A survey of Belisana spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China

Authors: Wang, Bing DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1236.146511 Published: Jan. 1, 2025 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Biodiversity · Topics: Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

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China exhibits remarkable diversity of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898, while Sichuan Province has recorded only one species, Belisana maoer Yao & Li, 2020. In this study, four species were collected in eastern Sichuan by canopy fogging. These comprise two new species, Belisana miyi Wang, Li & Yao, sp. nov. and B. tongjiang Wang, Li & Yao, sp. nov., as well as two known species, B. tongi Zhang, Li & Yao, 2024 and B. yanhe Chen, Zhang & Zhu, 2009, which are reported from Sichuan for the first time. A distribution map of all five species is provided.

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