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Khantao gen. nov., a new genus of Selenocosmiinae Simon, 1889 from western Yunnan of China (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae)

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  Khantao gen. nov., a new genus of Selenocosmiinae Simon, 1889 from western Yunnan of China (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) Abstract The new genus Khantao gen. nov. from western Yunnan, China, is established for the subfamily Selenocosmiinae Simon, 1889, including three new species and one new combination: Khantao talpoides sp. nov. (type species); Khantao xuanae sp. nov.; Khantao ya sp. nov.; and Khantao xinhuaensis (Zhu & Zhang, 2008) comb. nov. (transferred from Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871). DNA data (Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1, COI sequences) are provided for all species. Yu, K., Wirth, V.V., West, R.C., Zhang, S. & Zhang, F. (2026) Khantao gen. nov., a new genus of Selenocosmiinae Simon, 1889 from western Yunnan of China (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa, 5853 (2), 151–188. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.2.1

Exosome biogenesis in arthropods: conserved mechanisms, experimental evidence, and emerging directions

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Chemical Secretion Use Varies Among Species but Lacks a Straightforward Relationship With Other Defenses in Neotropical Opiliones

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Viperid Venom Immunization Using Chitosan Nanoparticles as Immunoadjuvant

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Hidden diversity in plain sight: four new species of Nemesia (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) from the Córdoba Province of Spain

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Photographic evidence of mite parasitism on a jumping spider Hyllus semicupreus (Simon, 1885) from Gujarat, Western India.

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Microclimate of cemetery habitats and nest site selection of Eresus kollari (Araneae: Eresidae) in South Korea

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An Example of Chromosomal Study in Chelicerates: Haplodrassus ovtchinnikovi Ponomarev, 2008 (Gnaphosidae: Araneae)

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Diversity and Abundance of Spiders (Araneae) in Different Habitats in Mt. Lantoy, Cebu, Philippines

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A Decade of Change: Trends in Scorpion Richness, Abundance, and Community Structure in Central Algerian Sahara

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Snake Venom and Antivenom Pharmacology

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Integrative taxonomy of the genus Nesticus in central Japan, with the description of a new species and redescriptions of N. echigonus and N. gondai (Araneae, Nesticidae)

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New Insights on the Geographical Distribution of the Malagasy Genus Neogrosphus Lourenço, 1995 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with the Description of a New Species from a More Humid Environment

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First molecular data based on the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene for the endemic harvestman Mediostoma izmiricum Snegovaya, Kurt and Yağmur (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae) from Türkiye, with insights into the phylogenetic relationships of the genus

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Insights into the distribution and ecology of the funnelweb spider Macrothele calpeiana in Portugal

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Temperature-induced changes in lipids and fatty acids in spiders

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A comparative morphology of trichobothrial bases in mygalomorph spiders and its significance for the phylogeny and system of the infraorder (Arachnida: Araneae: Mygalomorphae)

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Seasonal constraints on maternal body size induce transgenerational fitness penalties in a sheet-web spider

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Euscorpius emae sp. n. (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), a new scorpion species from Montenegro

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All genera of the world: order Opiliones (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida)

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New data on the distribution of Aguapanela arvi Perafán, Cifuentes & Estrada, 2015 in Colombia through collections and citizen science, with notes on the natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

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New spider species records, and new distributional records, from The Republic of Sudan (Arachnida: Araneae)

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Assessing the current and future distribution of Androctonus mauritanicus in Morocco under climate change using MaxEnt with environmental variables

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