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Eight new species of the genus Ischnothyreus Simon, 1893 (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Hainan Island, China

  • 1. College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China
  • 2. CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
  • 3. Forest Canopy Biodiversity Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China

Description

Eight new species of the genus Ischnothyreus Simon, 1893 are described from Hainan, China: I. bawangling Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), I. diaoluoshan Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), I. hongxin Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), I. jianfengling Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), I. limuling Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), I. liudao Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), I. luobidong Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀) and I. wuzhishan Tong & Li, sp. nov. (♂). Diagnoses and illustrations for all eight species are given.

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