Bibliographical Alerts, News

Description of six new genera and twenty species of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae (Araneae, Araneoidea) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Six new genera and twenty species, including sixteen new, of the family Araneidae from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, south-west China are described.

6 new genera:

  • Pengaraneus gen. nov.
  • Songaraneus gen. nov.
  • Tangaraneus gen. nov.
  • Wangaraneus gen. nov.
  • Yinaraneus gen. nov. 
  • Zhuaraneus gen. nov.

20 species described, including 16 new:

  • Cyclosa anjing sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • C. daodai sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • C. longquan sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • C. xingqing sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887 (♂♀)
  • Guizygiella huahai sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Neoscona jinghongensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 (♂♀)
  • N. piaoyi sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • N. wuding sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Pengaraneus qingtian sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Poltys waipo sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Songaraneus jiekou sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • S. tuihou sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Talthybia depressa Thorell, 1898 (♂♀)
  • Tangaraneus geqian sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Wangaraneus yequ sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • W. zioni (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) (♂♀) comb. nov.
  • Yinaraneus anhao sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Y. caihong sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Zhuaraneus daoxiang sp. nov. (♂♀)

Wangaraneus zioni is newly recorded in China.

Mature males of the monotypic genus Talthybia Thorell, 1898 (for the type species T. depressa) and Gasteracantha diadesmia, W. zioni, N. jinghongensis are described for the first time.

Four new synonyms are proposed:

  • Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875)=Neoscona polyspinipes Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 syn. nov.
  • Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875)=Neoscona flavescens Zhang & Zhang, 2011 syn. nov.
  • Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865)=Neoscona xiquanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 syn. nov
  • Songaraneus ejusmodi (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)=Araneus qianshan Zhu, Zhang & Gao, 1998 syn. nov

Six new combinations are proposed:

  • Songaraneus ejusmodi (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) comb. nov.
  • S. perpolita (Thorell, 1893) comb. nov.
  • Wangaraneus ryani (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov.
  • W. zioni (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov.
  • Zhuaraneus ethani (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov. 
  • Z. eugenei (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov.

Authors: Xiao-Qi MI, Cheng WANG, Shu-Qiang LI

Download the paper: https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2024.023

Registration for the 9th Asian Conference of Arachnology is open. Register now.

Six new genera and twenty species, including sixteen new, of the family Araneidae from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, south-west China are described.

6 new genera:

  • Pengaraneus gen. nov.
  • Songaraneus gen. nov.
  • Tangaraneus gen. nov.
  • Wangaraneus gen. nov.
  • Yinaraneus gen. nov. 
  • Zhuaraneus gen. nov.

20 species described, including 16 new:

  • Cyclosa anjing sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • C. daodai sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • C. longquan sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • C. xingqing sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887 (♂♀)
  • Guizygiella huahai sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Neoscona jinghongensis Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 (♂♀)
  • N. piaoyi sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • N. wuding sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Pengaraneus qingtian sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Poltys waipo sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Songaraneus jiekou sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • S. tuihou sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Talthybia depressa Thorell, 1898 (♂♀)
  • Tangaraneus geqian sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Wangaraneus yequ sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • W. zioni (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) (♂♀) comb. nov.
  • Yinaraneus anhao sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Y. caihong sp. nov. (♂♀)
  • Zhuaraneus daoxiang sp. nov. (♂♀)

Wangaraneus zioni is newly recorded in China.

Mature males of the monotypic genus Talthybia Thorell, 1898 (for the type species T. depressa) and Gasteracantha diadesmia, W. zioni, N. jinghongensis are described for the first time.

Four new synonyms are proposed:

  • Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875)=Neoscona polyspinipes Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 syn. nov.
  • Neoscona nautica (L. Koch, 1875)=Neoscona flavescens Zhang & Zhang, 2011 syn. nov.
  • Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865)=Neoscona xiquanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 syn. nov
  • Songaraneus ejusmodi (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)=Araneus qianshan Zhu, Zhang & Gao, 1998 syn. nov

Six new combinations are proposed:

  • Songaraneus ejusmodi (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) comb. nov.
  • S. perpolita (Thorell, 1893) comb. nov.
  • Wangaraneus ryani (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov.
  • W. zioni (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov.
  • Zhuaraneus ethani (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov. 
  • Z. eugenei (Mi, Li & Pham, 2023) comb. nov.

Authors: Xiao-Qi MI, Cheng WANG, Shu-Qiang LI

Download the paper: https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2024.023