Trachelas sinensis Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1995

Liu, Kaizhen, Liu, Jiannan, Zhang, Feng, Li, Liangtao, Mi, Xiaoqi & Jin, Chi, 2024, An update on the distribution of the genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae, Trachelidae) in China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5453 (4), pp. 567-576 : 570

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.7

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11240727

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Trachelas sinensis Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1995
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Trachelas sinensis Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1995 View in CoL

Trachelas japonica Chen & Zhang, 1982: 36 , figs 8–9 (♀, misidentified) (Zhejiang).

Trachelas japonica Hu, 1984: 305 , fig. 319.3–4 (♀, misidentified) (Zhejiang).

Trachelas japonicus Chen & Zhang, 1991: 253 View in CoL , fig. 265.1–3 (♂ ♀, misidentified) (Zhejiang).

Trachelas sinensis Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1995: 161 View in CoL , figs 1–4 (♂ ♀) (Jiangxi).

Trachelas sinensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 429 View in CoL , fig. 256A–B, I–J (♂ ♀) (Jiangxi).

Trachelas sinensis Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009: 53 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 36–41 (♂ ♀) (Hubei, Guizhou, Anhui).

Trachelas sinensis Wang, Zhang & Zhang, 2012: 50 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , fig. 13A–F (♀) (Chongqing).

Material examined. CHINA: Anhui: 1♀, Huangshan City, Xiuning County, Qiyun Mountain (29°48.269′N, 118°02.298′ E), 530 m a.s.l., 22 October 2013, leg. Luyu Wang. GoogleMaps Guizhou: 1♀, Sinan County, Zhangjiazhai Town, Zhushuituo Cave Entrance , 15 October 2014, leg. Chi Jin. Hunan: 1♂, Suining County, Huangsangping Town (26°25.2036′N, 110°05.9079′E), 451 m a.s.l., 20 September 2015, leg. Chi Jin. GoogleMaps Shaanxi: 1♀ 2♂, Hanzhong City , Foping County, the hill on the east side of the county town, 920 m a.s.l., 11 September 2004, leg. Zhisheng Zhang and Huiming Chen.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guizhou, Anhui, Chongqing; new provincial record: Hunan, Shaanxi) ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ).

Remarks. Chen & Zhang (1982), Hu (1984) and Chen & Zhang (1991) respectively recorded T. japonicus in Zhejiang Province, China, with the former two recording females and the latter recording both females and males. They both provide relatively clear illustrations of female external genitalia, but both are recognized as T. sinensis by the club-shaped secondary spermathecae (fig. 9 in Chen & Zhang 1982; fig. 319.4 in Hu 1984; fig. 265. 2 in Chen & Zhang 1991), rather than oval as in T. japonicus (fig. 32 in Zhang et al. 2009). Therefore, the records of T. japonicus in these three publications are considered misidentified and should be attributed to T. sinensis .

Judging from the current information, although the distribution of these two species in China extends southward to Guizhou and Hunan Province, the northernmost distribution point (Foping County) of T. sinensis is just on the southern side of the Qinling Mountains, while T. japonicus is distributed across the Qinling Mountains, north to Liaoning ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ). The Qinling Mountains are a natural barrier that divides China's north and south geographically. Based on this, it can be inferred that in China, T. japonicus is a widespread species, while T. sinensis is a southern species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Trachelidae

Genus

Trachelas

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Trachelas sinensis Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1995

Liu, Kaizhen, Liu, Jiannan, Zhang, Feng, Li, Liangtao, Mi, Xiaoqi & Jin, Chi 2024
2024
Loc

Trachelas sinensis

Song, D. X. & Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. 1999: 429
1999
Loc

Trachelas sinensis

Chen, J. & Peng, J. B. & Zhao, J. Z. 1995: 161
1995
Loc

Trachelas japonicus

Chen, Z. F. & Zhang, Z. H. 1991: 253
1991
Loc

Trachelas japonica

Hu, J. L. 1984: 305
1984
Loc

Trachelas japonica

Chen, Z. F. & Zhang, Z. H. 1982: 36
1982
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