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Issue: Vol. 4088 No. 2: 9 Mar. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.2
Page range: 177–200
Abstract views: 56
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Four new species of Psechrus from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Psechridae)

Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R&D, Yunnan Province, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R&D, Yunnan Province, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R&D, Yunnan Province, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R&D, Yunnan Province, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R&D, Yunnan Province, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R&D, Yunnan Province, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R&D, Yunnan Province, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
Araneae taxonomy description variation species richness

Abstract

Four new species of Psechrus are described from Yunnan Province: P. changminae sp. nov., P. conicus sp. nov., P. discoideus sp. nov. and P. spatulatus sp. nov. Herewith the number of species belonging to Psechrus in Yunnan Province extended from five to nine. Illustrations and colour photos are provided, with comparison of intraspecific variation of copulatory organs.

 

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