Two new species of the genus Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Xizang and Yunnan, China

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  Two new species of the genus Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Xizang and Yunnan, China Abstract Two new species of the genus Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835 from China are described: P. diuhuoche sp. nov. (male, female) from Xizang Autonomous Region, and P. lunhui sp. nov. (male, female) from Yunnan Province. Diagnoses, descriptions, photos and a distribution map are provided. Hu, C., Lin, Y., Liu, J. & Li, S. (2026) Two new species of the genus Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Xizang and Yunnan, China. Zootaxa, 5890 (2), 283–293. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5890.2.9

A new species of Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from the Western Himalayas

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A new species of Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from the Western Himalayas

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Sampling in the Western Himalayas of India led to the discovery of a population of the genus Liocheles Sundevall, 1833, that differes from all Indian congeners. Molecular and morphological data confirmed the distinctiveness of the population, which is here described as a new species. The new species is morphologically similar to L. longimanus (Werner, 1939), from which it differs in the arrangement of trichobothria on external patella and structure of the hemispermatophore. A preliminary molecular phylogeny of the family Hormuridae based on the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene is presented.

Bhardwaj, V. К., Katal, S., Lalremsanga, H. T., & Mirza, Z. A. 2026 . A new species of Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from the Western Himalayas. Euscorpius, No. 441: 1-13. https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2026/iss441/1/