Two new species of the genus Trilacuna Tong & Li, 2007 (Araneae, Oonopidae) from the Nangunhe Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China

2025/11/25 by Chengzhi Dai, Tong Yang, Yanfeng Tong +1 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography #Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies #Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/bdj.13.e175820

openalex created_date 2025/11/25 · openalex publication_date 2025/11/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

The spider genus Trilacuna Tong & Li, 2007, currently comprises 32 species known from China, of which 15 species are from Yunnan and one species, i.e. T. wumanshan Tong, Yang & Zhang, 2023 is recorded from the Nangunhe Nature Reserve, Yunnan. Two new Trilacuna species, Trilacuna jimengi Dai & Tong, sp. nov. (♂♀) and Trilacuna nangunhe Dai & Tong, sp. nov. (♂♀), are described, based on specimens collected from the Nangunhe Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province. Morphological descriptions and photomicroscopy images of the new species are given.

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