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Issue: Vol. 5647 No. 5: 18 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.2
Page range: 435-450
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Four new species of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Jiangjin District of Chongqing, China

Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education); School of Life Sciences; Southwest University; Chongqing 400715; China.; College of Plant Protection; Southwest University; Chongqing 400715; China.
Forestry Bureau of Jiangjin District; Chongqing 402262; China.
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education); School of Life Sciences; Southwest University; Chongqing 400715; China.
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education); School of Life Sciences; Southwest University; Chongqing 400715; China.
Araneae description Erigoninae Linyphiinae morphology taxonomy sheet-web spider

Abstract

An ongoing survey on spider diversity in Jiangjin District, Chongqing City has the goal of documenting the regional diversity of spiders. In this context, we here describe four new species of the spider family Linyphiidae from Jiangjin District of Chongqing: Gonatium tridentatum sp. nov. (♂♀), Oedothorax simianensis sp. nov. (♂), Wuliphantes dahonghaiensis sp. nov. (♂♀) and Yuelushannus baishaensis sp. nov. (♂). Detailed descriptions, photographs of copulatory organs and somatic features are presented. Additionally, color photos of Ceratinella brevis (Wider, 1834) (♂) and distribution map of all five species are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Irfan, M., Zhang, C.-C., Cai, Y.-J. & Zhang, Z.-S. (2025) Four new species of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Jiangjin District of Chongqing, China. Zootaxa, 5647 (5), 435–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.2