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Issue: Vol. 4786 No. 1: 29 May 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.1.2
Page range: 23–36
Abstract views: 93
PDF downloaded: 3

The spider genus Prosoponoides (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in China

National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, China The State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering of China, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China
School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, Hubei, China
The State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering of China, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, Hubei, China
The State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering of China, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China
Araneae Taxonomy Linyphiinae Tibet new species

Abstract

The species of Prosoponoides Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 from China are studied, including one new species, Prosoponoides youyiensis Liu & Chen n. sp., and two known species, Prosoponoides hamatum Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 and Prosoponoides sinense (Chen, 1991). Morphological descriptions and illustrations of P. hamatum and P. youyiensis Liu & Chen n. sp. are given, and digital photos of P. sinense are provided.

 

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