TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of the genus raveniola (Araneae, Nemesiidae) in China, with notes on allied genera and description of four new species from Yunnan
AU - Zonstein, Sergei
AU - Marusik, Yuri M.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The Chinese representatives of Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 are currently recognized to comprise seven species. Four new species - R. montana sp. n. (♂♀), R. shangrila sp. n. (♂), R. songi sp. n. (♂) and R. yunnanensis sp. n. (♂) - are described from the highlands of Yunnan Province, China. According to some characters (shape of the palpus, palpal tibia and tibia I in males) they can be placed together with R. hebeinica Zhu, Zhang & Zhang, 1999 and with R. guangxi (Raven & Schwendinger, 1995), comb. n., transferred here from Sinopesa Raven & Schwendinger, 1995. The current generic position of R. xizangensis (Hu & Li, 1987) is confirmed. Other Chinese nemesiids referred previously to Raveniola are transferred to Sinopesa: S. chinensis (Kulczyn ́ski, 1901), comb. n., S. sinensis (Zhu & Mao, 1983), comb. n. and S. chengbuensis (Xu & Yun, 2002), comb. n. The relationships between these Asian genera and their relations to Afrotropical nemesiids are discussed.
AB - The Chinese representatives of Raveniola Zonstein, 1987 are currently recognized to comprise seven species. Four new species - R. montana sp. n. (♂♀), R. shangrila sp. n. (♂), R. songi sp. n. (♂) and R. yunnanensis sp. n. (♂) - are described from the highlands of Yunnan Province, China. According to some characters (shape of the palpus, palpal tibia and tibia I in males) they can be placed together with R. hebeinica Zhu, Zhang & Zhang, 1999 and with R. guangxi (Raven & Schwendinger, 1995), comb. n., transferred here from Sinopesa Raven & Schwendinger, 1995. The current generic position of R. xizangensis (Hu & Li, 1987) is confirmed. Other Chinese nemesiids referred previously to Raveniola are transferred to Sinopesa: S. chinensis (Kulczyn ́ski, 1901), comb. n., S. sinensis (Zhu & Mao, 1983), comb. n. and S. chengbuensis (Xu & Yun, 2002), comb. n. The relationships between these Asian genera and their relations to Afrotropical nemesiids are discussed.
KW - Araneae
KW - Nemesiidae
KW - Raveniola
KW - Sinopesa
KW - Spiders
KW - Taxonomy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864622756&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.211.3060
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.211.3060
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AN - SCOPUS:84864622756
SN - 1313-2989
VL - 211
SP - 71
EP - 99
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
ER -