A new species of Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 (Scorpiones: Hormuridae) from Similipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha, India

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  Abstract A new species of Liocheles Sundevall, 1833 is described based on male and female specimens collected from Similipal Tiger Reserve, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, India. The new species can be easily distinguished from all six known congeners by combination of non-overlapping morphological characters such as carinae and granulation morphology of pedipalp and metasomal segments, median eye ratios. The discovery of Liocheles similipalensis sp. n., elevate the total number of species of the genus to seven and represent the fourth species to be described from India. The current study also highlights the need of systematic surveys along with detailed morphological and molecular studies to uncover true diversity and distribution of the genus, and clarity on published distributional records of L. nigripes (Pocock, 1897) and/or L. australasiae (Fabricus, 1775) which are likely to be part of species complexes. Kininge, Saurabh; Thackeray, Tejas; Gogineni, Prakash C.; and Khand...

Six new species of the genera Falcileptoneta and Longileptoneta (Araneae: Leptonetidae) from Korea

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Six new species of the genera Falcileptoneta and Longileptoneta (Araneae: Leptonetidae) from Korea

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Six new leptonetid species belonging to Falcileptoneta Komatsu, 1970 and Longileptoneta Seo, 2015 are described from Korea: F. caela spec. nov., F. falcata spec. nov., F. fuscina spec. nov., F. labiata spec. nov., L. ancora spec. nov., and L. woojeok spec. nov. The newly described species were sampled from leaf litter (F. falcata, F. labiata, L. ancora), and subterranean habitats (F. caela, F. fuscina, L. woojeok). Based on both male and female (except F. caela and L. ancora), diagnostic characteristics, microscopic images of adult specimens and reproductive structures, and distribution records are provided. Additionally, notes on its biological history are provided.

Oh, J.-H. & Lee, S. (2026) Six new species of the genera Falcileptoneta and Longileptoneta (Araneae: Leptonetidae) from Korea. Zootaxa, 5874 (6), 567–584. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5874.6.4