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On three new oonopid species from China and the discovery of the male Orchestina bialata Liu, Xiao & Xu, 2016 (Araneae: Oonopidae)

College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080, Tervuren, Belgium
College of Life Science, Jinggangshan University, Ji’an 343009, Jiangxi, China
College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
Araneae Taxonomy Jiangxi Province Jinggangshan Mountain Goblin spiders

Abstract

Expeditions in the Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve in China yielded the discovery of some interesting goblin spiders (Oonopidae). Three new species of oonopid spiders are described and illustrated with photographs and SEMs: Ischnothyreus tergeminus sp. nov. (♂), Orchestina colubrina sp. nov. (♀), and O. zhiwui sp. nov. (♂). Both sexes of the species Orchestina bialata Liu, Xiao & Xu, 2016 were also collected and the male is described for the first time in this paper.

 

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