A new cave-dwelling spider of the genus Speleoticus (Araneae, Nesticidae) from Sichuan, China
oleh: Weicheng Yang, Lianfeng He, Hao Yu, Yucheng Lin
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| Diterbitkan: | Pensoft Publishers 2023-08-01 |
Deskripsi
Speleoticus Ballarin & Li, 2016 is a relatively small spider genus of the family Nesticidae, currently including five cave-dwelling species, distributed exclusively in East Asia, four of which are known from China.A new troglobitic spider of the genus Speleoticus from the limestone Cave Hanwang Dong, north-eastern Sichuan, China, is described under the name of S. hei Yu & Lin, sp. n. Detailed descriptions, photographs and a distribution map of the new species are provided.