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Issue: Vol. 5717 No. 3: 6 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5717.3.4
Page range: 370-382
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 2

Six new species of Coelotinae spiders from Nangunhe National Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Agelenidae)

Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Yunnan Nangunhe National Nature Reserve Management and Protection Bureau, Cangyuan, 677400, China
Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R & D, College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali, 671000, China
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Araneae Draconarius Sinocoelotes description new species taxonomy

Abstract

Four new Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 species and two new Sinocoelotes Zhao & Li, 2016 species from the Nangunhe National Nature Reserve are described: Draconarius gengma Kong, Yang & Zhang, sp. nov., D. meniscatus Kong, Yang & Zhang, sp. nov., D. nangunhe Kong, Yang & Zhang, sp. nov., D. nantianmen Kong, Yang & Zhang, sp. nov., Sinocoelotes subwa Kong, Yang & Zhang, sp. nov., and S. wa Kong, Yang & Zhang, sp. nov. Photos of bodies and genitalia of all species are also provided.

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How to Cite

Kong, J.-X., Li, L.-D., Yang, Z.-Z. & Zhang, Z.-S. (2025) Six new species of Coelotinae spiders from Nangunhe National Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Agelenidae). Zootaxa, 5717 (3), 370–382. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.3.4