2020

Akhtar, N., Tahir, M., Nawaz, F. & Idnan, M. (2020). Latrodectus hasselti Thorell, 1870 (Araneae: Theridiidae): a species new to Punjab, Pakistan. Arthropods 9(3): 112-118.

Al-Khazali, A. M. (2020a). Genus Hogna Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Lycosidae), a new record to the spider fauna of Iraq. Serket 17(2): 101-104.

Al-Khazali, A. M. (2020b). Berlandina mesopotamica sp. nov. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae): new record of the genus in Iraq. Arachnology 18(5): 444-446. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.444

Alioua, Y., Bosmans, R., Kherbouche, O. & Bissati, S. (2020). Distribution of the genus Larinia in the Maghreb, with the first record of Larinia chloris in Algeria (Araneae: Araneidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 1-4. doi:10.30963/aramit5901

Alioua, Y. & Bosmans, R. (2020). Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) recorded for the first time in Algeria and Morocco, with the proposition of a new synonym. Serket 17(2): 121-126.

Alvarenga, A. da Silva de, Magalhaes, I. L. F., Fonseca, R. Nunes da & Pérez-González, A. (2020). Rectifying the identities of the males of two Micrathena species (Araneae: Araneidae), with report of the first case of intersexuality in the genus. Zootaxa 4808(1): 151-164. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4808.1.9

Álvarez-Padilla, A., Kallal, R. J. & Hormiga, G. (2020). Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Nanometinae and other Australasian orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 438: 1-107. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.438.1.1

Andre, C. (2020). Tree selectivity by the theraphosid spider Typhochlaena costae Bertani, 2012 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(3, 2019): 22-41. [publ. in Jan. 2020]

Asalatha, P. & Prasadan, P. K. (2020). First record of the spiders Neoscona usbonga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 and Hamataliwa pentagona Tang & Li, 2012 (Araneae: Araneidae & Oxyopidae) from India. Serket 17(2): 97-100.

Azarkina, G. N. (2020). Manzuma gen. nov., a new aelurilline genus of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 611: 1-47. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.611

Azarkina, G. N. & Zamani, A. (2020). The first description of the female of Heliophanus xerxesi Logunov, 2009 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Iran. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 127(1): 21-25. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0003

Azarkina, G. N. & Haddad, C. R. (2020). Partial revision of the Afrotropical Ballini, with the description of seven new genera (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4899(1): 15-92. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.4

Bali, L., Andrési, D., Szinetár, C. & Tuba, K. (2020). Betekintés a Bejcgyertyánosi farkas-erdő talajközeli pókfaunájába [Observation of the epigeic spider fauna of the Bejcgyertyános wolf forest]. Biológia Savaria Természettudományi és Sporttudományi Közlemények 18: 59-74.

Ballarin, F. & Pantini, P. (2020). Three new species and new records of the genus Centromerus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Italy. European Journal of Taxonomy 660: 1-23. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.660

Ballarin, F. (2020). Domitius culsu sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), a new troglobiont spider from Italy with notes on Italian nesticids of the genus Domitius Ribera, 2018. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82(2): 82-94. doi:10.4311/2019LSC010

Ballarin, F., Salmaso, R. & Latella, L. (2020). The arachnological collections of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona (Italy): an overview. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 60: 23-26 & Suppl. doi:10.30963/aramit6004

Baptista, R. L. C., Castanheira, P. de S., Oliveira, G. A. & Prado, A. W. do (2020). Descriptions of three new species of jumping-spiders, genus Arnoliseus (Araneae, Salticidae), from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, with comments on their genital morphology and a key to species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(1): 73-90. doi:10.3897/zse.96.46509

Barrientos, J. A., Brañas, N. & Mederos, J. (2020). The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42(1): 1-29. doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a1

Barrientos, J. A., Hernández-Corral, J. & Micó, E. (2020). Linyphiidae (Araneae) inhabiting hollow oaks in Mediterranean forests: new descriptions and temporal distribution of remarkable species. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 97-107. doi:10.30963/aramit5912

Barrientos, J. A. & Sánchez-Corral, D. (2020). Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) de la Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas (Jaén, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 36: 25-34.

Barrientos, J. A. & Febrer, J. B. (2020). Arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) de Menorca (Islas Baleares, España). 3: nuevos datos. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 36: 69-78.

Barrientos, J. A., Silva, A., Patanita, M. I., Benhadi-Marín, J., Melic, A. & Santos, S. A. P. (2020). Diversidad de arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) en olivares del distrito de Beja (Portugal) en diferentes sistemas de cultivo. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 37: 212-224.

Barrientos, J. A. (2020). Mermessus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 y Metopobactrus Simon, 1884 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) en la fauna ibérica. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 37: 237-240.

Barrion-Dupo, A. L. A. & Barrion, A. T. (2020). Three new species of Lepidemathis Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology 13(2, 2019): 66-77. doi:10.26757/pjsb2019b13009

Basumatary, P., Caleb, J. T. D., Das, S., Jangid, A. K., Kalita, J. & Brahma, D. (2020a). First record of the genus Vailimia Kammerer, 2006 from India, with the description of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina). Zootaxa 4790(1): 178-186. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.11

Basumatary, P., Caleb, J. T. D., Das, S. & Brahma, D. (2020b). Redescription of the net-casting spider Asianopis goalparaensis (Tikader et Malhotra, 1978) comb.n. (Araneae: Deinopidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 29(3): 325-329. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.3.04

Basumatary, P., Das, S., Caleb, J. T. D. & Brahma, D. (2020c). First record of the genus Chinattus Logunov 1999 with the description of a new species from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Hasariini). Acta Arachnologica 69(2): 127-129. doi:10.2476/asjaa.69.127

Bauer, T., Lemke, M. & Pantini, P. (2020). Xysticus brevidentatus new to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Araneae: Thomisidae), with remarks on the habitat and distribution. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 60: 34-37. doi:10.30963/aramit6007

Bauer, T. (2020). First record of the crab spider Epicadus camelinus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) in Peru (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopinae). Check List 16(6): 1551-1555. doi:10.15560/16.6.1551

Bayer, S., Höfer, H. & Metzner, H. (2020). Revision of the genus Corythalia C.L. Koch, 1850, part 1: diagnosis and new species from South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae: Euophryini). Zootaxa 4806(1): 1-144. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4806.1.1

Bedoya-Róqueme, E. (2020). Arañas cangrejo del género Tmarus Simon, 1875 (Araneae: Thomisidae) de bosques de mangle de Córdoba, Caribe colombiano. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 36: 97-101.

Bedoya-Róqueme, E., Lopez-Villada, S. & Nadal, M. F. (2020). First record of the genus Rudra Peckham & Peckham, 1885 (Araneae: Salticidae: Dendryphantini) from Colombia. Peckhamia 215.1: 1-5.

Bedoya-Róqueme, E. & Lopez-Villada, S. (2020a). First report of Colonus pseustes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) (Araneae: Salticidae: Gophoini) from Colombia. Peckhamia 218.1: 1-8.

Bedoya-Róqueme, E. & Lopez-Villada, S. (2020b). Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Department of Córdoba in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. Peckhamia 224.1: 1-23.

Benavides, L. R. & Hormiga, G. (2020). A morphological and combined phylogenetic analysis of pirate spiders (Araneae, Mimetidae): evolutionary relationships, taxonomy, and character evolution. Invertebrate Systematics 34(2): 144-191. doi:10.1071/IS19032

Benhalima, S. & Bosmans, R. (2020). Revision of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1833 (part IV). The species of Morocco (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4899(1): 93-114. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.5

Benjamin, S. P. (2020). Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Talaus Simon, 1886 with description of a new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4858(3): 405-416. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4858.3.6

Bennett, R., Copley, C. & Copley, D. (2020). Allocybaeina littlewalteri (Araneae: Cybaeidae): a new genus and species endemic to northwestern California. Zootaxa 4845(3): 436-336. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4845.3.8

Berry, T. (2020). Megalepthyphantes on the move. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 147(S.R.S. News 96): 6.

Biswas, V. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2020). Taxonomic account of orb-weaving spider genus Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868 (Araneae: Araneidae) of Bangladesh. Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management 5(2, 2019): 75-82. doi:10.3329/jbcbm.v5i2.44917

Bond, J. E., Hamilton, C. A., Godwin, R. L., Ledford, J. M. & Starrett, J. (2020). Phylogeny, evolution, and biogeography of the North American trapdoor spider family Euctenizidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) and the discovery of a new 'endangered living fossil' along California's central coast. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4(5, 2): 1-14. doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa010

Bosmans, R. & Samu, F. (2020). Confirmation of Silometopus curtus (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in Hungary. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 60: 27-29.

