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Corresponding author: Cheng Wang (wchengspider@163.com)
Academic editor: Emma McCarroll Shaw
Received: 28 Sep 2023 | Accepted: 24 Nov 2023 | Published: 30 Nov 2023
© 2023 Jiahui Gan, Cheng Wang, Xiaoqi Mi
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Citation:
Gan J, Wang C, Mi X (2023) A new cave-dwelling species of Hahnia C. L. Koch, 1841 from Guizhou Province, China (Araneae, Hahniidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e113400. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e113400
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Hahnia, the most species-diversity genus of the comb-tailed spider family Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878, compromises 102 species distributed worldwide. To date, 24 species have been recorded from China.
A new species of the genus Hahnia C. L. Koch, 1841 is described, based on both sexes from Shanyang Cave of Guizhou Province, China and is named H. jiangkou sp. nov. Diagnostic photos of habitus and copulatory organs, as well as a distributional map, are provided.
diversity, morphology, southwest China, taxonomy
Hahnia is the most species-rich genus of the family Hahniidae, containing 102 valid species that are distributed worldwide, with 24 species being recorded from China, including 16 endemics so far (
In our recent survey of caves from Tongren, Guizhou, China, a comb-tailed spider was found and has been recognised as new to science after being compared with other congeners and is described as H. jiangkou sp. nov. herein.
Specimens were collected by hand-collecting and were preserved in 80% ethanol for morphological study. All specimens are deposited in the Museum of Tongren University, China (TRU). The specimens were examined with an Olympus SZX10 stereomicroscope. After dissection, the vulva was cleared in trypsin enzyme solution before examination and imaging. The left male palp was used for the descriptions and illustrations. Photos of the copulatory organs and habitus were taken with a Kuy Nice CCD camera, mounted on an Olympus BX43 compound microscope. Compound focus images were generated using Helicon Focus v. 6.7.1.
All measurements are given in millimetres (mm). Leg measurements are given as total length (femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, tarsus). References to figures in the cited papers are listed in lowercase type (fig. or figs.) and figures in this paper are noted with an initial capital (Fig. or Figs.).
Abbreviations used in the text and figures are as follows: AME anterior median eye; ALE anterior lateral eye; AR atrial ridge; At atrium; C conductor; CD copulatory duct; CF cymbial furrow; E embolus; FD fertilisation duct; MA median apophysis; MOA median ocular area; PME posterior median eye; PLE posterior median eye; RPA retrolateral patellar apophysis; RTA retrolateral tibial apophysis; S spermatheca; Ss subspermatheca.
Male (holotype, Fig.
Hahnia jiangkou sp. nov. female paratype and male holotype. A epigyne, ventral; B vulva, dorsal; C male habitus, dorsal; D ditto, ventral; E female habitus, dorsal; F male carapace, frontal; G male chelicera, posterior. Scale bars: A, B, G (0.1 mm); C–E (0.5 mm); F (0.2 mm). Abbreviations: AR atrial ridge; At atrium; CD copulatory duct; FD fertilisation duct; S spermatheca; Ss subspermatheca.
Palp (Fig.
Female (paratype, Fig.
Epigyne (Fig.
The male of Hahnia jiangkou sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from other congeners by the bifurcated RTA (Fig.
The specific name derives from the type locality: Jiangkou County; noun in apposition.
The species is placed into Hahnia due to its sharing a series of consistent characters with other congeners, such as the presence of patellar apophysis, membranous median apophysis, cymbial furrow and filiform embolus originating retrolaterally, as well as the presence of spherical subspermathecae. However, it is worth mentioning that the species is also unique for the bifurcated RTA, the absence of an epigynal hood (vs. semicircular RTA, with a pair of hoods generally located behind the epigastric furrow in others), all of which indicate that its generic position may need further confirmation.
The manuscript benefitted greatly from comments by Emma McCarroll Shaw, Yanfeng Tong, Hao Yu and one anonymous reviewer. The English was checked by Mr. Mike Skinner. Chaojun Long, Xufei Zhu and Hong Yao helped with fieldwork. This study was supported by the Natural Science Research Project Foundation of Guizhou Province of Education (grant number KY [2019]168).