A new species of Orthobula Simon, 1897 (Araneae, Trachelidae) from South China

Abstract

Only one trachelid species, Trachelas sinensis Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1995 has been recorded from Jiangxi Province to date. A new species, Orthobula jiangxi Liu, sp. n., is described from Jiangxi Province of China, based on both sexes. Morphological illustrations are provided and its distribution is mapped.

A new species of Mallinella Strand, 1906 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from South China

“…In the last three years, collections in Jiangxi Province in China led to the discovery of some new spider taxa, such as Agelenidae ( Liu et al 2021 , Liu et al 2020a ), Corinnidae ( Liu et al 2022b ), Phrurolithidae ( Liu et al 2020b , Liu et al 2020c , Liu et al 2021 , Liu et al 2022f ), Salticidae ( Liu et al 2022a ), Thomisidae ( Liu et al 2022c , Liu et al 2022e , Li et al 2022 ), Gnaphosidae ( Liu et al 2022d ), Trachelidae ( Zhang et al 2022 ) and now Zodariidae (this study). These discoveries support the fact that this Province still has distributions of many unknown species because of the lack of systematic research and attention.…”

Three new species of the spider genus Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 (Araneae, Trachelidae) from China and Vietnam

“…Of these, only 34 and one known species recorded from China and Vietnam, respectively ( Li et al 2022 ; Lin et al 2023 ; WSC 2023 ). Trachelid spiders occupy a wide range of habitats in a variety of ecosystems, including under loose bark of trees, in rolled leaves, under stones, in leaf litter, in wood debris, on the forest floor, in marshes, and in houses ( Haddad and Lyle 2008 ; Quasin et al 2018 ; González Márquez et al 2021 ; Zhang et al 2022 ).…”