Abstract

Five new species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 are described based on material collected in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (Yunnan, China). They are: B. dian Yao Li sp. nov. (male), B. gupian Yao Li sp. nov. (male, female), B. chenjini Yao Li sp. nov. (male, female), B. xtbg Yao Li sp. nov. (male, female), and B. yangxiaodongi Yao Li sp. nov. (male, female). B. schwendingeri Huber, 2005 and B. zhengi Yao, Pham Li, 2015 are reported from China for the first time. All material studied is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China.

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