First description of the male of Oecobiusprzewalskyi Hu & Li, 1987 (Araneae, Oecobiidae) from Shigatse City, Tibet, China

Changhao Hu; Jie Liu; Kai Wang

doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e112801

First description of the male of Oecobiusprzewalskyi Hu & Li, 1987 (Araneae, Oecobiidae) from Shigatse City, Tibet, China

Biodivers Data J. 2023 Oct 25:11:e112801. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e112801. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Changhao Hu¹, Jie Liu^{1

2

3}, Kai Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ The State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering of China, College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, China The State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering of China, College of Life Science, Hubei University Wuhan China.
² Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, China Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University Wuhan China.
³ School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, China School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology Xianning China.

Abstract

Background: With 90 described species, the genus Oecobius Lucas, 1846 is the largest genus of the family Oecobiidae Blackwall, 1862, five of which are known from China. Since Oceobiusprzewalskyi was described by Hu & Li in 1987, no males of this species have ever been reported.

New information: The male of Oceobiusprzewalskyi is described for the first time, based on the specimens collected in Tibet Autonomous Region. Morphological description and illustrations are given.

Keywords: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; biodiversity; morphology; taxonomy.

Changhao Hu, Jie Liu, Kai Wang.