Boubakri, A., Bosmans, R., Pétillon, J. & Achouri, M. S. (2020). Description of a new Agraecina species from Tunisia (Araneae: Liocranidae), with a review of all species of the genus. Zootaxa 4772(1): 195-200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.9

Breitling, R. (2020). South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18(4): 333-362. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.333

Breitling, R., Merches, E., Muster, C., Duske, K., Grabolle, A., Hohner, M., Komposch, C., Lemke, M., Schäfer, M. & Blick, T. (2020). Liste der Populärnamen der Spinnen Deutschlands (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 38-62. doi:10.30963/aramit5907

Brescovit, A. D., Vasconcellos-Neto, J. & Villanueva-Bonilla, G. A. (2020). Notes on the “Pinocchio-cobweb-spider” Craspedisia cornuta (Keyserling, 1891) from southeastern of Brazil (Theridiidae, Pholcommatinae). Zootaxa 4750(2): 211-224. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4750.2.5

Brescovit, A. D., Torres, R. A., Rego, F. N. A. A. & Polotow, D. (2020). Six new species of the spider genus Centroctenus Mello-Leitão from the Neotropical region (Ctenidae, Cteninae). Zootaxa 4877(2): 311-328. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4877.2.5

Bustamante, A. A. & Ruiz, G. R. S. (2020). New species and records of thiodinines from North and South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae: Thiodinini). Zootaxa 4899(1): 115-140. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.6

Cabra-García, J. & Hormiga, G. (2020). Exploring the impact of morphology, multiple sequence alignment and choice of optimality criteria in phylogenetic inference: a case study with the Neotropical orb-weaving spider genus Wagneriana (Araneae: Araneidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188(4): 976-1151. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz088

Cala-Riquelme, F., Bustamante, A. A., Crews, S. C. & Cutler, B. (2020). New species of Peckhamia Simon, 1900 (Salticidae: Dendryphantini: Synagelina) from the Greater Antilles. Zootaxa 4899(1): 141-160. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.7

Caleb, J. T. D. (2020a). A new jumping spider genus from South and Southeast Asia (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippini: Orientattus). Peckhamia 200.1: 1-5.

Caleb, J. T. D., Bera, C. & Acharya, S. (2020). New species and synonymies in the genus Carrhotus Thorell, 1891 from India (Aranei: Salticidae: Salticini). Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 51-66. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.1.04

Caleb, J. T. D. (2020b). Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of the scrub jungle in the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(7): 15711-15766. doi:10.11609/jott.5758.12.7.15711-15766

Caleb, J. T. D. & Acharya, S. (2020). Jumping spiders of the genus Phintelloides from India, with the description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 127(1): 95-100. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0009

Calvo García, M. (2020). Iberesia arturica sp. n.; descripción de una nueva especie de Iberesia Decae & Cardoso, 2005 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae) de la Península Ibérica. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 36: 13-23.

Campuzano, E. F., Montaño-Moreno, H. & Ibarra-Núñez, G. (2020). Four new species of the genus Novalena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from southeastern Mexican montane forests and first record of ocular anomaly in the genus. Zootaxa 4845(4): 565-575. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4845.4.6

Castalanelli, M. A., Framenau, V. W., Huey, J. A., Hillyer, M. J. & Harvey, M. S. (2020). New species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from arid Western Australia. Journal of Arachnology 48(2): 169-213. doi:10.1636/0161-8202-48.2.169

Castanheira, P. de S. & Baptista, R. L. C. (2020). Notes on slender species of the long-jawed spider genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4768(1): 43-75. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4768.1.4

Chamé-Vázquez, D., Cutler, B. & Ibarra-Núñez, G. (2020). Further taxonomic notes on the jumping spider Synemosyna maddisoni Cutler, 1985 (Araneae: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29(4): 475-480. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.4.10

Chamé-Vázquez, D., Jiménez, M.-L. & López Gálvez, U. (2020). Nuevos registros de arañas (Arachnida: Araneae) en el centro y sur de México. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 79(4): 59-66. doi:10.25085/rsea.790411

Chang, W.-J. & Li, S. Q. (2020a). Fourteen new species of the spider genus Psiloderces Simon, 1892 from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Psilodercidae). ZooKeys 902: 61-105. doi:10.3897/zookeys.902.38967

Chang, W.-J. & Li, S. Q. (2020b). Thirty-one new species of the spider genus Leclercera from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Psilodercidae). ZooKeys 913: 1-87. doi:10.3897/zookeys.913.48650

Chang, W.-J., Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2020). Twenty-eight new species of the spider genus Merizocera Fage, 1912 (Araneae, Psilodercidae) from South and Southeast Asia. ZooKeys 961: 41-118. doi:10.3897/zookeys.961.53058

Chen, H. M., Jiang, X. K. & Yang, Z. Z. (2020). Two new species of the genus Macrothele of China (Araneae, Macrothelidae). Journal of Guangxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition) 38(1): 114-119. doi:10.16088/j.issn.1001-6600.2020.01.015

Chen, Q. J., Zhong, Y., Liu, J. & Chen, J. (2020). The spider genus Prosoponoides (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in China. Zootaxa 4786(1): 23-36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4786.1.2

Choudhury, S. R., Malik, S., Hippargi, R., Siliwal, M. & Das, S. K. (2020). Further reporting with description of two rare spiders Inthaeron rossi and Cithaeron indicus (Araneae: Cithaeronidae) from India. Munis Entomology and Zoology 15(2): 720-726.

Cifuentes, Y. & Perafán, C. (2020). Arboreal tarantulas and their allies: Aviculariinae and Psalmopoeinae. In: Pérez-Miles, F. (ed.) New World Tarantulas. Zoological Monographs, 6, pp. 93-119. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-48644-0_4

Coşar, İ. & Danışman, T. (2020a). A new record for the spider fauna of Turkey: Zelotes balcanicus Deltshev, 2006 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Serket 17(2): 110-113.

Coşar, İ. & Danışman, T. (2020b). First record of Phrurolithus thracia Komnenov & Chatzaki, 2016 (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from Turkey. Serket 17(3): 237-239.

Crews, S. C., Garcia, E. L., Spagna, J. C., Van Dam, M. H. & Esposito, L. A. (2020). The life aquatic with spiders (Araneae): repeated evolution of aquatic habitat association in Dictynidae and allied taxa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189(3): 862-920 & Suppl. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz139

Danflous, S., Crowther, R. & Simmons, Z. M. (2020). Identité de Gnaphosa molesta / Identity of Gnaphosa molesta (Araneae; Gnaphosidae). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 5: 2-9.

Danflous, S., Déjean, S., Guerbaa, K., Jacquet, C., Lecigne, S., Montagne, D., Montardi, Y. & Villepoux, O. (2020). De araneis Galliae IV. Actualisation du référentiel des araignées de France – première note. Espèces absentes de France ou mises en nomen dubium. Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 5: 10-32.

Danışman, T. & Coşar, İ. (2020a). A new species of the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Turkey. Entomological News 129(1): 43-48. doi:10.3157/021.129.0106

Danışman, T. & Coşar, İ. (2020b). First report of Philodromus dispar Walckenaer, 1826 (Araneae: Philodromidae) in Turkey. Serket 17(2): 105-109.

Danışman, T., Coşar, İ. & Kunt, K. B. (2020). Taxonomic notes on some linyphiid spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Turkey. Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology C - Life Sciences and Biotechnology 19(1): 13-25. doi:10.18036/estubtdc.526538

Danışman, T., Mamay, M. & Sabuncu, Y. (2020). Taxonomic notes on genus Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Turkey. Serket 17(2): 127-132.

Decae, A. & Caranhac, G. (2020). The genus Latouchia Pocock, 1901: a taxonomic update (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Ummidiinae). Arachnology 18(6): 563-568. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.6.563

Déjean, S., Danflous, S. & Bosmans, R. (2020). Redescription de Silometopus nitidithorax Simon, 1915 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) et description de Silometopus graecus sp. nov. de Grèce. Revue Arachnologique (2) 7: 8-16.

Déjean, S. (2020). Agyneta inermis Tanasevitch, 2019 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) une nouvelle espèce méditerranéenne pour la faune der France, avec description de la femelle. Revue Arachnologique (2) 7: 23-26.

Demir, H. & Seyyar, O. (2020). A new record of Ozyptila lugubris (Kroneberg, 1875) (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Turkey. Serket 17(3): 227-229.

Demircan, N. (2020). A new species of the genus Cataleptoneta Denis, 1955 (Araneae: Leptonetidae) from a cave in Turkey. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 72(2): 187-191.

Derepas, B., Michaud, A., Mattei, M., Bloor, J. & Carrère, P. (2020). Découverte en France de Porrhomma errans (Blackwall, 1841) (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 7: 32-34.

Dimitrov, D. (2020a). A review of the linyphiid spider genus Proislandiana Tanasevitch, 1985 with description of a new high mountainous species from Turkey and Armenia (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 4743(2): 247-256. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4743.2.7

Dimitrov, D. (2020b). Description of a new Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 from southern Turkey with remarks on the Tegenaria ariadnae species-complex (Arachnida, Araneae). ZooKeys 935: 47-55. doi:10.3897/zookeys.935.52089

Dimitrov, D. (2020c). Taxonomic contribution to the genus Zodarion Walckenaer, 1826 in Turkey with description of a new species (Araneae: Zodariidae). Zootaxa 4810(2): 361-367. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.2.9

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. & Foord, S. H. (2020a). First record of the orb-web spider Araneus holzapfelae Lessert, 1936 from South Africa (Arachnida: Araneidae). Sansa News 35: 19-21.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R. & Foord, S. H. (2020). First records for the orb-web spider Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863 from South Africa (Araneae: Araneidae). Sansa News 34: 12-14.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Foord, S. H. & Haddad, C. R. (2020). Notes on the orb-web spider Araneus apricus (Karsch, 1884) in South Africa (Araneae: Araneidae). Sansa News 36(Supplement): 12-14.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Webb, P., Foord, S. H. & Haddad, C. R. (2020a). New locality data for the orb-web spider Araneus coccinella Pocock, 1898 from South Africa (Araneae: Araneidae). Sansa News 36(Supplement): 15-16.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020b). The Oxyopidae of South Africa, version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, 57 pp.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Bird, T. L. (2020c). The Ammoxenidae of South Africa, version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, 20 pp.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020d). The Caponiidae of South Africa, version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, 24 pp.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020e). The Hersiliidae of South Africa, version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, 23 pp.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2020f). The Deinopidae of South Africa, version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, 16 pp.

