Two new Eresus species (Araneae, Eresidae) from Xinjiang, China

Authors: Lin, Ye-Jie Country: People's Republic of China DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e94853 Published: Jan. 1, 2022 Source: Biodiversity Data Journal OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Asia · Topics: Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Genetic diversity and population structure

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Eresidae C. L. Koch, 1845 contains nine genera and 102 species, of which 24 species belong to Eresus Walckenaer, 1805. Four species of the family are known from China: E. granosus Simon, 1895 (Beijing), E. kollari Rossi, 1846 (Hebei), E. lishizheni Lin, Marusik & Li, 2021 (Xinjiang) and Stegodyphus tibialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) (Yunnan).Two new species of Eresus are described from Xinjiang, China: Eresus da Lin & Li sp. n. and E. yukuni Lin & Li sp. n. Photos and morphological descriptions of new species are given.

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