As the largest continent in the world,bound by the Pacific,Indian,and Arctic Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea,Asia is well-endowed in its geological and biological diversity.Not surprisingly,spiders abound in the vast...
funded by the Science&Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China (2023FY100200).
Four new genera in three spider families are reported, namely Langlibaitiao Lin &Li, gen. nov., of Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871, with Lathys inaffecta Li, 2017(♂♀,China: Guangxi) as the type species;Huoyanl...
supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(31972869)。
Three new genera of spiders are described:Jishiyu Lin&Li,gen.nov.,of Agelenidae C.L.Koch,1837,with J.songjiang Lin&Li,sp.nov.(♂,China:Yunnan)as the type species,Marusik Lin&Li,gen.nov.,of Gnaphosidae Banks,1892,with ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31972869)。
Five new genera are reported,namely Rathalos Lin&Li,gen.nov.,of Anyphaenidae Simon,1892,with Anyphaena xiushanensis Song&Zhu,1991(♂♀,China:Hubei,Sichuan)as the type species,Funny Lin&Li,gen.nov.,of Dictynidae O.Pick...
Financial assistance received from SERB;India(CRG/2018/004708)。
A new species of Halonoproctid spider Conothele chinnarensis sp.nov.is described from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Ghats of Kerala,India based on morphological characters.The new species C.chinnarensis sp.nov...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31530067)。
A new genus,Sinophaena Lin&Li,gen.nov.,of the spider family Anyphaenidae Bertkau,1878 is reported,with S.xiweni Lin&Li,sp.nov.(♀)from Sichuan,China as the type species.Sinophaena bivalva(Zhang&Song,2004)comb.nov.is t...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31530067);the Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Sciences(2015CASEABRI005,Y4ZK111B01)。
Two new spider families from Late Cretaceous Kachin amber(Myanmar),Pilosarachnidae Jiang&Li,fam.nov.and Gigarachnidae Jiang&Li,fam.nov.,are described:Pilosarachne ju Jiang&Li,gen.&sp.nov.and Gigarachne bian Jiang&Li,g...
supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(31660609,31301861);Science and Technology Project Foundation of Guizhou Province(LH[2017]7326,[2020]1Z014);Natural Science Research Project Foundation of Guizhou Province of Education(KY[2018]345)。
Three new Chorizopes species are diagnosed and described based on specimens collected in China,namely C.jianfengensis sp.nov.(♂♀),C.liae sp.nov.(♂♀)and C.yinae sp.nov.(♂♀).Distributional data,detailed morphologi...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31530067)to Shuqiang Li
Dysderidae C.L.Koch,1837 is reported from China for the first time.A new species of the genus Dysdera Latreille,1804,D.dushengi sp.nov.from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,is described based on both sexes.The new spe...
This paper summarizes the advances and challenges in spider taxonomy of China.A table comparing the number of valid genera and species in China,Europe and the world is provided.To date,the Chinese spider fauna is repr...