Corresponding author: Xian-Jin Peng (
Academic editor: Yuri Marusik
Two new species of
Liu P, Irfan M, Yang S-F, Peng X-J (2019) Two new species of
While examining specimens collected from the Gaoligong and Wuling mountains, two new species were recognized and are described here. The male of
Specimens were collected by hand picking, beating shrubs and stored in 75% ethanol. Epigynes were cleared in trypsin enzyme solution before examination and photography. Left male palps were used for description and illustration. Specimens were examined and measured with a Leica M205C stereomicroscope. Photos were taken with a digital camera Canon PowerShot G12 mounted on an Olympus BX53 and a Leica MC170 HD mounted on a Leica M205C. Compound focus images were generated using Helicon Focus v. 3.10. Map was created by ArcMap v. 10.2, and then modified by using Adobe Photoshop CS2 Extended (Fig.
Abbreviations used in the text and figures are as follows:
The genus
Holotype, ♂,
The specific name from Latin adjective
The new species resembles
Palp (Figs
Epigyne (Fig.
Known only from the type locality.
Holotype, ♂,
The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective
The new species resembles
Palp (Fig.
Epigyne (Fig.
Known only from the type locality.
1♂ 2♀,
This species (Figs
Palp (Fig.
Epigyne (Fig.
Known only from Chongqing, China (
Collection localities for
We are grateful to Yuri Marusik (Magadan, Russia), Anna Šestáková (Trnava, Slovakia), and Akio Tanikawa (Tokyo, Japan) for their high quality and constructive reviews. We also thank Stephanie F. Loria (American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA) for reviewing the English of manuscript and Xinping Wang, Hengmei Yan, Keji Guo, Peng Hu, Yi Huang, Jiahui Gan, Bin Zhou, Wang Liu, Ceng Zeng, Zhuoer Chen, Tian Tian, Guchun Zhou, and Zongguang Huang for collecting the specimens. This research was sponsored by the National Special Fund on Basic Research of Science and Technology of China (no. 2014FY110100) and the Hunan Provincial Program for Development of Key Disciplines in Ecology (grant number no. 0713). It is also partly supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC-31702005, 31272271, 31272272, 31301861), Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 2018JJ3344), and Scientific Research Projects of Hunan Education Department (no. 18C0058).