A new spider species of Scytodes Latreille, 1804 from Jiangxi Province, southern China (Araneae, Scytodidae)

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: haplogyne spiders · Topics: Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies

Despite the increasing discovery of new spider species in Jiangxi Province, most are entelegynes or mygalomorphs, with haplogyne spiders being seldom reported. However, during a decade-long survey of spiders in Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, two species of Scytodes were identified, including one known species, S. liui Wang, 1994 and one new species.A new species, Scytodes tanjiashui Liu, sp. nov., is described from Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China. Morphological illustrations, SEM pictures, ink drawing, DNA barcode, photos of live specimens and a distribution map are given. The total number of the known species of Scytodes from China is raised to 11.

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