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. & Foord, S. H. (2020b). Revision of the Afrotropical crab-spider genus Parabomis Kulczyński, 1901 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4899(1): 161-174. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.8

Domènech, M., Crespo, L. C., Enguídanos, A. & Arnedo, M. (2020). Mitochondrial discordance in closely related Theridion spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae), with description of a new species of the T. melanurum group. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(1): 159-173. doi:10.3897/zse.96.49946

Dondale, C. D. & Miller, P. (2020). Taxonomic problems in the genus Trochosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). American Arachnology 85: 16-22.

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2020a). Megadiverse Ecuador: a review of Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae) of Ecuador, with the description of twenty-one new kleptoparasitic spider species. Zootaxa 4761(1): 1-81. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4761.1.1

Dupérré, N., Francisco, C., Santana-Propper, E., Agnarsson, I. & Binford, G. J. (2020). Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae) spiders from Hispaniola: the discovery of ten new species. ZooKeys 964: 1-30. doi:10.3897/zookeys.964.51554

Dupérré, N. & Tapia, E. (2020b). On the putatively incorrect identification and "redescription" of Paratropis elicioi Dupérré 2015 (Paratropididae, Araneae) with the description of two new sympatric species from Ecuador. Zootaxa 4869(3): 326-346. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.2

Edwards, G. B. (2020). Description of Phidippus pacosauritus sp. nov. (Salticidae: Salticinae: Dendryphantini: Dendryphantina), with a reanalysis of related species in the mystaceus group. Peckhamia 221.1: 1-18.

Eichhoff, A. & Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (2020). Notes on the velvet spider Gandanameno fumosa (C. L. Koch, 1837) from southern Africa (Araneae: Eresidae). Sansa News 36(Supplement): 17-20.

El-Hennawy, H. K. (2020a). Notes on Segestria florentina (Rossi, 1790) and family Segestriidae in Egypt (Araneae: Segestriidae). Serket 17(2): 158-167.

El-Hennawy, H. K., Sallam, G. M. E., El-Azim, N. A. I. A. & Fadl, H. A. A. (2020). The first record of Zelotes tragicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Egypt. Serket 17(3): 306-313.

El-Hennawy, H. K. (2020b). Segestria florentina (Rossi, 1790) in Jordan (Araneae: Segestriidae), with a list of the known records of spiders from Jordan. Serket 17(3): 314-323.

Esnault, M. (2020). Découverte de Paraleptoneta spinimana (Simon, 1884) (Araneae, Leptonetidae), espèce nouvelle pour la faune der de France. Revue Arachnologique (2) 7: 27-31.

Estol, N., Marta, K. S. & Rodrigues, E. N. L. (2020). On the Neotropical spider genus Tullgrenella Mello-Leitão, 1941: two new species, complementary descriptions and new records (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4780(2): 356-366. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4780.2.8

Esyunin, S. L. & Tuneva, T. K. (2020). A review of the family Gnaphosidae in the fauna of the Urals (Aranei), 6. Taxonomic remarks and new records, with description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 103-120. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.1.09

Esyunin, S. L., Ruchin, A. B. & Agafonova, O. V. (2020). To the knowledge of the spider fauna (Aranei) of the Republic of Mordovia (Russia). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 16(1): 3-13. doi:10.23885/181433262020161-313

Esyunin, S. L., Vlassov, J. P. & Ponomarev, A. V. (2020). Taxonomic remarks on the genus Caspicosa Ponomarev, 2007 (Aranei: Lycosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29(2): 273-282. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.2.14

Esyunin, S. L. & Zamani, A. (2020). ‘Conundrum of esoterica’: on the long-forgotten genus Eutittha Thorell, 1878, with new taxonomic considerations in Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae). Journal of Natural History 54(19-20): 1293-1323. doi:10.1080/00222933.2020.1781950

Fabiano-da-Silva, W., Guadanucci, J. P. L., Alayón G., G., Lucas, S. M. & Silva, M. B. da (2020). Taxonomy of the genus Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae): Cuban species described by Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa. Zootaxa 4779(1): 79-90. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4779.1.5

Faúndez, E. I., Alvarez-Muñoz, C. X., Carvajal, M. A. & Vargas, C. J. (2020). The recent expansion of Chilean recluse Loxosceles laeta (Nicolet) (Arachnida: Araneae) in southern Patagonia. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 79(2): 56-58. doi:10.25085/rsea.790209

Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid, P. J. (2020). Theridion pumilio (Theridiidae) and Drapetisca australis (Linyphiidae) are transferred to Diploplecta Millidge, 1988 (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Linyphiinae). Records of the Canterbury Museum 34: 57-61.

Fomichev, A. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020a). Notes on the spider genus Segestria Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Segestriidae) in the East Palaearctic with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4758(2): 330-346. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.7

Fomichev, A. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020b). The first record of the spider subfamily Urocteinae Thorell, 1869 (Aranei: Oecobiidae) in Tajikistan. Arthropoda Selecta 29(2): 235-238. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.2.08

Fomichev, A. A. & Omelko, M. M. (2020). Three new species of the Acantholycosa-complex (Aranei: Lycosidae) from the south of the Russian Far East. Arthropoda Selecta 29(2): 262-272. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.2.13

Fomichev, A. A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020c). Redescription and new data on the distribution of Scyloxes asiatica Dunin 1992 (Aranei: Scytodidae) from Tajikistan. Acta Arachnologica 69(1): 43-48. doi:10.2476/asjaa.69.43

Fomichev, A. A. (2020a). New data on spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) from the caves of southwestern Siberia (Russia). Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 429-436. doi:10.3897/abs.6.e59450

Fomichev, A. A. (2020b). New observations on Oculicosa supermirabilis Zyuzin 1993 (Araneae: Lycosidae) in south-western Kazakhstan. Acta Arachnologica 69(2): 71-74. doi:10.2476/asjaa.69.71

Fukushima, C. S., Cardoso, P. & Bertani, R. (2020). Description of the male of the Critically Endangered tarantula Typhochlaena curumim Bertani, 2012 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with comments on tarantula trade and conservation. ZooKeys 938: 125-136. doi:10.3897/zookeys.938.51442

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2020a). Revised taxonomic placement of Pseudhapalopus Strand, 1907, with notes on some related taxa (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(4): 301-316. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.301

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2020b). Revised taxonomic placement of some Mesoamerican Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895, with description of three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(4): 387-398. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.387

Gabriel, R. (2020). Revised taxonomic placement of some species in Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871 and Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(5): 409-429. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.409

Gabriel, R., Sherwood, D. & Longhorn, S. J. (2020). The revised taxonomic placement of the genus Acentropelma Pocock, 1901 and restoration of the genus Pseudoschizopelma Smith, 1995 (Aranei: Theraphosidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29(4): 453-466. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.4.07

Gajdoš, P., Szinetár, C., Román, K., Šestáková, A., Purgat, P. & Černecká, Ľ. (2020). Clubiona pseudoneglecta and Paratrachelas maculatus, two spider species new to the Slovak fauna (Araneae: Clubionidae, Trachelidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 60: 44-49. doi:10.30963/aramit6009

Gallon, R. C. (2020). Trogloneta granulum Simon, 1922 in North Wales (Araneae, Mysmenidae). Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 147: 15-16.

Galvis, W. (2020a). First description of a female of the genus Sumakuru (Araneae: Salticidae: Lyssomaninae). Peckhamia 209.1: 1-4.

Galvis, W. (2020b). The genus Lyssomanes (Araneae: Salticidae: Lyssomaninae) in Mexico: a new species, new taxonomic notes and records. Peckhamia 212.1: 1-13.

Galvis, W. & Brescovit, A. D. (2020). Correctly mating: on the actual female of Hibana talmina Brescovit and the description of H. labonita sp. n. (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Zootaxa 4878(2): 392-396. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.12

Galvis, W., Zapata-M, W. & Malumbres-Olarte, J. (2020). On the first South American species of the genus Anasaitis Bryant, 1950 (Aranei: Salticidae: Salticinae: Euophryini) from Cartagena, Colombia. Arthropoda Selecta 29(4): 481-485. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.4.11

Galvis, W. (2020c). Nuevos datos de distribución de Eustala fuscovittata (Keyserling) y Larinia directa (Hentz) (Araneae: Araneidae) en Colombia. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 37: 263-266.

Gan, J. H. & Wang, C. (2020). A new species of the Clubiona trivalis-group from Guizhou, China (Araneae: Clubionidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(1): 13-16. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.01.005

Gan, J. H., Wang, C. & Mi, X. Q. (2020). Three new species of the spider genus Chorizopes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (Araneae: Araneidae) from China. Zoological Systematics 45(3): 163-175. doi:10.11865/zs.202022

García, L. F., Laborda, A., Villareal, O., Burlas, J. & Castiglioni, E. (2020). The spider Losdolobus nelsoni Pompozzi, 2015 – the first report of the family Orsolobidae in Uruguay (Araneae: Synspermiata). Turkish Journal of Zoology 44(5): 472-476. doi:10.3906/zoo-2005-32

Giroti, A. M., Cotoras, D. D., Lazo, P. & Brescovit, A. D. (2020). First endemic arachnid from Isla Sala y Gómez (Motu Motiro Hiva), Chile: a new species of tube-dwelling spider (Araneae: Segestriidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 722: 97-105. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1137

Gonçalves, R. A. & Brescovit, A. D. (2020). Taxonomic review and cladistic analysis of Neotropical spider genus Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with description of eleven new species. Zootaxa 4886(1): 1-77. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4886.1.1

Gong, L. J. & Zhong, Y. (2020). Redescription of Pseudopoda taibaischana (Araneae, Sparassidae), with the first description of the female. ZooKeys 991: 111-119. doi:10.3897/zookeys.991.56969

Goyal, V. & Malik, V. (2020). A new species of genus Oxyopes from Haryana, India. Journal of Environment and Bio-Sciences 34(1): 21-22.

