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Description of two new genera and seven new species of Plexippina Simon, 1901 (Araneae, Salticidae, Plexippini) from Southwest China, with a review of Yaginumaella Prószyński, 1979

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  • 1. Tongren University, Tongren, China
  • 2. Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China
  • 3. Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China|Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin, Wuhu, China

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Two new genera and seven new species of the subtribe Plexippina Simon, 1901 are reported from Southwest China based on both morphological and molecular evidence. They are Chuanattus deelemanae C. Wang, Mi & Li, gen. et sp. nov. (♂♀), Dianattus proszynskii C. Wang, Mi & Li, gen. et sp. nov. (♂♀), Yaginumaella daolangi C. Wang, Mi & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), Y. medog C. Wang, Mi & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), Y. qianlei C. Wang, Mi & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), Y. spinapophysis C. Wang, Mi & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), and Y. xiaoqingi C. Wang, Mi & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀). Diagnostic photos and a distributional map of those new species are provided. The genus Yaginumaella Prószyński, 1979 is reviewed, and 21 new and 34 restored combinations transferred from Ptocasius Simon, 1885 except Y. pentamaculata (Hu, 2001), comb. nov. from Menemerus Simon, 1868, are proposed: Thyene incognita (Żabka, 1981), comb. nov., Y. angulata (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. badongensis Song & Chai, 1992, comb. rest., Y. bhutanica Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. bulbosa Peng, Tang & Li, 2008, comb. rest., Y. cambridgei Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. circula (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. danzhu (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. davidi (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. falcata Zhu, Zhang, Zhang & Chen, 2005, comb. rest., Y. filiforma (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. foliolata (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. gemina (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. gogonaica Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. helvetorum Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. hubeiensis Li, Wang, Irfan & Peng, 2018, comb. rest., Y. hybrida Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. intermedia Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. jietouensis (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. linzhiensis (Hu, 2001), comb. nov. (placed initially in Ptocasius), Y. longapophysis (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. longlingensis (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. lushiensis Zhang & Zhu, 2007, comb. rest., Y. montana Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. nepalica Żabka, 1980, comb. rest., Y. nobilis Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. nova Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. orientalis Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. originalis Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. pilosa Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. pseudoflexa Liu, Yang & Peng, 2016, comb. rest., Y. pulchella Li, Wang, Irfan & Peng, 2018, comb. rest., Y. rectangula (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. robusta (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. senchalensis Prószyński, 1992, comb. rest., Y. silvatica Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. simoni Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. songi (Logunov, 1995), comb. nov., Y. stemmleri Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. strandi Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. subhubeiensis (Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. supina Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. tenella Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. tengchongensis (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. tenzingi Żabka, 1980, comb. rest., Y. thakkholaica Żabka, 1980, comb. rest., Y. thimphuica Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. umbellulata (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov., Y. urbanii Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. variegata (Logunov, 1995), comb. nov., Y. versicolor Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. wangdica Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. wuermli Żabka, 1981, comb. rest., Y. zonata (Yang & Peng, 2023), comb. nov. Pancorius lobatus (Peng, Tso & Li, 2002), comb. nov. is also proposed (transferred from Yaginumaella and it could be a junior synonym of Pancorius submontanus Prószyński, 1992). Ptocasius zabkai Yang & Peng, 2023 is assigned as a synonym of Y. zonata.

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