A new spider species of Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Guizhou Province, south-western China
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Zhang X (2024). A new spider species of Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Guizhou Province, south-western China. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.12.e125111 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-22.Description
China exhibits remarkable diversity of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898, with 62 species recorded to date. However, the largest number of Belisana species was found in Yunnan Province (23 ssp.), while only seven species were found in Guizhou Province.In this paper, Belisana wangchengi sp. nov. as a new species is described from Guizhou Province, China.Taxonomic Coverages
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College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University
Shenyang
CN
email: zhangxq@synu.edu.cn
Xiaoqing Zhang
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College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University
Shenyang
CN
email: zhangxq@synu.edu.cn
Xiaoqing Zhang
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College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University
Shenyang
CN
email: zhangxq@synu.edu.cn