Description and phylogenetic analysis of two new Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) species from China

Fengjie Liu; Ingi Agnarsson; Jie Liu; Yang Zhu

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212

Description and phylogenetic analysis of two new Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) species from China

Fengjie Liu, Ingi Agnarsson, Jie Liu, Yang Zhu^*

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Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

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Abstract

The spider genus Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 currently contains 66 species worldwide, mostly in warm temperate to tropical areas. This paper describes two new Chinese Episinus species: E. ornithorrhynchus sp. nov. (♂♀) and E. papilionaceous sp. nov. (♀). We add these two new and one known Episinus species to the phylogenetic data matrix of Liu et al. 2016 and reanalyze the data. The new phylogeny recovers the monophyly of Episinus and supports its division into two groups, a finding also supported by morphology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-46
Number of pages	14
Journal	ZooKeys
Volume	2022
Issue number	1125
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212
Publication status	Published - 19 Oct 2022

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This research was funded by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC‐31970406/31772420/31573236) and National Science & Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China (grant no. 2019FY101800).

Funding Information:
This research was funded by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSF C‐31970406/31772420/31573236) and National Science & Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China (grant no. 2019FY101800).

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© Fengjie Liu et al.

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Description and phylogenetic analysis of two new Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) species from China

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