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Four new species of Linyphiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Hunan Province, China

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Four new species of Linyphiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Hunan Province, China

Abstract

Four new species of the spider family Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 are described from Hunan Province, southern China: Gongylidioides heimifengensis sp. nov. (♂♀), Gongylidium subbifurcatum sp. nov. (♀), Gongylidium trapezium sp. nov. (♀), and Nippononeta anchorata sp. nov. (♀). Detailed descriptions, photos of habitus and copulatory organs, as well as a distribution map, are provided.

Yan W-l, Wu F-q, Zhou Y-c, Peng X-j (2025) Four new species of Linyphiidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Hunan Province, China. ZooKeys 1253: 243-254. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1253.165585