Seven new species of Meta C.L. Koch, 1836 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) from Southwest China

Lu-Yu Wang; Muhammad Irfan; Hui-Ming Chen; Zhi-Sheng Zhang

doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.834.1905

Seven new species of Meta C.L. Koch, 1836 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) from Southwest China

Lu-Yu Wang Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5250-3473
Muhammad Irfan Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0445-9612
Hui-Ming Chen Guizhou Institute of Biology, Guiyang 550009, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2449-3036
Zhi-Sheng Zhang Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9304-1789

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.834.1905

Keywords: description, illustration, long-jawed orbweavers, taxonomy

Abstract

Seven new species of the genus Meta C.L. Koch, 1836 from Southwest China are described here: M. bowo sp. nov. (♂♀), M. cona sp. nov. (♂♀), M. gyirong sp. nov. (♂), M. hongyuan sp. nov. (♂♀), M. tibet sp. nov. (♂♀), M. wanglang sp. nov. (♂♀) and M. weining sp. nov. (♂♀). Detailed descriptions, photos of somatic features and copulatory organs as well as line drawings, comparisons with closely related species, and a distribution map are provided.

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2022-08-22

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Wang, L.-Y., Irfan, M., Chen, H.-M., & Zhang, Z.-S. (2022). Seven new species of Meta C.L. Koch, 1836 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) from Southwest China. European Journal of Taxonomy, 834(1), 117–147. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.834.1905

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