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Issue: Vol. 2327 No. 1: 4 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2327.1.2
Page range: 23–43
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 1

The Goblin Spiders of the Genus Opopaea (Araneae, Oonopidae) in Hainan Island, China

Chemistry and Life Science College, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, China Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Araneae Taxonomy terrestrial habitats forest canopy diagnosis distribution

Abstract

Seven species of Opopaea are recognized from Hainan Island, China. Four species are found to be new to science: Opopaea diaoluoshan sp. nov. (male/female), Opopaea furcula sp. nov. (male/female), Opopaea sanya sp. nov. (male) and Opopaea vitrispina sp. nov. (male/female). One species, Opopaea sauteri Brignoli, 1974 is firstly recorded from this area. All of them, including the two previously known species, Opopaea cornuta Yin & Wang, 1984 and Opopaea gibbifera Tong & Li, 2008, are diagnosed and illustrated. A key to all the seven species of Hainan Island is provided.

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