Six new species of Otacilia from southern China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae)

Abstract

Six new ground sac spider species of the family Phrurolithidae were collected from southern China: Otacilia ailan sp. nov. (♀), O. daweishan sp. nov. (♂, ♀), O. fabiformis sp. nov. (♂, ♀) and O. jiandao sp. nov. (♀) from Hunan Province; and O. nonggang sp. nov. (♂, ♀) and O. yinae sp. nov. (♂) from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. All species are described and illustrated with photographs and line drawings.

Eight new species of Otacilia (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from southern China

“…The body length of all specimens excludes the chelicerae and spinnerets. Terminology of the male and female genitalia follows Jäger and Wunderlich (2012), Ramírez (2014), Jäger and Dimitrov (2019), Liu et al (2019) and Zamani and Marusik (2020). Promarginal and retromarginal teeth on the chelicerae are given as the first, second, third, etc., and measured from the base of the fang to the distal groove.…”

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“…The body length of each specimen does not include the spinnerets or the chelicerae. Terminology of the male and female genitalia follows Jäger and Wunderlich (2012), Liu et al (2019) and Zamani and Marusik (2020). Promarginal and retromarginal teeth on the chelicerae are given as first, second, third, etc.…”

“…T he genus Otacilia Thorell, 1897 has a wide distribution with 99 species only in the Asian regions (World Spider Catalog, 2020). The total number of species in Otacilia has increased approximately 72 % in the past ten years and still continues to grow (Fu et al, 2010;Jäger and Wunderlich, 2012;Wang et al, 2012Wang et al, , 2015Yang et al, 2013;Fu, 2016;Fu et al, 2014Fu et al, , 2015Fu et al, , 2016aJin et al, 2016;Jäger and Dimitrov, 2019;Liu et al, 2019;World Spider Catalog, 2020;Zamani and Marusik, 2020). So far there are 74 species (about 75% of the total) reported from China.…”

“…Koch, 1839 in the past years. In recent years, additional characters were found and documented not only in Otacilia, but also in Phrurolithus (Wang et al, 2015;Fu, 2016;Fu et al, 2016a, b;Jin et al, 2016;Liu et al, 2019;World Spider Catalog, 2020;Zamani and Marusik, 2020). As more attention was paid in recent years, the definition between them is getting clearer since Zamani and Marusik (2020) published their work.…”

“…As more attention was paid in recent years, the definition between them is getting clearer since Zamani and Marusik (2020) published their work. According to morphological and sexual dimorphic characters, Otacilia species can be divided into five species groups including the armatissima group, ambon group, longituba group, and pseudostella group as well as a group of unplaced species (Jin et al, 2016;Liu et al, 2019).…”