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| Cyclosa xingqing sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype; D–J: Male holotype Guizygiella huahai sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype; D–F: Male holotype Poltys waipo sp. nov. A–F, J–M: Female paratype; G–I: Male holotype Tangaraneus geqian sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype; D–K: Male holotype Songaraneus jiekou sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype; D–J: Male holotype Yinaraneus anhao sp. nov. A–D, J–M: Male holotype; E–I: Female paratype Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 |
Abstract
Six new genera, Pengaraneus gen. nov., Songaraneus gen. nov., Tangaraneus gen. nov., Wangaraneus gen. nov., Yinaraneus gen. nov. and Zhuaraneus gen. nov., and twenty species, including sixteen new, of the family Araneidae from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, south-west China are described: Cyclosa anjing sp. nov. (♂♀), C. daodai sp. nov. (♂♀), C. longquan sp. nov. (♂♀), C. xingqing sp. nov. (♂♀), Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887 (♂♀), Guizygiella huahai sp. nov. (♂♀), Neoscona jinghongensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 (♂♀), N. piaoyi sp. nov. (♂♀), N. wuding sp. nov. (♂♀), Pengaraneus qingtian sp. nov. (♂♀), Poltys waipo sp. nov. (♂♀), Songaraneus jiekou sp. nov. (♂♀), S. tuihou sp. nov. (♂♀), Talthybia depressa Thorell, 1898 (♂♀), Tangaraneus geqian sp. nov. (♂♀), Wangaraneus yequ sp. nov. (♂♀), W. zioni (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) (♂♀) comb. nov., Yinaraneus anhao sp. nov. (♂♀), Y. caihong sp. nov. (♂♀), Zhuaraneus daoxiang sp. nov. (♂♀). Wangaraneus zioni is newly recorded in China. Mature males of the monotypic genus Talthybia Thorell, 1898 (for the type species T. depressa) and Gasteracantha diadesmia, W. zioni, N. jinghongensis are described for the first time. Four new synonyms are proposed, Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875)=Neoscona polyspinipes Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 syn. nov., Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875)=Neoscona flavescens Zhang & Zhang, 2011 syn. nov., Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865)=Neoscona xiquanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 syn. nov, and Songaraneus ejusmodi (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)=Araneus qianshan Zhu, Zhang & Gao, 1998 syn. nov. Six new combinations are proposed, Songaraneus ejusmodi (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) comb. nov., S. perpolita (Thorell, 1893) comb. nov., Wangaraneus ryani (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov., W. zioni (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov., Zhuaraneus ethani (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov. and Z. eugenei (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov.
Keywords: Arachnida, Diagnosis, Morphology, New species, Taxonomy
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| Figure 10. Cyclosa xingqing sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype IZCAS-Ar45092; D–J: Male holotype Figure 16. Guizygiella huahai sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype IZCAS-Ar45105; D–F: Male holotype Figure 30. Poltys waipo sp. nov. A–F, J–M: Female paratype IZCAS-Ar45156; G–I: Male holotype Figure 43. Tangaraneus geqian sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype IZCAS-Ar45168; D–K: Male holotype Figure 33. Songaraneus jiekou sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype IZCAS-Ar45056; D–J: Male holotype Figure 52. Yinaraneus anhao sp. nov. A–D, J–M: Male holotype; E–I: Female paratype IZCAS-Ar45172 |
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Figure 13. Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887. A, B: Female IZCAS-Ar45099; C–I: Male IZCAS-Ar45098 Figure 16. Guizygiella huahai sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype IZCAS-Ar45105; D–F: Male holotype Figure 30. Poltys waipo sp. nov. A–F, J–M: Female paratype IZCAS-Ar45156; G–I: Male holotype Figure 33. Songaraneus jiekou sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype IZCAS-Ar45056; D–J: Male holotype Figure 40. Talthybia depressa Thorell, 1898. A–C: Female IZCAS-Ar45164; D–L: Male IZCAS-Ar45162 Figure 43. Tangaraneus geqian sp. nov. A–C: Female paratype IZCAS-Ar45168; D–K: Male holotype |
Xiao-Qi Mi, Cheng Wang and Shu-Qiang Li. 2024. Description of Six New Genera and Twenty Species of the Orb-weaver Spider Family Araneidae (Araneae, Araneoidea) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation. 1(4): 290-341. DOI: doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2024.023
20 new spider species described, 16 were named after songs by Jay Chou, such as C. xingqing sp. nov., C. longquan sp. nov., and Pengaraneus qingtian sp. nov.
