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Changminia gen. nov., a new genus of daddy-long-leg spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from karst caves in Southeast Asia.

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The spider family Pholcidae C.L. Koch, 1850 exhibits high diversity at generic level and currently contains 95 genera while the subfamily Arteminae Simon, 1893 contains only eight genera. In this… Click to show full abstract

The spider family Pholcidae C.L. Koch, 1850 exhibits high diversity at generic level and currently contains 95 genera while the subfamily Arteminae Simon, 1893 contains only eight genera. In this study, a new genus, Changminia Yao Li gen. nov. from karst caves in Southeast Asia, is described and assigned to Arteminae, with the type species Changminia huangdi (Tong Li, 2009) comb. nov. (Hainan Island, South China) and one additional new species Changminia dao Yao Li sp. nov. (male, female; Prachuap Kiri Khan, Central Thailand).

Keywords: gen nov; new genus; southeast asia; changminia gen; caves southeast; karst caves

Journal Title: Zootaxa
Year Published: 2022

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