First record of the tetrablemmid armoured spiders (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species

Yang Zhou; Xiaoqing Zhang; Yanfeng Tong

doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e143503

First record of the tetrablemmid armoured spiders (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from Xizang, China, with description of a new species

Biodivers Data J. 2024 Dec 12:12:e143503. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e143503. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Yang Zhou¹, Xiaoqing Zhang¹, Yanfeng Tong¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University Shenyang 110034 China.

Abstract

Background: The spider genus Choiroblemma Bourne, 1980 of the family Tetrablemmidae currently contains two species, C.bengalense Bourne, 1980 and C.rhinoxunum Bourne, 1980. Both species are known from West Bengal, India.

New information: A new species of Choiroblemma is described from Xizang, China, Choiroblemmametok sp. nov. (♂♀). Morphological descriptions, photomicroscopy images of the new species and a distribution map of Choiroblemma species are given.

Keywords: Distribution; morphology; new record; taxonomy.

Yang Zhou, Xiaoqing Zhang, Yanfeng Tong.