A new Otacilia Thorell, 1897 species from Hubei Province, China (Araneae, Phrurolithidae)
Minghao Guo1, Yannan Mu2,3, Feng Zhang2,3
1Hebei Vocational University of Industry and Technology, Shijiazhuang, China Hebei Vocational University of Industry and Technology Shijiazhuang China.
Biodiversity Data Journal
|November 1, 2024
Abstract
Background:
Phrurolithidae is a family of spiders with 405 species belonging to 25 genera distributed worldwide. Notably, 213 species belonging to 17 genera have been recorded in China.
New Information:
A new species of the genus Otacilia Thorell, 1897 is described from Duheyuan Nature Reserve, Hubei Province, China. Diagnosis, morphological description, living photos and photos of the habitus and genitalia of the new species are provided.
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