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Published on: January 11, 2011
Three new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Hunan, China
Song-Lin Li1, Ping Liu1, Xian-Jin Peng1
1College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China Hunan Normal University Changsha China.
Abstract:
Three new species of the genera Thiania C. L. Koch, 1846 and Yaginumaella Prószyński, 1979 are described and named as T.bamian sp. nov. (♂♀), T.flacata sp. nov. (♀) and Y.curvata sp. nov. (♂♀), from Hunan Province, China. Detailed descriptions, photos of somatic features and copulatory organs, as well as a distribution map are provided. Nucleotide data for the barcoding gene, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) of T.bamian sp. nov. (♂♀) and Y.curvata sp. nov. (♀) are provided.

