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Nine new species of the spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China.

Xiaoqi MiShu-Qiang Li
Published in: ZooKeys (2021)
Nine new species of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 from Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China are described: Acusilastongi sp. nov. (♂♀), Chorizopesyui sp. nov. (♂♀), Chorizopesoidesguoi sp. nov. (♂♀), Deionecheni sp. nov. (♀), D.yangi sp. nov. (♂♀), Hypsosingapulla sp. nov. (♂♀), Mangorabaii sp. nov. (♂♀), M.cephala sp. nov. (♂♀) and Miloniagemella sp. nov. (♂♀). The genus Milonia Thorell, 1890 is recorded from China for the first time. The previous description of Chorizopesoideswulingensis (Yin, Wang & Xie, 1994) from Libo County, Guizhou by Mi and Wang (2018) refers to Chorizopesoidesannasestakovae sp. nov. (♂♀). Diagnostic photos of the habitus and copulatory organs of the new species are provided.
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