Five new species of Meta Koch, 1836 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Gaoligong Mountains, China

  • Luyu Wang College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan
  • Guchun Zhou College of life Sciences, National Navel Orange Engineering Research Center, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi
  • Muhammad Irfan College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan
  • Sufang Yang  College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, Hunan
  • Xianjin Peng College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.624
Keywords: Description, illustration, taxonomy, Yunnan

Abstract

Five new species of the genus Meta C.L. Koch, 1836 from the Gongligong Mountains, Yunnan are described: Meta hamata sp. nov. (♂♀), M. longlingensis sp. nov. (♂), M. tangi sp. nov. (♂♀), M. yani sp. nov. (♂♀) and M. yinae sp. nov. (♂♀). Detailed descriptions of somatic features and genitalic characters, photos of the body and genital organs, line drawings of the copulatory organs and distribution maps are provided.

 

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Published
2020-04-08
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Wang, L., Zhou, G., Irfan, M., Yang, S., & Peng, X. (2020). Five new species of Meta Koch, 1836 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Gaoligong Mountains, China. European Journal of Taxonomy, (624). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.624
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No. 624 (2020): Five new species of Meta Koch, 1836 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Gaoligong Mountains, China
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