Goyal, V., Singh, V., Singh, J. & Malik, V. (2020). First record of Oxyopes kohaensis Bodkhe and Vankhede, 2012 from Haryana, India. Annals of Agri-Bio Research 25(2): 244-246.

Grall, E. & Jäger, P. (2020). Forty-seven new species of Sinopoda from Asia with a considerable extension of the distribution range to the south and description of a new species group (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa 4797(1): 1-101. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4797.1.1 1-101

Grismado, C. J. & Achitte-Schmutzler, H. C. (2020). The crab spider genus Uraarachne Keyserling (Araneae: Thomisidae) in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay: a proposal of its senior synonymy over Plancinus Simon, and description of four new species. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie 22(1): 91-130. doi:10.22179/REVMACN.22.665

Grismado, C. J., Peralta, L. & Porta, A. O. (2020). Two new records of exotic spiders for Argentina (Arachnida: Araneae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 79(2): 52-55. doi:10.25085/rsea.790208

Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2020). Ischnocolinae and Schismatothelinae. In: Pérez-Miles, F. (ed.) New World Tarantulas. Zoological Monographs, 6, pp. 77-91. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-48644-0_3

Guerrero-Fuentes, D. R. & Desales-Lara, M. A. (2020). Nuevos registros de arañas (Araneae) del Estado de México, México. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 36: 147-149.

Haddad, C. R. (2020). The spider genus Creugas Thorell, 1878 in the Afrotropical Region (Araneae: Corinnidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 82-86. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.1.06

Hajdamowicz, I., Rozwałka, R., Stańska, M., Rutkowski, T. & Sienkiewicz, P. (2020). Xerophilic Alopecosa sulzeri (Pavesi, 1873) (Araneae: Lycosidae) – a new wolf spider species in Poland. Zootaxa 4899(1): 175-185. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.9

Hänggi, A. & Gloor, D. (2020). Vom Wert alter Amateursammlungen – vier Spinnenarten neu für die Schweiz in der Sammlung Ketterer. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 88-96. doi:10.30963/aramit5911

Harvey, M. S., Rix, M. G., Hillyer, M. J. & Huey, J. A. (2020a). The systematics and phylogenetic position of the troglobitic Australian spider genus Troglodiplura (Araneae: Mygalomorphae), with a new classification for Anamidae. Invertebrate Systematics 34(8): 799-822. doi:10.1071/IS20034

Harvey, M. S., Gruber, K., Hillyer, M. J. & Huey, J. A. (2020b). Five new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Aname (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from Western Australia, with a revised generic placement for Aname armigera. Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 10-38. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-35 3162.35.2020.010-038

Hawes, T. C. (2020). A new record of the nocturnal orb-weaving spider Poltys illepidus (Araneae: Araneidae) from northern Thailand. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 156(4): 271-275. doi:10.31184/M00138908.1564.4048

Hildebrand, A., Hüsser, M. & Rast, B. (2020). Revision Avicularia und Änderungen fürs Hobby. Arachne 25(2): 22-38.

Hopfe, C., Ospina-Jara, B., Scheibel, T. & Cabra-García, J. (2020). Ocrepeira klamt sp. n. (Araneae: Araneidae), a novel spider species from an Andean páramo in Colombia. PLoS One 15(8, e0237499): 1-17. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237499

Hormiga, G. & Scharff, N. (2020). The malkarid spiders of New Zealand (Araneae: Malkaridae). Invertebrate Systematics 34(4): 345-405. doi:10.1071/IS19073

Huang, G. Q. & Lin, Y. J. (2020). A new species of Stiphropus (Aranei: Tho­misidae) from China and first documentation of myrmecophily in this genus. Arthropoda Selecta 29(2): 257-261. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.2.12

Huang, Y., Zhang, W., Tong, Y. F. & Li, S. Q. (2020). A new species of the genus Trilacuna (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Guizhou Province, China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(2): 94-98. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.02.003

Huber, B. A. (2020). Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726(1): 1-94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4726.1.1

Huber, B. A. & Villarreal, O. (2020). On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 718: 1-317. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101

Hurni-Cranston, T. & Hill, D. E. (2020). Description of a new jumping spider, Artabrus aurantipilosus sp. nov. (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina), from Banda Neira, Indonesia. Peckhamia 222.1: 1-19.

Indzhov, S. (2020). Philodromus splendens spec. nov., a mysterious new spider species from pine trees in Bulgaria (Araneae: Philodromidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 60: 38-43. doi:10.30963/aramit6008

Irfan, M., Zhou, G. C., Bashir, S., Mukhtar, M. K. & Peng, X. J. (2020). Yuelushannus gen. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from China. European Journal of Taxonomy 642: 1-17. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.642

Jäger, P. (2020a). Thunberga gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from Madagascar (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa 4790(2): 245-260. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4790.2.3

Jäger, P. (2020b). Platnickopoda gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from Tanzania (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Arachnology 18(5): 499-506. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.499

Jäger, P. (2020c). The spider genus Olios Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae: Sparassidae) – Part 1: species groups, diagnoses, identification keys, distribution maps and revision of the argelasius-, coenobitus- and auricomis-groups. Zootaxa 4866(1): 1-119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4866.1.1

Jiménez, M. L., Palacios-Cardiel, C. & Chávez-Lara, I. D. (2020). Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Medanos of Samalayuca, Chihuahua and new records of species for Mexico. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n. s.) 36(e3612205): 1-23. doi:10.21829/azm.2020.3612205

Jin, C. & Zhang, F. (2020a). Fluctus gen. nov., a new castianeirine genus from Yunnan, China (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 4821(1): 161-172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4821.1.9

Jin, C. & Zhang, F. (2020b). Spinirta gen. nov., a new dark sac spider genus from southern China (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 4838(3): 301-330. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4838.3.1

Jocqué, R. & Henrard, A. (2020). Three new species of the genus Ranops (Araneae: Zodariidae) from southern Africa. Zootaxa 4899(1): 186-200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.10

Kaderka, R. (2020). Neischnocolus iquitos, a new species from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Revista Peruana de Biología 27(4): 441-450. doi:10.15381/rpb.v27i4.19198

Kallal, R. & Hormiga, G. (2020). Phylogenetic placement of the stone-nest orb weaving spider Nemoscolus Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Araneidae) and the description of a new Australian species. Invertebrate Systematics 34(8): 893-905. doi:10.1071/IS20035

Kallal, R. J., Dimitrov, D., Arnedo, M., Giribet, G. & Hormiga, G. (2020). Monophyly, taxon sampling, and the nature of ranks in the classification of orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneoidea). Systematic Biology 69(2): 401-411. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz043

Kamura, T. (2020). A new genus of the subfamily Zelotinae (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), with descriptions of two new species from Amami-Ōshima Island, southwest Japan. Acta Arachnologica 69(1): 1-9. doi:10.2476/asjaa.69.1

Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2020a). On three new species of jumping spiders of the genera Habrocestum Simon, 1876, Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 and Tamigalesus Żabka, 1988 (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 5-19. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.4.47578

Kanesharatnam, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2020b). First record of Synagelides Strand, 1906 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Sri Lanka: description of four endemic species from tropical wet forest of the island. Zootaxa 4790(1): 43-56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.2

Kaya, R. S., Yağmur, E. A., Özkütük, R. S. & Kunt, K. B. (2020). New distribution records of Zangherella apuliae (Caporiacco, 1949) from Turkey (Araneae: Anapidae). Serket 17(3): 264-269.

Kim, S. T., Lee, S. Y. & Yoo, J. S. (2020). A new species of Euryopis Menge, 1868 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Korea. Arachnology 18(5): 447-449. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.447

Koç, H., Sancak, Z. & Etirli, E. (2020). A new record for the spider fauna of Turkey: Hypomma cornutum (Blackwall, 1833) (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Serket 17(3): 213-215.

Komnenov, M. (2020a). Subterranean spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Montenegro. The Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Proceedings of the Section of Natural Sciences 23(2019): 119-169.

Komnenov, M. (2020b). First data on the spider fauna (Araneae) of Maleshevski Mountains in the Republic of Macedonia. Bulletin of the Biology Students' Research Society 5: 33-43.

Kovács, G. & Szinetár, C. (2020). Adatok a nagy eretnekpók (Amaurobius ferox [Walckenaer, 1830]) biológiájához (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) [Data on the biology of Amaurobius ferox (Walckenaer, 1830) (Araneae: Amaurobiidae)]. Biológia Savaria Természettudományi és Sporttudományi Közlemények 18: 75-92.

