Abstract
A total of 27 species of the family Leptonetidae occurring in caves of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Southwest China, are described, including two new genera, 26 new species and one new combination as follows: Guineta gigachela gen. nov. and sp. nov.; Leptonetela anshun sp. nov., L. bama sp. nov., L. curvispinosa sp. nov., L. danxia sp. nov., L. digitata sp. nov., L. furcaspina sp. nov., L. geminispina sp. nov., L. grandispina sp. nov., L. hamata sp. nov., L. hexacantha sp. nov., L. jinsha sp. nov., L. jiulong sp. nov., L. liping sp. nov., L. maxillacostata sp. nov., L. meitan sp. nov., L. oktocantha sp. nov., L. palmata sp. nov., L. pentakis sp. nov., L. reticulopecta sp. nov., L. suae sp. nov., L. tetracantha sp. nov., L. tongzi sp. nov. and L. yangi sp. nov.; Sinoneta notabilis gen. nov. and sp. nov., S. sexdigiti sp. nov. In addition, Leptonetela quinquespinata (Chen & Zhu, 2008) is transferred from Qianleptoneta Chen & Zhu, 2008. The morphology of Guineta gen. nov. and Sinoneta gen. nov. are studied. Keys to all genera from China and 27 species from YunnanGuizhou Plateau are given. All type specimens in this study are collected from caves of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwestern China and are deposited at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (IZCAS).References
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