A survey of oonopid spiders in Taiwan with descriptions of three new species

Abstract

The oonopid spiders of Taiwan are surveyed. Seven genera and 13 species are recognized, including 3 new species: Ischnothyreus kentingensis sp. n., Xyphinus hwangi sp. n. and Xestaspis shoushanensis sp. n. Seven species are newly recorded from this region: Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893), Opopaea apicalis s (Simon, 1893), Opopaea cornuta Yin & Wang, 1984, Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1891, Orchestina sinensis Xu, 1987, Pseudotriaeris karschi (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) and Xestaspis loricata (L. Koch, 1873).

Figure 6 from: Tong Y, Sun X, Li S, Bian D (2021) Taxonomic study of the genus Ischnothyreus (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, southwestern China. In: Li S (Ed.) Spiders of Xishuangbanna, China. ZooKeys 1034: 165-197. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1034.63388

“…Ischnothyreus Simon, 1893 is one of the most speciose genera of the family, with 114 extant species mainly distributed in the Old World (WSC 2021). Up to now, 15 species have been recorded in China (Tong and Li 2008, 2014Tong et al 2018;Liu et al 2019). In this paper eight Ischnothyreus species collected from Xishuangbanna are reported.…”