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Issue: Vol. 1367 No. 1: 30 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1367.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the genus Euepedanus from China, with the description of a new species (Opiliones: Laniatores: Epedanidae)

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
Arachnida Epedaninae taxonomy

Abstract

The opilionid genus Euepedanus is recorded for the first time from China and a new species, named E. flavimaculatus sp. n., is described and illustrated from specimens collected in the Diaoluo Nature Reserve on Hainan Island, China.

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