Vol. 41 No. 4, 2002

Six New Species of Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from HuiSun Experimental Forest Station, Taiwan

You-Hui Bao¹ and Xian-Jin Peng^2,*

¹Department of Zoology, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
²Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China

You-Hui Bao and Xian-Jin Peng (2002) The present paper reports on 6 new species of jumping spiders (Chinattus taiwanensis, Euophrys albopalpalis, Euophrys bulbus, Pancorius taiwanensis, Neon zonatus, and Spartaeus ellipticus) collected from pitfall traps established in Hui-Sun Experimental Forest Station, Taiwan. Detailed morphological characteristics are given. Except for Pancorius, all other genera are reported from Taiwan for the 1st time.

Key words: Chinattus, Euophrys, Pancorius, Neon, Spartaeus.

*Correspondence: E-mail: xjpeng@263.net