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Type: Article
Published: 2015-09-21
Page range: 183–190
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Diversity of spiders in Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China,
III: A new species of Brommella (Dictynidae)

Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Institute of Biology, Guizhou Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550009, China
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Araneae Southeast Asia caves endemic taxonomy

Abstract

A new Chinese species of the dictynid genus Brommella Tullgren—Brommella digitata sp. nov.—from Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve of Guizhou Province is photographed, illustrated and described. It can be distinguished from other Brommella species by the complex conductor and finger-like tegular apophysis of the male palp and anteriorly located copulatory openings of the female epigyne. This is the second species of Brommella from China. Additional photos, illustrations and material of B. punctosparsa (Oi 1957) are provided for comparison. The serrated embolus is firstly described for both species on the basis of SEM photos.