On new spider species of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China and proposal of five species groups
Currently, the genus Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 includes 64 described species mainly being distributed in Asia, Africa and the Americas, with 16 described species in China. During the recent surveys across various regions of China, we found three previously undescribed species which have been identif...
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| author | Yun Liang Jinnan Liu Haiqiang Yin Xiang Xu |
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| description | Currently, the genus Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 includes 64 described species mainly being distributed in Asia, Africa and the Americas, with 16 described species in China. During the recent surveys across various regions of China, we found three previously undescribed species which have been identified as belonging to Episinus.Three new species of Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 are described: Episinus anfu sp. nov. (♀) from Jiangxi Province, E. implicatus sp. nov. (♀) from Yunnan Province and E. pseudonubilus sp. nov. (♂♀) from Shaanxi Province. Based on morphological characteristics and previous studies, we further propose five species groups to accommodate the Chinese Episinus, including two species groups proposed by Liu et al. (2022). Detailed descriptions, photographs, hand drawings, DNA barcodes and a distribution map of the three new species are provided. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fba2ec52a48a46f19abd2daa3f0ecc9d2025-02-09T08:31:11ZengPensoft PublishersBiodiversity Data Journal1314-28282025-02-011311910.3897/BDJ.13.e144222144222On new spider species of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China and proposal of five species groupsYun Liang0Jinnan Liu1Haiqiang Yin2Xiang Xu3College of Life Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Life Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Life Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Life Science, Hunan Normal UniversityCurrently, the genus Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 includes 64 described species mainly being distributed in Asia, Africa and the Americas, with 16 described species in China. During the recent surveys across various regions of China, we found three previously undescribed species which have been identified as belonging to Episinus.Three new species of Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 are described: Episinus anfu sp. nov. (♀) from Jiangxi Province, E. implicatus sp. nov. (♀) from Yunnan Province and E. pseudonubilus sp. nov. (♂♀) from Shaanxi Province. Based on morphological characteristics and previous studies, we further propose five species groups to accommodate the Chinese Episinus, including two species groups proposed by Liu et al. (2022). Detailed descriptions, photographs, hand drawings, DNA barcodes and a distribution map of the three new species are provided.https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/144222/download/pdf/Spintharinaetaxonomymorphologyspecies-group |
| spellingShingle | Yun Liang Jinnan Liu Haiqiang Yin Xiang Xu On new spider species of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China and proposal of five species groups Biodiversity Data Journal Spintharinae taxonomy morphology species-group |
| title | On new spider species of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China and proposal of five species groups |
| title_full | On new spider species of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China and proposal of five species groups |
| title_fullStr | On new spider species of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China and proposal of five species groups |
| title_full_unstemmed | On new spider species of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China and proposal of five species groups |
| title_short | On new spider species of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China and proposal of five species groups |
| title_sort | on new spider species of the genus episinus araneae theridiidae from china and proposal of five species groups |
| topic | Spintharinae taxonomy morphology species-group |
| url | https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/144222/download/pdf/ |
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