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 Chimena gen. nov., a new spider genus (Araneae, Mysmenidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species and a new combination.

Yucheng LinShu-Qiang Li
Published in: ZooKeys (2022)
A new mysmenid genus, Chimena gen. nov. , is reported from China. Two new species: C.qiong sp. nov. (Hainan, ♂♀, the type species) and C.nantou sp. nov. (Taiwan, ♀) are illustrated and described in detail. A new combination is suggested: Chimenataiwanica (Ono, 2007) comb. nov. (Taiwan, ♂♀, transferred from Mysmena Simon, 1894). The molecular phylogeny and morphological characters were used to discuss the taxonomy and circumscription of the newly erected genus.
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