Twenty-three new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia Author Lin, Yejie Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Marusik, Yuri M. Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa Corresponding author, E-mail: lisq @ ioz. ac. cn Author Gao, Caixia Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Xu, Hao Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Zhang, Xiaoqing Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Wang, Ziyi Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Zhu, Wenhui Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Author Li, Shuqiang Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China text Zoological Systematics 2021 46 2 91 152 journal article 10.11865/zs.2021201 2095-6827 5367065 C3E4F9D2-9C7E-4653-9F13-5B3E3AE63C25 Anyphaena shenzhen Lin & Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 5A–E , 6A–B , 13A , 14E–F ) Diagnosis. Males of A. shenzhen Lin & Li , sp. nov. are similar to those of A. rhynchophysa Feng, Ma & Yang, 2012 and A. tibet Lin & Li , sp. nov. in the absence of a VTBA, but they can be distinguished by the dog head-shaped C ( vs. C thin and curved in A. rhynchophysa and A. tibet Lin & Li , sp. nov. ), and the RTA is wider than long ( vs. RTA longer than wide in A. rhynchophysa and A. tibet Lin & Li , sp. nov. ). Female can be easily distinguished by the C-shaped Cos, and the CDs have 4 spirals. Description. Male ( holotype , IZCAS-Ar42395, Figs 5A–E , 13A , 14E ). Total length 5.62, carapace 2.81 long, 2.02 wide, brown with black pattern. Opisthosoma 3.62 long, 1.52 wide. Opisthosoma brown, with black pattern. AER slightly recurved, PER procurved. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.10, ALE 0.14, PME 0.22, PLE 0.16, AME–AME 0.12, AME–ALE 0.13, PME–PME 0.23, PME–PLE 0.17, AME–PME 0.18, ALE–PLE 0.20. Clypeus height 0.12. Chelicerae with six promarginal and seven retromarginal teeth. Endites, labium, and sternum brown. Legs brown, covered with many setae. Leg measurements: Leg I 10.39 (2.45 + 3.47 + 2.82 + 1.65), leg II 8.46 (2.31 + 3.22 + 1.91 + 1.02), leg III 9.34 (2.88 + 3.31 + 2.04+ 1.11), leg IV 10.26 (3.12 + 3.22 + 2.71 + 1.21). Leg formula 1432. Palp ( Figs 5A–E , 13A ). VTBA absent; RTA wider than long, two parts, dRTA short but almost two times longer than vRTA. vRTA triangular. Sp with one conspicuous curve. MA short, terminus pointed. C dog head shaped, with a hood. E filamentous. Female ( paratype , IZCAS-Ar42397, Figs 6A–B , 14F ). Total length 7.62, carapace 3.20 long, 2.41 wide. Opisthosoma 6.02 long, 3.43 wide. Colour as in male. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.12, ALE 0.13, PME 0.12, PLE 0.12, AME– AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.12, PME–PME 0.11, PME–PLE 0.13, AME–PME 0.17, ALE–PLE 0.13. Clypeus height 0.11. Chelicerae with five promarginal and nine retromarginal teeth. Leg measurements: Leg I 10.10 (2.64 + 3.64 + 2.46 + 1.36), leg II 7.43 (2.04 + 2.26 + 1.92 + 1.21), leg III 6.59 (1.95 + 2.15 + 1.47 + 1.02), leg IV 8.69 (2.34 + 2.72 + 2.61 + 1.02). Leg formula 1423. Epigyne ( Figs 6A–B ) longer than wide; COs inconspicuous, CDs long, with four spirals, AG conspicuous. S oval. Material examined. Holotype ♂ , China : Guangdong , Shenzhen , Longhua , Mount Yangtai ( 22.6624°N , 113.9744°E ), 21 January 2021 , leg. Qianle Lu. (IZCAS-Ar42395) . Paratypes . 2♂ 1♀ (IZCAS-Ar42396–Ar42398), same data as holotype . Distribution. Known only from the type locality. Etymology. The species name is a noun in apposition derived from the type locality.