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Issue: Vol. 3544 No. 1: 8 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3544.1.5
Page range: 63–70
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of the genus Hamataliwa Keyserling, 1887 (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China

College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Araneae Taxonomy lynx spider biodiversity hotspot

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Hamataliwa (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from the Gaoligong Mountains area, Yunnan Province,China are described: Hamataliwa cucullata sp. nov. (male, female) and Hamataliwa torsiva sp. nov. (female). Photos of the morphological appearances and illustrations of the genital organs are provided.

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