A new species of the tarantula genus Haplocosmia (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Tibet, China

Authors: Lin, Ye-Jie Country: People's Republic of China DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e82682 Published: Jan. 1, 2022 Source: Biodiversity Data Journal OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Asia · Topics: Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy

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Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996 is a small genus distributed in the Himalayas that includes two species. This genus has not been found in China (Li et al. 2021, Yao et al. 2021, Zhao et al. 2022).A new species of the genus Haplocosmia is described from China: Haplocosmia sherwoodae sp. n. from Tibet. Photos and a morphological description of the new species are given. The type specimen of the new species is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (IZCAS).

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