Two new species of the genus Asceua Thorell, 1887 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from China

By

Wang, Wei
Lin, Yejie
Zhang, Xiaoqing
Chu, Chang
Li, Shuqiang
Huang, Chengming

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-4-11

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

11

Pages

e103298--

Subjects

Diagnosis , Hainan , Jiangsu , taxonomy , type

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e103298

 

Abstract

The spider genus Asceua Thorell, 1887 contains 34 species, almost entirely limited to Indochina, India, Sri Lanka and China, with a regional distribution. Eleven species of Asceua are currently only known from China, five of them are described only from one sex.
Two new spider species of the genus Asceua are reported from China, A. haocongi sp. n. (♂♀, Hainan) and A. zijin sp. n. (♂♀, Jiangsu). Photos and a morphological description of the new species are provided.