Kunsete, C., Sivayyapram, V., Traiyasut, P., Thanoosing, C., Khamwan, K. & Warrit, N. (2020). Records and redescription of a mygalomorph spider genus ignored for over 100 years with a new species: the genus Atmetochilus Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) in Thailand. Zootaxa 4819(3): 521-543. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4819.3.5

Kůrka, A., Naumova, M., Indzhov, S. & Deltshev, C. (2020). New faunistic and taxonomic data on the spider fauna of Albania (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 8-21. doi:10.30963/aramit5903

Lan, T. Q., Yao, Z. Y., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2020a). Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Guizhou and Guangxi, China. Zootaxa 4758(2): 360-368. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.9

Lan, T. Q., Yao, Z. Y., Zheng, G., Wongprom, P. & Li, S. Q. (2020b). Five new species of the spider genus Savarna Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 4778(2): 311-328. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.4

Lan, T. Q., Yao, Z. Y., Ali, A., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2020c). Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 4820(1): 177-185. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.9

Lecigne, S. (2020). Sur quelques observations intéressantes d’araignées du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais (France) - 1re note. Le Héron 51(2, 2018): 45-60.

Lecigne, S., Lips, J., Moutaouakil, S. & Oger, P. (2020). Two new cave-dwelling spider species from the Moroccan High Atlas (Araneae: Liocranidae, Theridiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 60: 12-18. doi:10.30963/aramit6002

Lecigne, S. & Oger, P. (2020). Philodromus musteri spec. nov. of the Philodromus aureolus group from Turkey (Araneae: Philodromidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 60: 30-33. doi:10.30963/aramit6006

LeMay, G. A. & Agnarsson, I. (2020). New species of smiley-faced spider Spintharus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Brazil, and comments on unobserved diversity in South America. ZooKeys 915: 17-24. doi:10.3897/zookeys.915.47563

Li, C. M., Liu, J. X., Xu, X. & Yin, H. Q. (2020b). A new species of spider in the genus Meotipa Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from southern China. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 96(3): 177-184. doi:10.3956/2020-96.3.177

Li, D. Q., Liu, F. X., Li, D. Q. & Xu, X. (2020a). Two new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela from Hunan Province, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 937: 1-19. doi:10.3897/zookeys.937.50548

Li, S. Q. & Blick, T. (2020). Bifidocoelotes tsoi, a new name to replace Bifidocoelotes bifidus (Araneae, Agelenidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(2): 118. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.02.009

Li, Y., Lin, Y. C. & Li, S. Q. (2020). A review of Crassignatha (Araneae, Symphytognathidae). ZooKeys 988: 63-128. doi:10.3897/zookeys.988.56188

Li, Z. Y. & Zhang, F. (2020). First description of the female of Cheiracanthium chayuense (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(2): 107-110. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.02.006

Lin, Y. J. & Li, S. Q. (2020a). Taxonomic studies on six species of the genus Plator (Araneae: Trochanteriidae) from China. Zoological Systematics 45(1): 24-39. doi:10.11865/zs.202003

Lin, Y. J., Shao, L., Hänggi, A., Caleb, J. T. D., Koh, J. K. H., Jäger, P. & Li, S. Q. (2020a). Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia. ZooKeys 911: 67-99. doi:10.3897/zookeys.911.38761

Lin, Y. J., Li, S. Q. & Chen, H. F. (2020). First report of the spider genus Desis (Araneae, Desidae) from China, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4755(3): 593-597. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4755.3.11

Lin, Y. J., Chang, W.-J. & Li, S. Q. (2020). Dysdera dushengi sp. nov., the easternmost species of the spider family Dysderidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Zoological Systematics 45(2): 97-103. doi:10.11865/zs.202014

Lin, Y. J. & Li, S. Q. (2020b). A new nemesiid spider from Lianhua Cave, Guangxi, China (Araneae, Nemesiidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(1): 2-4. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.01.002

Lin, Y. J. & Li, S. Q. (2020c). Two new genera and eight new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 952: 95-128. doi:10.3897/zookeys.952.51849

Lin, Y. J. & Li, S. Q. (2020d). Taxonomic studies on the genus Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 954: 17-29. doi:10.3897/zookeys.954.52254

Lin, Y. J., Tavano, M. L., Li, S. Q. & Chen, H. F. (2020b). Redescription of the type specimens of Althepus pictus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Psilodercidae) from Myanmar. Zootaxa 4838(3): 441-444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4838.3.9

Lin, Y. J. & Li, S. Q. (2020e). Description on Solitudes dushengi gen. nov et sp. nov. from Xinjiang, China (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zoological Systematics 45(4): 312-315. doi:10.11865/zs.202036

Lin, Y. J. & Li, S. Q. (2020f). Tibetima gen. nov., a new genus of palpimanid spiders from Tibet, China (Araneae, Palpimanidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(2): 85-88. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.02.001

Lin, Y. J., Mikhailov, K. G., Jäger, P. & Chen, H. F. (2020c). Notes on two Asian species of the spider family Deinopidae (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 29(4): 467-469. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.4.08

Liu, J. X., Huang, Z. G., Xu, X. & Yin, H. Q. (2020f). Redescription of types of three species of Leptonetidae Simon, 1890 from China (Arachnida, Araneae). ZooKeys 1000: 1-17. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1000.57660

Liu, K. K., Xu, X., Sheng, H. J. & Yin, H. Q. (2020a). A new species of the genus Jacaena Thorell, 1897 (Araneae: Liocranidae) from China. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 95(3-4, 2019): 127-137. doi:10.3956/2019-95.3.127

Liu, K. K., Yin, H. Q., Haddad, C. R., Xu, X. & Ma, Z. N. (2020b). Two new species of Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 from southern China, with an updated key to the Chinese species (Araneae: Trachelidae). Zootaxa 4803(1): 87-102. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.5

Liu, K. K., Luo, H. P., Xu, X., Chen, Z. & Xiao, Y. H. (2020c). Description of two new species of Tonsilla Wang & Yin, 1992 with an updated key to species (Araneae, Agelenidae). ZooKeys 944: 31-46. doi:10.3897/zookeys.944.48575

Liu, K. K., Luo, H. P., Ying, Y. H., Xiao, Y. X., Xu, X. & Xiao, Y. H. (2020d). A survey of Phrurolithidae spiders from Jinggang Mountain National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China. ZooKeys 946: 1-37. doi:10.3897/zookeys.947.51175

Liu, K. K., Ying, Y. H., Xiao, Y. X., Yan, J. & Xiao, Y. H. (2020e). Eight new species of Otacilia (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from southern China. ZooKeys 979: 1-33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.979.56273

Liu, P., Wang, C. & Peng, X. J. (2020). A new species of the spider genus Euophrys C. L. Koch, 1834 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Hunan, China. Life Science Research 24(4): 310-313. doi:10.16605/j.cnki.1007-7847.2020.04.008

Logunov, D. V. & Ponomarev, A. V. (2020a). A new species of Dendryphantes C. L. Koch, 1837 (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Caucasus, with notes on the state of knowledge of the dendryphantines in the Old World. Arachnology 18(4): 329-332. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.329

Logunov, D. V. & Ponomarev, A. V. (2020b). New species and records of Salticidae (Aranei) from Turkmenistan and neighbouring countries. Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 67-81. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.1.05

Logunov, D. V. (2020a). On three species of Hogna Simon, 1885 (Aranei: Lycosidae) from the Near East and Central Asia. Arthropoda Selecta 29(3): 349-360. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.3.08

Logunov, D. V. & Ponomarev, A. V. (2020c). Karakumosa gen. nov., a new Central Asian genus of fossorial wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae: Lycosinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 127(2): 275-313. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0021

Logunov, D. V. (2020b). New and poorly known leaf-litter dwelling jumping spiders from South-East Asia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini and Tisanibini). Arachnology 18(6): 521-562. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.6.521

Logunov, D. V. (2020c). Further notes on the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1885 from India (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4899(1): 201-214. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.11

Lozano, J. A. & Alameda-Martín, A. (2020). Aportación al conocimiento de las arañas (Araneae) de la provincia de Cuenca (Castilla La Mancha, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 36: 173-177.

Lualhati-Caurez, C. & Barrion, A. T. (2020). A new species of Mallinella Strand 1906 (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Mt. Maculot, Cuenca, Batangas Province, Philippines. Asia Life Sciences 29(2): 333-340.

Lucas, S. M., Passanha, V. & Brescovit, A. D. (2020). New combination and redescription of Bumba humile, description of four new species and new records from Brazil (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Zoologia 37(e46744): 1-17. doi:10.3897/zoologia.37.e46744

Luis de la Iglesia, J. A. (2020). Primera cita en España de Nemesia bacelarae Decae, Cardoso & Selden, 2007 (Araneae, Nemesiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 36: 91-96.

Maddison, W. P., Maddison, D. R., Derkarabetian, S. & Hedin, M. (2020a). Sitticine jumping spiders: phylogeny, classification, and chromosomes (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticini). ZooKeys 925: 1-54. doi:10.3897/zookeys.925.39691

Maddison, W. P., Beattie, I., Marathe, K., Ng, P. Y. C., Kanesharatnam, N., Benjamin, S. P. & Kunte, K. (2020b). A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini). ZooKeys 1004: 27-97. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1004.57526

Magalhaes, I. L. F., Azevedo, G. H. F, Michalik, P. & Ramírez, M. J. (2020a). The fossil record of spiders revisited: implications for calibrating trees and evidence for a major faunal turnover since the Mesozoic. Biological Reviews 95(1): 184-217. doi:10.1111/brv.12559

Magalhaes, I. L. F., Stockmann, M., Marusik, Y. M. & Zonstein, S. L. (2020b). On Sahastata (Araneae: Filistatidae): complementary description of the generotype and two new species from Oman and Morocco. Zootaxa 4899(1): 215-246. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.12

Mariante, R. M. & Hill, D. E. (2020). First report of the Asian jumping spider Menemerus nigli (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) in Brazil. Peckhamia 205.1: 1-21.

