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Issue: Vol. 2212 No. 1: 28 Aug. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-08-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2212.1.3
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 51
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of the ant spider genus Mallinella Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from China

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China Baoding University, Baoding, Hebei 071051, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
Araneae Zodariidae Mallinella new species China

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Mallinella collected in southern China, are described: M. oblonga sp. nov. (male, female), M. immaculata sp. nov. (male), M. langping sp. nov. (male). M. oblonga sp. nov. and M. immaculata sp. nov. also occur in Thailand.

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