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Published: 2021-02-23
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Two new spiders of the genus Belisana (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, China

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Araneae morphology pholcid taxonomy Yunnan

Abstract

Two new species of Belisana Thorell, 1898 from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China, are described and illustrated: Belisana bubeng sp. nov. (male, female) and Belisana xiaolongha sp. nov. (male).

 

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