World Spider Catalog

Genus: Meotipa Simon, 1895 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Meotipa vittiforma Hu, Zhong, Liu & Li, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066661

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Described:

Distribution: China

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Centre for Behavioral Ecology and Evolution (CBEE), College of Life Sciences [= Museum of Hubei University (MHU)], Hubei University, Wuhan, China f (LJ201800979) - (Hu et al., 2026a)

Taxonomic References

Meotipa vittiforma Hu et al., 2026a: 204, f. 5C-D, 7D, H, L (Df) Original description

Meotipa vittiforma Zhu et al., 2026: 3, f. 1A-E, 2A-F, 3A-F (Dm, f)

References

Hu, C. H., Zhong, R., Liu, J. & Li, Z. C. (2026a). A revision of Chrysso O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 sensu lato (Araneae, Theridiidae). ZooKeys 1266: 193-218. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.172838 -- Show included taxa

Zhu, H. S., Huang, G. L., Liu, J. & Hu, C. H. (2026). First description of the male of Meotipa vittiforma (Araneae, Theridiidae), with a discussion of its palpal morphology. Biodiversity Data Journal 14(e191299): 1-9. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.14.e191299 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2026-05-03	Species distribution update	Zhu et al., 2026	Old value
2026-05-03	First description of male	Zhu et al., 2026
2026-05-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Zhu et al., 2026
2026-01-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Hu et al., 2026a
2026-01-14	New species inserted	Hu et al., 2026a