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Vol. 41 No. 1, 2002
Five New and Four Newly Recorded Species of Jumping Spiders from Taiwan (Araneae: Salticidae)
Xian-Jin Peng1, I-Min Tso2,3 and Shu-Qiang Li1,*
1Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080
2Department of Biology, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan 407
3Division of Zoology, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung 404
Xian-Jin Peng, I-Min Tso and Shu-Qiang Li (2002) The
present paper deals with 9 species of jumping spiders collected from
various areas of Taiwan. Among them, five species are new to science: Sitticus wuae sp. nov., Synagelides palpaloides sp. nov., Wanlessia denticulata sp. nov., Yaginumaella lobata sp. nov., and Zebraplatys bulbus sp. nov. The other 4 species are new record species to Taiwan: Siler cupreus Simon, 1899, Synagelides palpalis Zabka, 1985, Harmochirus branchiatus Thorell, 1877, and Ptocasius strupifer Simon, 1901. Except for Sitticus,
all genera are reported from Taiwan for the first time. Detailed
morphological characteristics are given. The current documented number
of Taiwanese salticid diversity is increased to 18 genera and 27
species.
Key words: Sitticus, Synagelides, Wanlessia, Yaginumaella, Zebraplatys.
*Correspondence: Fax: 86-10-62561874. E-mail: Lisq@panda.ioz.ac.cn
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