Martínez, L., Flórez-Daza, E. & Brescovit, A. D. (2020). Two new species of the armored spider genus Tetrablemma O. P.-Cambridge, 1873 from northern South America (Araneae: Synspermiata: Tetrablemmidae). Zootaxa 4743(1): 92-102. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4743.1.7

Martínez, L., Brescovit, A. D. & Oliveira, L. F. M. (2020). Two new species of the ghost spider genus Macrophyes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 from Colombia and description of the first male of Mesilla Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae). Zootaxa 4853(4): 581-590. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4853.4.7

Marusik, Y. M., Otto, S. & Japoshvili, G. (2020). Taxonomic notes on Amaurobius (Araneae: Amaurobiidae), including the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4718(1): 47-56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4718.1.3

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Simonov, P. S. (2020). A redescription of Aculepeira matsudae (Aranei: Araneidae), a species recently found in Far East Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 121-126. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.1.10

Marusik, Y. M. & Nekhaeva, A. A. (2020a). Redescription of two poorly known Arctic Hilaira species (Aranei: Linyphiidae) with notes on species grouping. Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 133-140. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.1.12

Marusik, Y. M., Nadolny, A. A. & Koponen, S. (2020). Redescription of Trochosa urbana (Araneae: Lycosidae) with notes on its distribution. Arachnology 18(5): 482-489 & Suppl. Fig. 1-5. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.482

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Simmons, Z. M. (2020). Redescription of two west Himalayan Cheiracanthium (Aranei: Cheiracanthiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29(3): 339-347. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.3.07

Marusik, Y. M. & Nadolny, A. A. (2020). On the identity of Trochosa hispanica (Araneae, Lycosidae), with notes on the synonymy of West Palaearctic "Trochosa" species. Zootaxa 4859(1): 56-80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4859.1.2

Marusik, Y. M. & Fomichev, A. A. (2020a). A new species of Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae, Trachelidae) from Tajikistan. ZooKeys 993: 27-34. doi:10.3897/zookeys.993.59932

Marusik, Y. M. & Fomichev, A. A. (2020b). A new genus of Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tajikistan. Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 583-594. doi:10.3897/abs.6.e59687

Marusik, Y. M. & Azarkina, G. N. (2020). Who is Eresus tristis Kroneberg, 1875 (Aranei: Eresidae)?. Arthropoda Selecta 29(4): 470-474. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.4.09

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M., Simonov, P. S. & Mi, X. Q. (2020). A survey of Alenatea Song et Zhu, 1999 (Aranei: Araneidae). Arthropoda Selecta 29(4): 487-494. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.4.12

Marusik, Y. M. & Nekhaeva, A. A. (2020b). New data on spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of Kamchatka, Russia. Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 649-668. doi:10.3897/abs.6.e60005

Marusik, Y. M., Omelko, M. M. & Koponen, S. (2020). On two enigmatic spiders (Araneae: Cybaeidae & Phrurolithidae) from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa 4899(1): 247-258. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.13

Matsuda, K., Ihara, Y. & Nakano, T. (2020). Description of a new species of Cybaeus (Araneae: Cybaeidae) from central Honshu, Japan. Species Diversity 25(2): 145-152. doi:10.12782/specdiv.25.145

Matysiak, J.-P. (2020). La Noble Fausse Veuve Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) - Araneae, Theridiidae, dans le Nord de la France. Le Héron 51(2, 2018): 63-66.

Mazzia, C. & Cornic, J.-F. (2020). Turkozelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), un nouveau genre pour la France et description de Turkozelotes noname n. sp. Revue Arachnologique (2) 7: 35-43.

Mbo, Z. & Haddad, C. R. (2020). Remarks on two poorly known Dionycha spiders from the Afrotropical Region (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae, Liocranidae). Arachnology 18(4): 325-328. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.325

Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. (2020). Systematic revision of Mexican threatened tarantulas Brachypelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with a description of a new genus, and implications on the conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188(1): 82-147. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz046

Miglio, L. T., Pérez-Miles, F. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2020). Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae). Megataxa 2(1): 1-256. doi:10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1

Mikhailov, K. G. & Golovatch, S. I. (2020). The exact publication date in Arthropoda Selecta – what does this mean?. Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 151-153. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.1.14

Miquet, A. & Oger, P. (2020). Stemonyphantes conspersus (L. Koch, 1879), nouvelle espèce pour la France (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 7: 17-19.

Mohagan, A. B., Patano, R. R. Jr., Dargantes, K. S. A. T., Melencion, M. G., Coritico, F. P. & Amoroso, V. B. (2020). New record of Talthybia depressa (Araneae: Araneidae) from the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 149(3): 523-527.

Molina-Gómez, D., Pizzetti, D. D. P. & Teixeira, R. A. (2020). Taxonomic notes on Stephanopoides (Araneae: Thomisidae): new records and description of the male of S. cognata. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 55(1): 51-57. doi:10.1080/01650521.2019.1694800

Montardi, Y. (2020). De araneis Galliae IV. Actualisation du référentiel des araignées de France – deuxième note. Mise en synonymie de deux espèces du genre Menemerus (Salticidae). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 5: 33-41.

Montemor, V. M., West, R. C., Zamani, A., Moradmand, M., Wirth, V. von, Wendt, I., Huber, S. & Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2020). Taxonomy of the genus Ischnocolus in the Middle East, with description of a new species from Oman and Iran (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zoology in the Middle East 66(1): 76-90. doi:10.1080/09397140.2020.1675994

Morano, E. (2020). La familia Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Araneae) en el área ibero-balear. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 37: 101-136.

Mori, A. & Bertani, R. (2020). Revision and cladistic analysis of Psalistops Simon, 1889, Trichopelma Simon, 1888 and Cyrtogrammomma Pocock, 1895 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) based on a cladistic analysis of relationships of Theraphosidae, Barychelidae and Paratropididae. Zootaxa 4873(1): 1-132. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4873.1.1

Mu, Y. & Zhang, F. (2020). The genus Jacaena Thorell, 1897 from southern China (Araneae: Liocranidae). Zootaxa 4819(2): 335-348. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4819.2.6

Muster, C. & Michalik, P. (2020). Cryptic diversity in ant‐mimic Micaria spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) and a tribute to early naturalists. Zoologica Scripta 49(2): 197-209 & Appendices. doi:10.1111/zsc.12404

Nadolny, A. A. & Zamani, A. (2020). A new species of wolf spiders of the genus Lycosa (Aranei: Lycosidae) from Iran. Zoosystematica Rossica 29(2): 205-212. doi:10.31610/zsr/2020.29.2.205

Nadolny, A. A. (2020). [New data on the species composition of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) in Tarkhankut Peninsula, Crimea]. Proceedings of T. I. Vyazemsky Karadag scientific station - Natural reserve of the RAS 3(15): 29-60.

Nafin, K. S., Maddison, W. P. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2020). The first described male of the Asian jumping spider genus Piranthus Thorell, 1895 (Araneae: Salticidae: Baviini). Peckhamia 207.1: 1-7.

Najim, S. A. & Al-Hadlag, K. S. (2020). First record of Latrodectus dahli Levi, 1959 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Iraq. Journal of Animal Diversity 2(1): 141-145. doi:10.29252/JAD.2020.2.1.6

Nanayakkara, R. P., Ganehiarachi, G. A. S. M., Kusuminda, T., Vishvanath, N., Karunaratne, M. K. & Kirk, P. (2020). A new species of Tiger spider in the genus Poecilotheria Pocock, 1899 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Belihuloya, Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(3, 2019): 3-17. [publ. in Jan. 2020]

Naumova, M. (2020). Descriptions of two new spider species, with new data on the Albanian arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones and Scorpiones). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 72(1): 3-12.

Navarro-Rodríguez, C. I. & Valdez-Mondragón, A. (2020). Description of a new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe (Araneae, Sicariidae) recluse spiders from Hidalgo, Mexico, under integrative taxonomy: morphological and DNA barcoding data (CO1 + ITS2). European Journal of Taxonomy 704: 1-30. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.704

Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Gloor, D., Jäger, P. & Kropf, C. (2020). How to deal with destroyed type material? The case of Embrik Strand (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 22-29. doi:10.30963/aramit5904

Nicoletta, M., Chaparro, J. C., Mamani, L., Ochoa, J. A., West, R. C. & Ferretti, N. E. (2020). Two new endemic species of Bistriopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Peru, including a new remarkable horned tarantula. European Journal of Taxonomy 644: 1-20. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.644

Nolasco, S. & Valdez-Mondragón, A. (2020). On the daddy long-legs spiders of the genus Physocyclus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Mexico: description of a new species from the Baja California Peninsula. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 91(e913316): 1-7. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3316

Oketch, A. D., Zonstein, S., Kioko, E. N. & Li, S. Q. (2020). Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya. African Invertebrates 61(2): 93-106. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.61.54004

Okumura, K.-i. (2020a). Description of the male of Coelotes insulanus Shimojana, 2000, and females of Coelotes osamui Nishikawa, 2009 and Draconarius dialeptus Okumura, 2013 (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo (A) 46(2): 41-48.

