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Issue: Vol. 5222 No. 2: 19 Dec. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.2.6
Page range: 179-189
Abstract views: 215
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A review of the genus Bifidocoelotes Wang, 2002, with the description of three new species from China (Araneae, Agelenidae)

1College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
2Shuda College, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410000, Hunan, China
College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
1College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
Araneae Taxonomy morphology southern China Coelotinae Agelenidae

Abstract

Three new species of the agelenid spider genus Bifidocoelotes Wang, 2002 are described from the mainland of China: Bifidocoelotes elongatus sp. nov. (♀; Guangxi, south China), B. mammiformis sp. nov. (♀, ♂; Guangdong, south China) and B. quadratus sp. nov. (♀; Guangxi, south China). The generic diagnosis is revised, and with the discovery of the three new species, the number of species in Bifidocoelotes doubles to six. Descriptions and illustrations of the three new species, a key to all the six species, and a distribution map for the genus are provided.

 

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