A new species of the genus <i>Cicurina</i> Menge, 1871 (Araneae: Cicurinidae) from Hachijojima Island, Tokyo, with notes on the congeners in Japan and China
A new species of Cicurina, C. auster sp.nov. is described from Hachijojima Island, Tokyo, Japan.The morphology of the copulatory organs of the new species is similar to those of some Cicurina species known in China, while it is clearly different from all the known species from Japan.The results of a comparative examination between the new species and congeners from Japan and China are presented.A presumption about a possibility of the human introduction of the new species from the Ryukyu Islands is mentioned.
Authors
- Hirotsugu Ono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8568-4549)
- Kenichi Okumura
Institutions
- National Museum of Nature and Science (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Arachnologica
- Published
- 2025-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.74.45
- Primary Topic
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government