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Issue: Vol. 2298 No. 1: 26 Nov. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2298.1.4
Page range: 55–63
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new pimoid spiders from Sichuan Province, China (Araneae: Pimoidae)

College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Araneae Taxonomy cave southwest China diversity

Abstract

Three new species of pimoid spiders from Sichuan, China are described and illustrated: Pimoa lata sp. nov., Weintrauboa plana sp. nov. and W. pollex sp. nov. Detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations of all three new species are given.

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