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Issue: Vol. 3307 No. 1: 10 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3307.1.4
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of the ant spider genus Asceua Thorell, 1887 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from China

Department of Biochemistry, Baoding University, Baoding, Hebei 071051, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
Department of Biochemistry, Baoding University, Baoding, Hebei 071051, P. R. China
Araneae taxonomy Asceua new species new record China

Abstract

Two new spider species of the genus Asceua are reported from China, Asceua quadrimaculata sp. nov. (male, female) and A.anding sp. nov. (female). A. torquata (Simon, 1909) is newly recorded from China, and its male is described and illustrated for the first time.

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