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Issue: Vol. 3826 No. 1: 27 June 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-06-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.5
Page range: 169–194
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 3

Mysmenidae (Arachnida, Araneae), a spider family newly recorded from Vietnam

Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
taxonomy Orbiculariae Araneoidea fogging sieving diagnosis description

Abstract

The spider family Mysmenidae is reported from Vietnam for the first time. Both sexes of three new species are described: Calodipoena tamdaoensis n. sp. from Tam Dao National Park, Gaoligonga taeniata n. sp. and Mysmena maculosa n. sp. from Cuc Phuong National Park. Morphological descriptions, diagnoses and comparative illustrations are provided.