Ant-eating spiders from Xizang, China (Araneae, Zodariidae)

Lu-Yu Wang; Yan-Nan Mu; Feng Lu; Yong-Qiang Xu; Zhi-Sheng Zhang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1200.120528

Ant-eating spiders from Xizang, China (Araneae, Zodariidae)

Zookeys. 2024 May 8:1200:183-198. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.120528. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Lu-Yu Wang¹, Yan-Nan Mu², Feng Lu³, Yong-Qiang Xu^{4

5}, Zhi-Sheng Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China Southwest University Chongqing China.
² Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China Hebei University Baoding China.
³ College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, China Shenzhen University Shenzhen China.
⁴ Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology, Lhasa 850001, Xizang Autonomous Region, China Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology Lhasa China.
⁵ Medog Biodiversity Observation and Research Station of Xizang Autonomous Region, Medog, China Medog Biodiversity Observation and Research Station of Xizang Autonomous Region Medog China.

Abstract

Six species of the ant-eating spider of the family Zodariidae are described from Xizang, China, including five new species: Asceuachayusp. nov. (♀), A.dawaisp. nov. (♂♀), Mallinellamigusp. nov. (♂), M.mеdogsp. nov. (♂♀), and M.yadongsp. nov. (♂♀). The female of Cydrelalinzhiensis (Hu, 2001) is described here for the first time. Descriptions and photographs of all the species are provided.

Keywords: Description; morphology; new species; taxonomy.

Lu-Yu Wang, Yan-Nan Mu, Feng Lu, Yong-Qiang Xu, Zhi-Sheng Zhang.

Grants and funding

The Science & Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program (Grant No. 2022FY202100) and the Science Foundation of School of Life Sciences, SWU (20212020110501)