, Liphistius pilok n. sp., C–D, Liphistius chang n. sp.;
 A, C, male (holotype); C, D, female (paratype).
Scales = 10 mm.

Liphistius pilok new species
(Thai name: Buengfa-Tongplong-Pilok 
บึ้งฝาท้องปล้องปิล็อก).


Liphistius chang new species 
(Thai name: Buengfa-Tongplong-Chang 
บึ้งฝาท้องปล้องช้าง).


Akio Tanikawa and Booppa Petcharad. 2023. Two New Species of Liphistius (Araneae: Liphistiidae) from Thailand. Acta Arachnologica. 72(1);  1-8. DOI: doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.72.1