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Three new species of the genus Mallinela (Zodariidae: Araneae) from Yunnan Province, China

College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410081, P.R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410081, P.R. China
California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118, U.S.A.
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410081, P.R. China
Araneae Taxonomy Zodariidae Mallinela Gaoligong Mountains

Abstract

Three new Zodariid spiders of the genus Mallinela Strand, 1906 are described under the names: Mallinela bifurcata sp. nov., Mallinela kunmingensis sp. nov. and Mallinela biumbonalia sp. nov.. Distributional data and illustrations of body and genital organs are provided. All type specimens were collected from Yunnan Province, China.

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