中国宁夏盖蛛属一新种(蜘蛛目:皿蛛科)

A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS NERIENE FROM NINGXIA, CHINA (ARANEAE: LINYPHIIDAE)

本文记述蜘蛛目皿蛛科皿蛛亚科盖蛛属一新种——六盘盖蛛,新种Neriene liupanensis。标本采自宁夏六盘山自然保护区。

The present paper deals with a new species of the genus Neriene collected from Mount Liupan, Ningxia, China. Types are deposited in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica.Neriene liupanensis sp. nov, (figs. 1-3)Holotype ♀, paratype 1♀, Mount Liupan, Jingyuan County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (35.5°N, 106.3°E), July 15, 1984, by Y. Q. Tang.Body length of the female 3.02-3.17 mm. Cephalothorax 1.13mm long, 1.00 wide; abdomen 2.26mm long, 1.71mm wide. Median ocular quadrangle wider behind than in front (0.23: 0.13). Chelicerae with three promarginal teeth and two retromarginal teeth. Legs slender, yellow in colour. Tm 1 0.20. Leg formula 1,2, 4, 3. Epigyne as in figs. 2-3.This species appears to be related to Neriene zanhuangica described from Hebei province, but differd from the latter in the colour pattern of abdomen and also in the structure of epigyne.