Huntsman spiders of the genus Sinopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwestern China, with descriptions of two new species

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  Huntsman spiders of the genus Sinopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwestern China, with descriptions of two new species Abstract Spiders of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 from Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China are studied. A total of four species are reported and illustrated of which two, Sinopoda honghe Yu & Zhong, sp. nov . and Sinopoda kuan Yu & Zhong, sp. nov ., are described as new to science. The other two previously described species from this region: S. tengchongensis Fu & Zhu, 2008 and S. tumefacta Zhong, Jäger, Chen & Liu, 2019 are also illustrated. Detailed descriptions, diagnoses, illustrations and DNA barcodes of the two new species are given. A distribution map of these four species in Honghe is provided. Zhang C, Xing Y, Zhong Y, Yu H (2026) Huntsman spiders of the genus Sinopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from the Honghe Hani and Yi ...

A new Nemesia species from Spanish Catalonia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae, Haplonemesia)

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A new Nemesia species from Spanish Catalonia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae, Haplonemesia)

Abstract

Both sexes of Nemesia gavarrensis sp. nov. are described from northeastern Spanish Catalonia. N. gavarrensis is considered the fourth species to be included in the subgenus Haplonemesia Simon 1914, that furthermore includes: N. simoni Pickard-Cambridge 1874, N. crassimana Simon 1873, N. raripila Simon 1914. Haplonemesia is a morphologically, geographically and ecologically unified group of four nominal species inhabiting sheltered habitats in and around the eastern Pyrenees. A key to distinguish Haplonemesia species is provided.

Decae, A. & Bosselaers, J. (2026). A new Nemesia species from Spanish Catalonia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae, Haplonemesia). Zootaxa 5821(1): 93-106. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5821.1.6