Wednesday, March 5, 2025

[Arachnida • 2025] Otacilia tongboshan • A New Species of Otacilia Thorell, 1897 (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from Tongboshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China

 

Otacilia tongboshan Liu, 

in Jiang, Lin, Wang, Yao et Liu, 2025.

Abstract
Background: Sixty-four phrurolithid species were found from Jiangxi Province in the past five years. However, there are still many unknown phrurolithid species from this Province with unusual morphological characteristics.

New information: A new species, Otacilia tongboshan Liu, sp. nov. is described from Tongboshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China. Morphological illustrations, SEMs and living photos and a distribution map are given.

Keywords: Sac spiders, taxonomy, phrurolithid species

Otacilia tongboshan sp. nov.
A, B Habitat, yellow arrows show the sampling points; C, D Male; E, F Female.

Otacilia tongboshan Liu, sp. nov. 


Zimin Jiang, Changyong Lin, Zhongjing Wang, Yanbin Yao, Keke Liu. 2025. A New Species of Otacilia Thorell, 1897 (Araneae, Phrurolithidae) from Tongboshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China. Biodiversity Data Journal. 13: e144804. DOI: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e144804