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Issue: Vol. 4974 No. 3: 21 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.3.5
Page range: 565–576
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Taxonomic notes on a pirate spider occurring in China (Araneae, Mimetidae)

Key Laboratory of Protein Chemistry and Developmental Biology of Fish of Education Ministry of China, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
Key Laboratory of Protein Chemistry and Developmental Biology of Fish of Education Ministry of China, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, FI-20014, Finland
Key Laboratory of Protein Chemistry and Developmental Biology of Fish of Education Ministry of China, State Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Freshwater Fish, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
Araneae Taxonomy Aranei Ero new combination distribution map

Abstract

Based on molecular analysis (12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, 18S rRNA and histone H3) and morphological characters, it was found that Ero juhuaensis Xu, Wang & Wang, 1987 is misplaced and belongs to Mimetus Hentz, 1832. A new combination is suggested, Mimetus juhuaensis (Xu et al., 1987) new combination. The male of M. juhuaensis is described for the first time. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of both sexes, as well as a distribution map of all known species of Mimetidae Simon, 1881 from China are provided.

 

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