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Issue: Vol. 4778 No. 2: 14 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.4
Page range: 311–328
Abstract views: 92
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Five new species of the spider genus Savarna Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Thailand

College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China
College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China
College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China
Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Ladyao, Jatujak, Bangkok 10903, Thailand
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Araneae Taxonomy morphology biodiversity Pholcinae Southeast Asia

Abstract

The genus Savarna Huber, 2005 comprises only five species, from southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. In this study, five new species are described from Thailand: Savarna bannang sp. nov. (Yala), S. chiangmai sp. nov. (Chiangmai), S. huahin sp. nov. (Prachuap Kiri Khan), S. satun sp. nov. (Satun), S. thungsong sp. nov. (Nakhon Srithammarat). All new species are described from males and females. The distribution of S. chiangmai sp. nov. represent the northernmost record of the genus.

 

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