Three new species of the genus Mimetus Hentz, 1832 (Araneae: Mimetidae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of China

  • Jiahui Gan College of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering and Planning, Tongren University,Tongren, Guizhou, 554300
  • Xiaoqi Mi College of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering and Planning, Tongren University,Tongren, Guizhou, 554300
  • Muhammad Irfan College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081
  • Xianjin Peng College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410081
  • Siyu Ran Fodingshan National Nature Reserve Administration, Tongren, Guizhou, 555100
  • Ying Zhan Fodingshan National Nature Reserve Administration, Tongren, Guizhou, 555100
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.525
Keywords: Arachnids, China, morphology, pirate spiders, taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Mimetus Hentz, 1832 are described and named as M. bucerus sp. nov. (♂), M. lingbaoshanensis sp. nov. (♂♀) and M. yinae sp. nov. (♂♀). Detailed morphological descriptions, photos of the body and copulatory organs, line drawings of copulatory organs, as well as the distribution maps are provided.

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Published
2019-05-15
How to Cite
Gan, J., Mi, X., Irfan, M., Peng, X., Ran, S., & Zhan, Y. (2019). Three new species of the genus Mimetus Hentz, 1832 (Araneae: Mimetidae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of China. European Journal of Taxonomy, (525). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.525
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No. 525 (2019): Three new species of the genus Mimetus Hentz, 1832 (Araneae: Mimetidae) from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of China
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Zoology

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