Description of two new species of the genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 and the male of T.gaoligongensis Jin, Yin & Zhang, 2017 from China (Araneae, Trachelidae)

Gang Tang; Wen-Long Yan; Yi Zhao; Xian-Jin Peng

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1215.130564

Description of two new species of the genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 and the male of T.gaoligongensis Jin, Yin & Zhang, 2017 from China (Araneae, Trachelidae)

Zookeys. 2024 Oct 14:1215:127-138. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1215.130564. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Gang Tang¹, Wen-Long Yan¹, Yi Zhao¹, Xian-Jin Peng¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China Hunan Normal University Changsha China.

Abstract

Two new spider species of the genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 are described from China: Trachelaskavanaughi sp. nov. (♀) and Trachelasventriosus sp. nov. (♀). The male of Trachelasgaoligongensis Jin, Yin & Zhang, 2017 is described for the first time. Illustrations of the body and copulatory organs and a distribution map are provided.

Keywords: Morphology; Yunnan; spider; taxonomy; trachelids.

Gang Tang, Wen-long Yan, Yi Zhao, Xian-jin Peng.