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Issue: Vol. 4425 No. 2: 30 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.2.3
Page range: 243–262
Abstract views: 76
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The Belisana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar
College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, China
College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150030, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Araneae taxonomy morphology new species canopy fogging Pholcinae

Abstract

Five new species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 are described based on material collected in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (Yunnan, China). They are: B. dian Yao & Li sp. nov. (male), B. gupian Yao & Li sp. nov. (male, female), B. chenjini Yao & Li sp. nov. (male, female), B. xtbg Yao & Li sp. nov. (male, female), and B. yangxiaodongi Yao & Li sp. nov. (male, female). B. schwendingeri Huber, 2005 and B. zhengi Yao, Pham & Li, 2015 are reported from China for the first time. All material studied is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China.

 

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