Abstract
Parbatthorax proiectus sp. nov. (♂♀) is described from the Gaoligong Mountains in Yunnan, China. A detailed morphological description, photographs of the body and copulatory organs, line drawings of the copulatory organs, as well as a locality map are provided.
Highlights
Yunnan is a biodiversity-rich spot in South China
While examining the specimens collected from the Gaoligong Mountains under the joint Sino-American biodiversity survey of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Hunan Normal University (HNU) from 1998 to 2006, Parbatthorax proiectus sp. nov. was recognized as a new species, which is described here
Photographs were taken with a Canon PowerShot G12 digital camera mounted on an Olympus BX53 and a Leica MC170 HD mounted on a Leica M205C; compound focus images were generated using Helicon Focus software
Summary
Yunnan is a biodiversity-rich spot in South China. About eight genera and 38 species of linyphiid spiders have been described from there (Wunderlich & Song 1994; Xia et al 2001; Liu & Chen 2010; Zhao & Li 2014; Irfan & Peng 2018).The genus Parbatthorax Tanasevitch, 2019 presently only comprises the type species Parbatthorax unicornis Tanasevitch, 2019 (male only) from Nepal (Tanasevitch 2019). Yunnan is a biodiversity-rich spot in South China. About eight genera and 38 species of linyphiid spiders have been described from there (Wunderlich & Song 1994; Xia et al 2001; Liu & Chen 2010; Zhao & Li 2014; Irfan & Peng 2018). The genus Parbatthorax Tanasevitch, 2019 presently only comprises the type species Parbatthorax unicornis Tanasevitch, 2019 (male only) from Nepal (Tanasevitch 2019). While examining the specimens collected from the Gaoligong Mountains under the joint Sino-American biodiversity survey of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Hunan Normal University (HNU) from 1998 to 2006, Parbatthorax proiectus sp. Was recognized as a new species, which is described here While examining the specimens collected from the Gaoligong Mountains under the joint Sino-American biodiversity survey of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Hunan Normal University (HNU) from 1998 to 2006, Parbatthorax proiectus sp. nov. was recognized as a new species, which is described here
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