Eleven new species of theridiosomatid spiders from southern China (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae)

Abstract

Two new genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae, Alaria gen.n. with the type species Alaria chengguanensis sp. n., Menglunia gen.n. with the type species Menglunia inaffecta sp. n., are described from Guizhou and Yunnan, China. Nine more new species from Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan and Yunnan Provinces of southern China are described: Baalzebub rastrarius sp. n., B. youyiensis sp. n., Karstia nitida sp. n., K. prolata sp. n., Ogulnius hapalus sp. n., Theridiosoma plumaria sp. n., T. triumphalis sp. n., T. vimineum sp. n., Zoma fascia sp. n. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. © Qingyuan Zhao, Shuqiang Li.