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Issue: Vol. 5346 No. 4: 20 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.4.5
Page range: 443-468
Abstract views: 205
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Revision of the genus Xizangiana Sherwood, Li & Zhang, 2022, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)

The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; Institute of Life Science and Green Development; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding; Hebei 071002; P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education); School of Life Sciences; Southwest University; Chongqing 400715; China
The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; Institute of Life Science and Green Development; College of Life Sciences; Hebei University; Baoding; Hebei 071002; P. R. China
Araneae ground spiders new combination subfamily taxonomy transfer Xizang

Abstract

The genus Xizangiana Sherwood, Li & Zhang, 2022 is revised. Two known species and five new species from China are described and illustrated: Xizangiana linzhiensis (Hu, 2001), X. rigaze (Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004), X. benae Liu & Zhang, sp. n. (♂♀), X. longlin Liu & Zhang, sp. n. (♂♀), X. namchabarwa Liu & Zhang, sp. n. (♂♀), X. shenxian Liu & Zhang, sp. n. (♂♀) and X. xiangbi Liu & Zhang, sp. n. (♂♀). Two new combinations from India, Xizangiana pawani (Gajbe, 1993) comb. n. (ex. Urozelotes Mello-Leitão, 1938) and X. sedula (Simon, 1897) comb. n. (ex. Poecilochroa Westring, 1874), are proposed. The subfamily placement of Xizangiana is discussed and the records of all the species is mapped.

 

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