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Issue: Vol. 3061 No. 1: 18 Oct. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-10-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3061.1.2
Page range: 36–52
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 1

Six new Orchestina species from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Oonopidae)

Chemistry and Life Science College, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034 China Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016 China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China
Araneae Taxonomy spider forest canopy haplogyne

Abstract

Six new species of the genus Orchestina are described: O. aureola sp. nov., O. clavulata sp. nov., O. truncatula sp. nov., O. tubulata sp. nov., O. yinggezui sp. nov. and O. zhengi sp. nov. All species were collected on Hainan Island (China) by canopy fogging.

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