Okumura, K.-i., Suzuki, Y. & Serita, R. (2020). Two new species of spiders of the families Agelenidae and Amaurobiidae from Okinawa Island, Japan. Arachnology 18(6): 596-601. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.6.596

Okumura, K.-i. (2020b). Three new genera with taxonomic revisions of the subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 69(2): 77-94. doi:10.2476/asjaa.69.77

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Omelko, M. M. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020). A new species and new records of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Laos. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 479-487. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2020-0066

Omelko, M. M., Marusik, Y. M. & Lyle, R. (2020). A survey of Diphya Nicolet, 1849 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 4899(1): 259-279. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.14

Ono, H. & Aung, M. M. (2020). A new species of the genus Liphistius (Araneae: Mesothelae) from Lampi Island, Tanintharyi region, southern Myanmar. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo (A) 46(3): 89-95.

Opatova, V., Hamilton, C. A., Hedin, M., Montes de Oca, L., Král, J. & Bond, J. E. (2020). Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data. Systematic Biology 69(4): 671-707. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064

Otto, J. C. & Hill, D. E. (2020). Maratus tiddalik, a new peacock spider in the flavus group from Western Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 223.1: 1-26.

Özkütük, R. S., Yağmur, E. A., Gücel, S., Shafaie, S., Özden, Ö. & Kunt, K. B. (2020). New records of the East Mediterranean Lachesana (Aranei: Zodariidae), with description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 29(3): 334-338. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.3.06

Palita, S. K., De, K., Choudhury, S. R. & Das, S. K. (2020). First report of the lynx spider Oxyopes sertatus L. Koch, 1878 (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from India. Serket 17(2): 136-138.

Pantini, P., Bonelli, D. & Bonacci, T. (2020). I ragni epigei (Arachnida, Araneae) di un ambiente litoraneo della Calabria. Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", Bergamo 32: 25-32.

Pantini, P., Mazzoleni, F., Gobbi, M. & Pedrotti, L. (2020). Ragni (Arachnida, Araneae) di interesse biogeografico e conservazionistico nel parco nazionale dello Stelvio (Italia). Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", Bergamo 33: 23-53.

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Paquin, P., Dupérré, N., Buckle, D. J. & Ubick, D. (2020). Caves as a key habitat for rare and endemic species of the west coast of North America: a taxonomic revision of the spider genus Oaphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 4819(2): 349-363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4819.2.7

Parker, B. (2020). A new spider species for the United Kingdom – Pandava laminata (Thorell, 1878). Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 149: 17-18.

Patoleta, B. M., Gardzińska, J. & Żabka, M. (2020). Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Thailand: new species and records of Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 and Ptocasius Simon, 1885. PeerJ 8(e9352): 1-23.

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Paul, J., Prajapati, D. A., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2020). Description of a new species of Colaxes Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae: Ballinae) from the tropical montane cloud forests of Western Ghats, India. Arthropoda Selecta 29(2): 244-250. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.2.10

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Ríos-Tamayo, D. (2020). Three new species of Euathlus Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Argentina. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 55(2): 83-95. doi:10.1080/01650521.2019.1696653

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Sancak, Z., Koç, H. & Etirli, E. (2020). Three new records of spider genera from Turkey (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Cybaeidae). Serket 17(3): 216-220.

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Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Brescovit, A. D. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2020). Revision of the spider genus Nyetnops Platnick & Lise (Araneae: Caponiidae) with proposition of the new genus Nopsma, from Central and South America. Zootaxa 4751(3): 461-486. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4751.3.3

Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Santos, G. de los, Brescovit, A. D. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2020). The genus Syspira Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Miturgidae) from Hispaniola, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 4894(3): 413-431. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.7

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Sankaran, P. M., Caleb, J. T. D. & Sebastian, P. A. (2020b). A new Indian species of the orb-weaving spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887, with a new combination and a new synonymy of Tylorida marmorea (Pocock, 1901) (Araneae, Tetragnathinae). Zootaxa 4808(1): 196-200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4808.1.12

Sankaran, P. M., Caleb, J. T. D. & Sebastian, P. A. (2020c). A review of the Indian species formerly assigned to the genus Storena Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with the description of a new genus. European Journal of Taxonomy 707: 1-23. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.707

Sankaran, P. M., Caleb, J. T. D. & Sebastian, P. A. (2020d). The species of the genus Plator Simon, 1880 in India (Araneae: Trochanteriidae). Zootaxa 4852(1): 133-141. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4852.1.7

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Sankaran, P. M., Caleb, J. T. D. & Sebastian, P. A. (2020f). A review of the genus Sphingius Thorell, 1890 from India (Araneae: Liocranidae). Zootaxa 4896(4): 505-522. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.3

Sankaran, P. M., Caleb, J. T. D. & Sebastian, P. A. (2020g). Taxonomic notes on the genus Makdiops Crews & Harvey, 2011 in India (Araneae: Selenopidae). Zootaxa 4896(4): 595-600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.12

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Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. (2020c). Redescription of the enigmatic Costa Rican spider Aenigmarachne sinapophysis Schmidt, 2005 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(5): 440-443. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.440

Sherwood, D., Fabiano-da-Silva, W., Gabriel, R. & Lucas, S. M. (2020). Redescription of Nesipelma insulare Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996 with a revised generic diagnosis for Nesipelma Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996 and a transfer from Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(5): 462-467. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.462

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Vidal, E., Déjean, S., Danflous, S. & Oger, P. (2020). Découverte en France de Silometopus bonessi Casemir, 1970 (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 7: 2-7.

Villepoux, O., Miquet, A. & Oger, P. (2020). Tibellus utotchkini Ponomarev, 2008 (Araneae, Philodromidae), nouvelle espèce pour la France et l'Europe occidentale. Revue Arachnologique (2) 7: 20-22.

Vink, C. & Curtis, K. M. (2020). A redescription of Philoponella congregabilis, an Australian hackled orb weaver spider (Uloboridae) now found in Christchurch, New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 34: 85-94.

Víquez, C. (2020). Aracnofauna (Arachnida) de la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, con la descripciónde tres nuevas especies. Revista de Biología Tropical 68(Suppl. 1): S115-S143.

Waldock, J. M., Duncan, M., Doe, M., Fletcher, A., O'Toole, C. & Irvine, P. (2020). Two new peacock spider species of the genus Maratus (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae) from south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 35: 1-9. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-35 3162.35.2020.001-009

Wang, C. & Li, S. Q. (2020a). On eight species of jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys 909: 25-57. doi:10.3897/zookeys.909.47137

Wang, C., Mi, X. Q., Irfan, M. & Peng, X. J. (2020b). On two species of the spider genus Stertinius Simon, 1890 from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4786(2): 295-300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4786.2.12

Wang, C., Gan, J. H. & Mi, X. Q. (2020). A new species of the genus Lysiteles, with the first male description of L. nudus from Guizhou, China (Araneae: Thomisidae). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 39(3): 309-315. doi:10.11984/j.issn.1000-7083.20200009

Wang, C. & Li, S. Q. (2020b). Seven new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Xishuangbanna, China. ZooKeys 968: 43-69. doi:10.3897/zookeys.968.55047

Wang, C., Mi, X. Q., Irfan, M. & Peng, X. J. (2020d). On eight species of the spider genus Synagelides Strand, 1906 from China (Araneae: Salticidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 724(1): 1-33. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.724.1153

Wang, C., Mi, X. Q. & Peng, X. J. (2020). Three new species of the spider genus Plexippoides Prószyński, 1976 (Araneae, Salticidae) from China. Life Science Research 24(5): 360-366. doi:10.16605/j.cnki.1007-7847.2020.05.003

Wang, C. X., Li, S. Q. & Zhu, W. H. (2020). Taxonomic notes on Leptonetidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from China, with descriptions of one new genus and eight new species. Zoological Research 41(6): 684-704. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.214

Wang, H. & Zhang, F. (2020a). The first recorded of the species Bavia annamita from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(1): 5-8. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.01.003

Wang, L. Y., Zhou, G. C., Irfan, M., Yang, S. F. & Peng, X. J. (2020a). Five new species of Meta Koch, 1836 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Gaoligong Mountains, China. European Journal of Taxonomy 624: 1-25. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.624

Wang, L. Y., Wang, B. L. & Zhang, Z. S. (2020). [A new species of Zoropsis Simon, 1878 from China (Araneae: Zoropsidae)]. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(1): 9-12. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.01.004

Wang, L. Y., Lu, Q. L. & Zhang, Z. S. (2020a). [First description on the male of Orsinome diporusa Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)]. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(1): 35-38. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.01.009

Wang, L. Y., Zhang, Z. S. & Peng, X. J. (2020). Dolichognatha bannaensis new species, a six-eyes tetragnathid spider from China (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Zootaxa 4809(1): 197-200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4809.1.14

Wang, L. Y. & Zhang, Z. S. (2020b). The first record of Zantheres and Z. gracillimus Thorell, 1887 (Araneae, Lycosidae) from China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(2): 99-102. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.02.004

Wang, L. Y., Lu, Q. L. & Zhang, Z. S. (2020b). First description on the female of Orumcekia libo (Wang, 2003) (Araneae: Agelenidae: Coelotinae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(2): 111-114. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.02.007

Wang, W. H. & Wang, C. (2020). Description of two new species of the jumping spider genus Pancorius Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Southwest China. Zootaxa 4899(1): 354-362. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.17

Wang, X., Shaheen, S., He, Q. Q. & Yao, Z. Y. (2020c). Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, China. ZooKeys 965: 1-16. doi:10.3897/zookeys.965.56199

