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A new species of Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Yunnan, China

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A new species of Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Yunnan, China


Background

The spider genus Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 contains 69 species, endemic to Indochina and Southeast Asia. Only one species is currently known from the Chinese province of Yunnan: Liphistius nabang Yu, Zhang & Zhang, 2021.

New information

A new species, Liphistius liz Lin & Li, sp. nov., is described from Yunnan, China, on the basis of both sexes. Photos and a morphological description of the new species are provided.


Lin Y, Li S (2023) A new species of Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Yunnan, China. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e113290. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e113290