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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-03-25
Page range: 593–597
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First report of the spider genus Desis (Araneae, Desidae) from China, with description of a new species

Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China
Araneae

Abstract

The spider genus Desis Walckenaer, 1837 is the type genus of the spider family Desidae Pocock, 1895. Desis spiders hide in silk sacs between rocks or shells during high tide and forage during low tide (Baehr et al. 2017). Four Desis species have been recorded from Asia: Desis gardineri Pocock, 1904 (India), Desis inermis Gravely, 1927 (India), Desis japonica Yaginuma, 1956 (Japan) and Desis martensi L. Koch, 1872 (Malaysia) (World Spider Catalog 2020). Until now, only one species of the family Desidae, Badumna tangae Zhu, Zhang & Yang, 2006, has been reported from China (Zhu et al. 2006). Here, we describe a new species of Desis and report the genus from China for the first time.

 

References

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    World Spider Catalog (2020) World Spider Catalog. Version 21. Natural History Museum Bern. Available from: http://wsc.nmbe.ch (accessed 22 February 2020)

    Zhu, M.S., Zhang, Z.S. & Yang, Z.Z. (2006) Discovery of the spider family Desidae (Araneae) in south China, with description of a new species of the genus Badumna Thorell, 1890. Zootaxa, 1172 (1), 43–48.

    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1172.1.4