Four new species of the primitive segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)

Four species of the primitive segmented spider genus Qiongthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015 collected from Hainan Island, China are diagnosed and described as new to science based on their genital morphology: Q. bawang sp. n. (♀), Q. jianfeng sp. n. (♂♀), Q. yini sp. n. (♀), Q....

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Main Authors: Xin Xu, Fengxiang Liu, Matjaž Kuntner, Daiqin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-11-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=19858
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Summary:Four species of the primitive segmented spider genus Qiongthela Xu & Kuntner, 2015 collected from Hainan Island, China are diagnosed and described as new to science based on their genital morphology: Q. bawang sp. n. (♀), Q. jianfeng sp. n. (♂♀), Q. yini sp. n. (♀), Q. wuzhi sp. n. (♂♀). Together with the type species of Qiongthela, Q. baishensis Xu, 2015, five species are found and described from Hainan, China, and seven species are now known in the genus.
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970