Diversity of spiders in Daba Mountain National Nature Reserve, Chongqing, China (I), three new Cicurina species of Cicurinidae (Araneae)

Lu-Yu Wang; Yan-Nan Mu; Ling-Xiang Yang; Zhi-Sheng Zhang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1219.137354

Diversity of spiders in Daba Mountain National Nature Reserve, Chongqing, China (I), three new Cicurina species of Cicurinidae (Araneae)

Zookeys. 2024 Nov 26:1219:61-72. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1219.137354. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Lu-Yu Wang^{1

2}, Yan-Nan Mu¹, Ling-Xiang Yang³, 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 Chongqing Urban Ecosystem Positioning Observation and Research Station, Chongqing 400036, China Chongqing Urban Ecosystem Positioning Observation and Research Station Chongqing China.
³ Management Center of Daba Mountain National Nature Reserve, Chongqing 405909, China Management Center of Daba Mountain National Nature Reserve Chongqing China.

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Cicurina Menge, 1871 are described from Daba Mountain National Nature Reserve, Chongqing, China: C.chengkou sp. nov. (♂♀), C.dabashan sp. nov. (♂♀) and C.longihamata sp. nov. (♂♀). Morphological descriptions, photos and illustrations of copulatory organs are provided.

Keywords: Morphology; new species; spider; taxonomy.

Lu-Yu Wang, Yan-Nan Mu, Ling-Xiang Yang, Zhi-Sheng Zhang.