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
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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