Crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae) of Jinggang Mountain National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China

Abstract

A list of 34 thomisid species belonging to 21 genera collected in Jangxi Province of China is provided. Five new species are described: Angaeus xieluae Liu, sp. nov. (♂♀), Lysiteles subspirellus Liu, sp. nov. (♀), Oxytate mucunica Liu, sp. nov. (♀), Pharta lingxiufengica Liu, sp. nov. (♀), Stephanopis xiangzhouica Liu, sp. nov. (♀). A new combination is proposed: Ebelingia forcipata (Song & Zhu, 1993) comb. nov. (ex. Ebrechtella Dahl, 1907). Previously unknown females of E. forcipata (Song & Zhu, 1993), Oxytate bicornis Liu, Liu & Xu, 2017, and Xysticus lesserti Schenkel, 1963 are described for the first time. Stephanopis O Pickard-Cambridge, 1869, a genus previously known from Australasia and South America, is recorded from the Asian mainland for the first time.

The first record of the thomisid genus Ibana Benjamin, 2014 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from China, with the description of a new species

“…In China, 311 thomisid species belonging to 52 genera are known ( WSC 2022 ). Although China has the most species- and genus-rich thomisid fauna ( Liu et al 2017 , Li 2020 , Liu et al 2022 , Hong et al 2022 , Zhu et al 2022 ), not much attention has been paid to their systematics in this country. During the past ten years, only a few new species have been discovered from China.…”

“…During the past ten years, only a few new species have been discovered from China. Liu et al (2022) identified 34 thomisid species, including five new ones, in the Jinggang Mountain National Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province ( Liu et al 2022 ), which suggests a high diversity of this group in this region.…”

Synema guiyang sp. nov., the fourth endemic species of Synema Simon, 1864 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from China

“…Most of pioneer studies on the crab spider of China were carried out by Mingsheng Zhu, and concentrated presented in an indispensable publication: Fauna Sinica: Arachnida : Araneae : Thomisidae ( Song and Zhu 1997 , in Chinese). In the past nearly 20 years, the Chinese Thomisids have been well-studied by Dr. Guo Tang, Dr. Keke Liu, Mr. Yejie Lin and their co-authors etc., along with high quality illustrations and descriptions ( Tang et al 2005 , Tang et al 2006 , Tang et al 2007 , Tang et al 2008a , Tang et al 2008b , Tang et al 2008c , Tang and Li 2009a , Tang and Li 2009b , Tang and Li 2009c , Tang et al 2009 , Tang and Li 2010a , Tang and Li 2010b , Tang et al 2010 , Tang and Li 2012 , Tang et al 2013 , Liu et al 2017 , Lin et al 2019 , Meng et al 2019 , Lin et al 2022 , Liu et al 2022 ). However, there are still many species requiring study ( Liu et al 2022 ).…”

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

“…Recently, in Jiangxi Province, many spider taxa have been discovered, such as Agelenidae ( Liu et al 2020a , Liu et al 2021 ), Dictynidae ( Liu et al 2018 ), Oonopidae ( Liu et al 2016 , Liu et al 2019 ), Phrurolithidae ( Liu et al 2020b , Liu et al 2020c , Liu et al 2021 , Liu et al 2022d ), Salticidae ( Liu et al 2017b , Liu et al 2022a ), Thomisidae ( Liu et al 2017a , Liu et al 2022c ), Gnaphosidae ( Liu et al 2022b ) and Trachelidae (this study). These discoveries support the fact that this Province is one of the biodiversity hotspots for China.…”