Wesołowska, W. (2020a). Kakameganula, a new name for the preoccupied Kakamega Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016 (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4722(5): 500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4722.5.10

Wesołowska, W. (2020b). Authorship of the generic name Pochytoides (Araneae, Salticidae). Bionomina 18(1): 56. doi:10.11646/bionomina.18.1.3

Wesołowska, W. & Wiśniewski, K. (2020). Belippo eburnensis sp.n., a new ant-like jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from western Africa. Arthropoda Selecta 29(1): 97-102. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.1.08

Wesołowska, W., Azarkina, G. N. & Wiśniewski, K. (2020). A revision of Pachyballus Simon, 1900 and Peplometus Simon, 1900 (Araneae, Salticidae, Ballini) with descriptions of new species. ZooKeys 944: 47-98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.944.49921

Wesołowska, W. & Harten, A. van (2020). Notes on jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Abu Dhabi Emirate. Arachnology 18(6): 607-611. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.6.607

Wilson, J. D., Raven, R. J., Schmidt, D. J., Hughes, J. M. & Rix, M. G. (2020). Total-evidence analysis of an undescribed fauna: resolving the evolution and classification of Australia’s golden trapdoor spiders (Idiopidae: Arbanitinae: Euoplini). Cladistics 36(6): 543-568. doi:10.1111/cla.12415

Wunderlich, J. (2020a). Description of four new and few rare spider species from the Western Palaearctic (Araneae: Dysderidae, Linyphiidae and Theridiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 13: 4-18.

Wunderlich, J. (2020b). Resurrection of the extant spider family Sinopimoidae Li & Wunderlich 2008 (Araneae: Araneoidea). Beiträge zur Araneologie 13: 19-20.

Wunderlich, J. (2020c). New and already described fossil spiders (Araneae) of 20 families in mid and late Cretaceous Burmese Ambers, with notes on spider phylogeny, evolution and classification. Beiträge zur Araneologie 13: 22-164.

Xavier, C., Ott, R. & Saturnino, R. (2020). Three new species of Camillina Berland, 1919 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4802(3): 502-518. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4802.3.6

Xin, J. Y., Zhang, H. N., Li, L. L., Zheng, Z. X. & Yu, H. (2020). Clubiona huaban sp. nov., a new C. trivialis group spider from southwestern China (Araneae: Clubionidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(2): 89-93. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.02.002

Xin, Y. F., Yao, Z. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2020). Two new species of the spider genus Wanniyala Huber & Benjamin, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4759(4): 566-574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.7

Xu, H., Zheng, G. & Yao, Z. Y. (2020). Two new species of the spider genus Khorata Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 4747(1): 156-166. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.6

Yamasaki, T., Hashimoto, Y., Endo, T., Hyodo, F., Takao, I. & Meleng, P. (2020a). A new species of the genus Agorius (Araneae: Salticidae) from Sarawak, Borneo. Acta Arachnologica 69(1): 37-41. doi:10.2476/asjaa.69.37

Yamasaki, T., Hyodo, F., Itioka, T., Hashimoto, Y., Endo, T. & Meleng, P. (2020b). A new corinnid species of the genus Aetius Pickard-Cambridge (Araneae: Corinnidae) from Sarawak, Borneo. Acta Arachnologica 69(2): 105-108. doi:10.2476/asjaa.69.105

Yu, L., Liu, F. X., Zhang, Z. T., Wang, Y., Li, D. Q. & Xu, X. (2020). Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan Island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 911: 51-66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.911.48703

Yuan, T. & Zhang, Z. S. (2020). New molecular evidence for the synonymy of Nephila laurinae and Trichonephila antipodiana. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(2): 119-121. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.02.010

Żabka, M. & Patoleta, B. M. (2020). New species of Langona Simon, 1901 and Neaetha Simon, 1884 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 4899(1): 374-383. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.19

Zamani, A., Marusik, Y. M. & Šestáková, A. (2020). On Araniella and Neoscona (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Caucasus, Middle East and Central Asia. ZooKeys 906: 13-40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.906.47978

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020a). A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera. Arachnology 18(4): 368-386. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.368

Zamani, A., Hosseini, M. S. & Moradmand, M. (2020). New data on jumping spiders of Iran, with a new species of Salticus (Araneae: Salticidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 63-66. doi:10.30963/aramit5908

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020b). A survey of Phrurolithidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in southern Caucasus, Iran and Central Asia. Zootaxa 4758(2): 311-329. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.6

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020c). A new and easternmost species of Loureedia (Aranei: Eresidae) from Iran. Arthropoda Selecta 29(2): 239-243. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.2.09

Zamani, A., Altın, Ç. & Szűts, T. (2020). A black sheep in Eresus (Araneae: Eresidae): taxonomic notes on the ladybird spiders of Iran and Turkey, with a new species. Zootaxa 4851(3): 559-572. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.6

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020d). Two new species of Araniella (Aranei: Araneidae) from Western Himalaya, with notes on species reported from India. Arthropoda Selecta 29(3): 361-366. doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.3.09

Zamani, A., Dimitrov, D., Weiss, I., Alimohammadi, S., Rafiei-Jahed, R., Esyunin, S. L., Moradmand, M., Chatzaki, M. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020). New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part VII. Arachnology 18(6): 569-591. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.6.569

Zamani, A. & Bosselaers, J. (2020). The spider family Oecobiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 38-58. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1173

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020e). New species of Filistatidae, Palpimanidae and Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from southern Iran. Acta Arachnologica 69(2): 121-126. doi:10.2476/asjaa.69.121

Zhang, J. S., Yu, H. & Zhong, Y. (2020). Redescription of Pristidia cervicornuta (Araneae, Clubionidae), with a first description of the female. ZooKeys 914: 33-42. doi:10.3897/zookeys.914.46909

Zhang, J. S., Yu, H. & Chen, J. (2020). First description of the female of Clubiona milingae Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Heong, 2013 (Araneae, Clubionidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 8(e51789): 1-8. doi:10.3897/BDJ.8.e51789

Zhang, J. S., Yu, H. & Li, S. Q. (2020). New cheiracanthiid spiders from Xishuangbanna rainforest, southwestern China (Araneae, Cheiracanthiidae). ZooKeys 940: 51-77. doi:10.3897/zookeys.940.51802

Zhang, J. S. & Yu, H. (2020). Three new species of the Clubiona corticalis-group from southern China (Araneae: Clubionidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 44(4): 346-354. doi:10.3906/zoo-2003-7

Zhang, X. Q., Lan, T. Q., Nie, L. & Li, S. Q. (2020). Eight new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Tibet, China. ZooKeys 940: 79-104. doi:10.3897/zookeys.940.49793

Zhang, Y. & Zhang, Z. S. (2020). The first description of the female Phlegra pisarskii from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(2): 115-117. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.02.008

Zhao, H. F., Li, S. Q. & Zhang, A. B. (2020). Taxonomic revision of Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from East and Southeast Asia. ZooKeys 933: 15-93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.933.38653

Zhong, R. & Chen, J. (2020). Redescription of hersiliids from Wuling Mountains, China and the first description of the male Hersilia xieae (Araneae: Hersiliidae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(1): 17-26. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.01.006

Zhou, X. W., Zhou, G. C. & Peng, X. J. (2020). Redescription of Philoponella nasuta with the first report of the female (Araneae: Uloboridae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(1): 30-34. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.01.008

Zhu, W. H., Yao, Z. Y., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2020a). Three new species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 4742(2): 332-342. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4742.2.6

Zhu, W. H., Yao, Z. Y., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2020b). The Belisana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Tibet, China. Zootaxa 4802(1): 111-128. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.7

Zhu, W. H., Yao, Z. Y., Zheng, G. & Li, S. Q. (2020c). Six new species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 4810(1): 175-197. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.12

Zhu, Y., Lin, Y. J. & Zhong, Y. (2020). Two new and one newly recorded species of Thelcticopis Karsch, 1884 (Araneae, Sparassidae) from China. ZooKeys 940: 105-115. doi:10.3897/zookeys.940.50764

Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020a). Two new species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893 from Madagascar (Araneae, Palpimanidae). African Invertebrates 61(1): 1-15. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.61.47048

Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020b). A review of the spider genus Boagrius Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Palpimanidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 91-102. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2020-0010

Zonstein, S. L. (2020). On Afromygale, a new mygalomorph spider genus from East Africa (Araneae: Pycnothelidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 50(1): 131-146. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4392942

Zuo, W. X., Wang, H. & Zhang, F. (2020). [First description of the male of Gongylidioides griseolineatus (Araneae: Linyphiidae)]. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 29(1): 27-29. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2020.01.007

2021

Bellvert, A., Gillespie, R. & Arnedo, M. (2021). A happy family: systematic revision of the endemic Theridion spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae) of the Hawaiian Islands. Invertebrate Systematics 35(1): 1-58. doi:10.1071/IS20001

Lan, T. Q., Zhao, Z., Kim, S. T., Yoo, J. S., Lee, S. Y. & Li, S. Q. (2021). Five new species of the genera Falcileptoneta and Longileptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from South Korea. ZooKeys 1010: 97-116. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1010.59915

Pantoja, P., Saturnino, R. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2021). A new species of Trachelopachys Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Trachelidae) from Amazonia. Zootaxa 4903(3): 448-450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4903.3.10

Yu, L., Liu, F. X., Zhang, Z. T., Li, D. Q. & Xu, X. (2021). Three new species of the segmented spider genus Qiongthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 1009: 123-138. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1009.57857