The first record of the wolf spider subfamily Zoicinae from China (Araneae: Lycosidae), with the description of two new species

Zootaxa. 2013:3701:24-34.

Abstract

The subfamily Zoicinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979 is here first recorded from China with the description of a new species in the genus Zoica Simon, 1898, Z. unciformis sp. nov. from Wild Elephant Valley (Yunnan) and a new species in the genus Lysania Thorell, 1890, L. deangia sp. nov., from a rubber plantation in Nangsang Village (Yunnan). Lysania pygmaea Thorell, 1890 is recorded for the first time in China, from three localities in Yunnan and Guangxi and is redescribed here.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Species Specificity
  • Spiders / anatomy & histology*
  • Spiders / classification*