On four new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) from southern China

Yibei Wu; Cheng Wang; Nanfei Wu; Mengfei Zhang; Xiaoqi Mi

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1160.101594

On four new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Araneus Clerck, 1757 (Araneae, Araneidae) from southern China

Zookeys. 2023 May 9:1160:169-190. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1160.101594. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Yibei Wu¹, Cheng Wang¹, Nanfei Wu², Mengfei Zhang², Xiaoqi Mi¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering and Planning, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in the Fanjing Mountain Region, Tongren University, Tongren 554300, Guizhou, China Tongren University Tongren China.
² Central South Inventory and Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Changsha, Hunan 410014, China Central South Inventory and Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration Changsha China.

Abstract

Four new species of Araneus Clerck, 1757 from southern China are described: A.mayanghe Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Guizhou, A.shiwandashan Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Guangxi, and A.zhoui Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Hainan are assigned to the A.sturmi group, and A.fenzhi Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♂♀) from Hunan, Guizhou and Jiangxi is not assigned to any species group. A new combination is also proposed: Aoaraneusoctumaculalus (Han & Zhu, 2010) comb. nov.

Keywords: Arachnida; biodiversity; diagnosis; morphology; new combination; taxonomy.

Yibei Wu, Cheng Wang, Nanfei Wu, Mengfei Zhang, Xiaoqi Mi.