On five new species of the genera Araneus and Hypsosinga (Araneae, Araneidae) from Vietnam

Abstract

Five new species of the spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 from Vietnam are described: Araneus eugeneisp. nov. (♂♀), A. ethanisp. nov. (♀), A. liamisp. nov. (♂♀), Hypsosinga ryanisp. nov. (♂♀), and H. zionisp. nov. (♀). Diagnostic photographs of the habitus and copulatory organs are provided. Types of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China.