Two new species of the genus Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 (Araneae, Cheiracanthiidae) from China

Zhaoyi Li; Feng Zhang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1200.123214

Two new species of the genus Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 (Araneae, Cheiracanthiidae) from China

Zookeys. 2024 May 7:1200:145-157. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.123214. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Zhaoyi Li¹, Feng Zhang¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China Hebei University Baoding China.

Abstract

Two species of the long-legged sac spider genus Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 collected from China are diagnosed and described as new to science: Cheiracanthiumbannaensissp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan Province and C.bifurcatumsp. nov. (♂♀) from Xinjiang Uyger Autonomous Region. Photos of the habitus and copulatory organs are given. In addition, DNA barcode information of the two new species is provided.

Keywords: COI; DNA barcode; description; long-legged sac spider; taxonomy.

Zhaoyi Li, Feng Zhang.