Taxon details

Family: Phrurolithidae / Genus: Brevitubus

Brevitubus ailan (Liu, Xu, Xiao, Yin & Peng, 2019)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-05-22
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051077]
  • Distribution: China
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China; f (Liu et al., 2019b)
  • Paratype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China; 4f (Liu et al., 2019b)
Taxonomic references
Otacilia ailan Liu et al., 2019b: 439, f. 1A-C, 2A-B (Df).
Otacilia ailan Liu et al., 2022a: Suppl. 2: 76, f. 141B, 142B, 143B (f).
Otacilia ailan Mu & Zhang, 2023b: 24, f. 16A-D, 17A-G, 18A-B (Dm, f).
Brevitubus ailan Zhu et al., 2025: 464 (T from Otacilia).
References

Liu, K., Xu, X., Xiao, Y. H., Yin, H. Q. & Peng, X. J. (2019b). Six new species of Otacilia from southern China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae). Zootaxa 4585(3): 438-458. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4585.3.2 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Liu, K. K., Li, S. Q., Zhang, X. Q., Ying, Y. H., Meng, Z. Y., Fei, M. H., Li, W. H., Xiao, Y. H. & Xu, X. (2022a). Unknown species from China: the case of phrurolithid spiders (Araneae, Phrurolithidae). Zoological Research 43(3): 352-355, Suppl. I: 1-5, Suppl. II: 1-223. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.055 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Mu, Y. & Zhang, F. (2023b). Further additions to the guardstone spider fauna from China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae). Zootaxa 5338(1): 1-104, Erratum 5346(5): 599-600. , 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.5.7 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhu, S. X., Liao, R. R., Yin, H. Q. & Xu, X. (2025). Brevitubus gen. nov. (Araneae, Phrurolithidae), a new guardstone spider genus from southern China, with descriptions of four new species and proposal of four new combinations. Zootaxa 5637(3): 450-468. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.2 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-05-22 New taxonomic reference entry Zhu et al., 2025 n/a
2025-05-22 Species transferred to new genus Zhu et al., 2025 Species transferred from Otacilia to Brevitubus
2023-08-25 New taxonomic reference entry Mu & Zhang, 2023b n/a
2023-08-25 First description of male Mu & Zhang, 2023b n/a (Old value)
2022-03-31 New taxonomic reference entry Liu et al., 2022a n/a
2019-04-15 New taxonomic reference entry Liu et al., 2019b n/a
2019-04-15 New species inserted Liu et al., 2019b n/a