Published January 20, 2022 | Version v1

Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China

  • 1. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China|Hubei University, Wuhan, China
  • 2. Hubei University, Wuhan, China|University of Vermont, Burlington, United States of America
  • 3. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China
  • 4. Hubei University, Wuhan, China|Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, China

Description

In an ongoing effort to expand knowledge of the Chinese cobweb spider fauna (Theridiidae), the genus Meotipa Simon, 1894 is reviewed. Two new species are described, Meotipa pseudopicturata sp. nov., Meotipa striata sp. nov., and five known species are redescribed: Meotipa argyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952), Meotipa pulcherrima (Mello-Leitão, 1917), Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895, Meotipa spiniventris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869), and Meotipa vesiculosa Simon, 1895.

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