Two new species of Yaginumaella (Araneae, Salticidae) from Wuling Mountain, China

  • Dan Li College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410081, P. R. China
  • Cheng Wang College of Biological and A&F Engineering, Tongren University, Tongren, Guizhou Province, 554300, P. R. China
  • Muhammad Irfan College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410081, P. R. China
  • Xian-Jin Peng College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, 410081, P. R. China
Keywords: Hubei, Hunan, jumping spider, Oriental region, taxonomy

Abstract

The present paper deals with two new species, Yaginumaella pulchella sp. nov. and Yaginumaella hubeiensis sp. nov. Distributional data, as well as illustrations of body and copulatory organs, are provided. Descriptions of their morphology are given. The differences between the new species and their related taxa are discussed.

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Published
2018-12-18
How to Cite
Li, D., Wang, C., Irfan, M., & Peng, X.-J. (2018). Two new species of Yaginumaella (Araneae, Salticidae) from Wuling Mountain, China. European Journal of Taxonomy, (488). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.488