Seven new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Xishuangbanna, China
Author
Wang, Cheng
College of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering and Planning, Tongren University, Tongren, Guizhou, 554300, China
Author
Li, Shuqiang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3290-5416
lisq@ioz.ac.cn
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ZooKeys
2020
968
43
69
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.968.55047
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.968.55047
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Genus
Phintella Strand, 1906
Type species.
Telamonia bifurcilinea
Boesenberg
& Strand, 1906
Comments.
Phintella
is a rather large genus, represented by a group of small and colorful spiders, typically covered with metallic iridescent scales (
Luong et al. 2016
). A total of 60 nominal species have been described, primarily from the Afrotropical, Oriental, and Palearctic regions. Diagnostic drawings have been made for all species in the genus, and 27 species are known only from a single sex: 13 from females and 14 from males. To date, 47 species are known from Asia, including 29 from China. Among the Chinese
Phintella
, 16 are endemic and 12 are known from only a single sex: six from males and six from females (
WSC 2020
). Based on the continuous discovery of undescribed species in our recent fieldwork, it is likely that the true diversity of Chinese
Phintella
is much greater than currently known.