The genus Parbatthorax Tanasevitch, 2019 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) new to China, with a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains

  • Muhammad Irfan College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081
  • Xianjin Peng College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081
Keywords: description, Erigoninae, morphology, taxonomy, Yunnan

Abstract

Parbatthorax proiectus sp. nov. (♂♀) is described from the Gaoligong Mountains in Yunnan, China. A detailed morphological description, photographs of the body and copulatory organs, line drawings of the copulatory organs, as well as a locality map are provided.

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Published
2019-09-20
How to Cite
Irfan, M., & Peng, X. (2019). The genus Parbatthorax Tanasevitch, 2019 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) new to China, with a new species from the Gaoligong Mountains. European Journal of Taxonomy, (555). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.555