Clubiona jiugong sp. nov., the fifth species of C. zilla-group from China (Araneae: Clubionidae)

Zuxian Zeng; Da Wang; Wanjuan Song; Hao Yu; Yang Zhong

doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e66260

Clubiona jiugong sp. nov., the fifth species of C. zilla-group from China (Araneae: Clubionidae)

Biodivers Data J. 2021 Apr 29:9:e66260. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e66260. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Zuxian Zeng¹, Da Wang¹, Wanjuan Song¹, Hao Yu¹, Yang Zhong²

Affiliations

¹ School of Biological Sciences, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, China School of Biological Sciences, Guizhou Education University Guiyang China.
² Hubei Key Laboratory of Radiation Chemistry and Functional Materials, School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, China Hubei Key Laboratory of Radiation Chemistry and Functional Materials, School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology Xianning China.

Abstract

Background: The Clubiona zilla-group is a relatively small species group, distributed exclusively in East Asia, with only three species clearly documented so far.

New information: Clubiona hooda Dong & Zhang, 2016, which was previously placed in the C. trivialis-group, is assigned to the C. zilla-group in the present paper. A new spider of the C. zilla-group from Jiugong Mountain in China is described under the name of C. jiugong sp. nov. Detailed descriptions and photographs of the new species are provided.

Keywords: DNA barcode; diagnosis; morphology; new species; taxonomy.

Zuxian Zeng, Da Wang, Wanjuan Song, Hao Yu, Yang Zhong.