Six new species and a new synonym of the mesh-web spider genus Sudesna Lehtinen, 1967 (Araneae, Dictynidae) from China

Authors: Wang, Lu-Yu DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1234.145300 Published: Jan. 1, 2025 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Description · Topics: Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

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Six new species of the genus Sudesna are described from South China: S. cangshan sp. nov. (♀, Yunnan), S. dali sp. nov. (♂♀, Yunnan), S. haiboi sp. nov. (♂♀, Yunnan), S. hainan sp. nov. (♂♀, Hainan), S. shangrila sp. nov. (♂♀, Yunnan) and S. yangi sp. nov. (♂♀, Yunnan). Dictyna yongshun Yin, Bao & Kim, 2001 is proposed here as a junior synonym of S. hedini (Schenkel, 1936). Detailed descriptions, photographs, along with illustrations of genital organs, somatic features, and a distribution map of Sudesna species in China are provided.

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