A new species of Badumna Thorell, 1890 from Xizang, China (Araneae: Desidae)
Badumna zhentang sp. nov. (♂♀) is described from Xizang, China. Morphological descriptions and photos of habitus and copulatory organs are provided, along with comparative images of B. tangae Zhu, Zhang & Yang, 2006, the other Chinese species. Both species were collected along the Chinese border with Nepal or Myanmar, inhabit mountainous regions, and represent the northernmost distributional limit of the genus Badumna and the subfamily Desinae.
Authors
- Zhi‐Sheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9304-1789)
- Lu-Yu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5250-3473)
- Wei Pu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7517-5648)
Institutions
- Southwest University (CN)
- Ministry of Education (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5897.1.7
- Primary Topic
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00