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Issue: Vol. 4612 No. 3: 30 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.8
Page range: 423–430
Abstract views: 174
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new spider species of the genus Conculus (Araneae, Anapidae) from Southeast Asia

Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
Araneae Araneoidea taxonomy orb weavers anapids new species Indonesia Philippines

Abstract

Two new species the spider family Anapidae are described from Southeast Asia: Conculus sagadaensis n. sp. from Philippines and Conculus yaoi n. sp. from Indonesia, both described after male specimens. Conculus is reported from Southeast Asia for the first time. Diagnoses and illustrations are provided for two new species. The types are deposited in the Natural History Museum of Sichuan University (NHMSU) in Chengdu, China.

 

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