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Issue: Vol. 4554 No. 2: 11 Feb. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4554.2.10
Page range: 584–600
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of three new species of spider genus Leptonetela Kratochvíl, 1978 from caves of Hunan Province, China (Araneae, Leptonetidae)

College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China. College of Agronomy and Biological Technology, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China
College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China.
College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China. The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development (Hunan Normal University), National Development and Reform Commission, Changsha 410081, China
College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China.
College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China. The National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Animal Peptide Drug Development (Hunan Normal University), National Development and Reform Commission, Changsha 410081, China
Araneae taxonomy Leptonetela cave

Abstract

Three new species of the spider family Leptonetidae from caves in Hunan Province, China are described: Leptonetela biocellata sp. nov., Leptonetela latapicalis sp. nov. and Leptonetela tangi sp. nov. Detailed illustrations of the three new species are provided.

 

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