Beneath the surface: A new northern species of Trogloraptor (Araneae: Trogloraptoridae), genetic diversity and natural history

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  Beneath the surface: A new northern species of Trogloraptor (Araneae: Trogloraptoridae), genetic diversity and natural history Abstract We present a morphological description of a recently discovered species of spider in the family Trogloraptoridae from the Columbia River Gorge in northwestern Oregon. The family was previously monotypic (Trogloraptor marchingtoni) and only known from populations near the southwestern Oregon—northern California border. Trogloraptor tulishpun sp. nov. retains the key family synapomorphy, distinctive subsegmented raptorial tarsi, and an oblique membranous division of the basal segment of the anterior lateral spinnerets. Trogloraptor tulishpun is distinguished from T. marchingtoni by its color pattern, clypeal height, vulvar and palp structure. We have found T. tulishpun in four localities in the Columbia River Gorge, which show little mitochondrial sequence divergence from one another, but are highly genetically distinct from T. marchingtoni. Troglo...

On nine species of the genus Bowie (Araneae: Ctenidae) from China and Malaysia

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On nine species of the genus Bowie (Araneae: Ctenidae) from China and Malaysia

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Nine species of the genus Bowie Jäger, 2022 are recorded from China and Malaysia, including seven new species described here. Five species are reported from Yunnan, China: Bowie achang Shang, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (male, female), B. dai Shang, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (male, female), B. lahu Shang, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (male), B. nangunhe Yang, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (male, female) and B. wa Yang, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (male, female). Additionally, B. tujia Shang, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (male) is described from Guizhou, China, and B. weiweii Shang, Zhang & Wang, sp. nov. (male, female) from Sabah, Malaysia. The previously unknown sexes of B. lishuqiang Jäger, 2012 (male, from Chongqing, Sichuan and Guangxi of China) and B. mengla Yao & Li, 2022 (female, from Yunnan of China) are described here for the first time. Photos of habitus, copulatory organs and a distribution map for all species are provided.

Shang, J.-X., Tian, Y., Zhang, Z.-S., Wang, L.-Y. & Yang, Z.-Z. (2026) On nine species of the genus Bowie (Araneae: Ctenidae) from China and Malaysia. Zootaxa, 5760 (1), 57–74. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.1.2