New Species of the Purse-Web Spider Genus Atypus Latreille, 1804 from Southern China (Araneae, Atypidae), with the General Natural History of Atypus Spiders
Three species of the purse-web spider genus <i>Atypus</i> Latreille, 1804, collected from Hunan and Sichuan Provinces of China, are diagnosed and described as new to science: <i>A. yaozu</i> sp. nov. (♂♀), <i>A. siyiensis</i> sp. nov. (♂♀) and <i>A. yanjingensis</i> sp. nov. (♂♀). Detailed descriptions, photographs and DNA barcodes of the three new species and a distribution map of <i>Atypus</i> species in China are provided. Additionally, we enrich the general natural history of the genus <i>Atypus</i> through a decade of observation.
Authors
- Zongguang Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1579-052X)
- Haiqiang Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0276-2407)
- Xiang Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-5373)
- Yun‐Chu Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4338-6246)
- Yang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6899-5241)
Institutions
- Hunan Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Insects
- Published
- 2025-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030301
- Primary Topic
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province
- Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate