Published March 23, 2022 | Version v1
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A new species of the tarantula genus Haplocosmia (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Tibet, China

  • 1. Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang, China
  • 2. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of sciences, Beijing, China

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Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996 is a small genus distributed in the Himalayas that includes two species. This genus has not been found in China (Li et al. 2021, Yao et al. 2021, Zhao et al. 2022).

A new species of the genus Haplocosmia is described from China: Haplocosmia sherwoodae sp. n. from Tibet. Photos and a morphological description of the new species are given. The type specimen of the new species is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (IZCAS).

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