Three new species of the genus Leptonetela from Greece (Araneae, Leptonetidae)

Yi Wu; Chunxia Wang; Guo Zheng; Shuqiang Li

doi:10.3897/zookeys.569.6921

Three new species of the genus Leptonetela from Greece (Araneae, Leptonetidae)

Zookeys. 2016 Feb 24:(569):23-35. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.569.6921. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Yi Wu¹, Chunxia Wang², Guo Zheng¹, Shuqiang Li²

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China.
² Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.

Abstract

Three new species of the spider genus Leptonetela collected from caves in Greece are described: Leptonetela arvanitidisi sp. n. (male & female), Leptonetela paragamiani sp. n. (male & female) and Leptonetela penevi sp. n. (male & female). Detailed illustrations of the new species are provided. DNA barcodes were obtained for future use.

Keywords: Balkan Peninsula; DNA-barcoding; Haplogynae; spider; taxonomy.