A new trapdoor spider of Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 from southern China (Araneae, Halonoproctidae)

By

Yu, Kun
Li, Changze
Zhang, Shuyuan
Zhang, Feng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-4-7

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

11

Pages

e98311--

Subjects

early stages of spiderling , Morphology , Opisthosomal disc , taxonomy , Variation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e98311

 

Abstract

The genus Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 previously included ten species from North America and Asia, six of which have been recorded from China.
A new species, Cyclocosmia ruyi Yu & Zhang sp. n., is described and diagnosed, based on both sexes from Guangxi Province, China. Morphological characters for the early stages of juveniles of the new species are also provided.