Neoscona polyspinipes Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990

Lin, Yejie, Wu, Lingbing, Cai, Ducheng, Li, Shuqiang, Barrion, Alberto Tomas & Heong, Kong-Luen, 2023, Review of 43 spider species from Hainan Island, China (Arachnida, Araneae), Zootaxa 5351 (5), pp. 501-533 : 503

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scientific name	Neoscona polyspinipes Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990
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Neoscona polyspinipes Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 View in CoL View at ENA

Neoscona polyspinipes Yin et al., 1990: 104 View in CoL , figs 254–261 (♁ ♀).

Neoscona xiquanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong View in CoL , in Barrion et al., 2013: 5, fig. 3A–I (♁). syn. nov.

For a complete list of taxonomic references see World Spider Catalog (2023).

Type material of Neoscona xiquanensis (examined). Holotype ♁ (coll. no. Li2011-01), CHINA: Hainan Island, Lingshui, Xiquan Village , 29.III.2011, leg. A. T. Barrion et al. .

Description and diagnosis. See Yin et al. (1990) for a description and diagnosis of both sexes.

Distribution. China (Hainan, Hubei, Hunan).

Comments. The type material of N. xiquanensis was examined and no differences between the males of N. polyspinipes and N. xiquanensis could be distinguished. Thus, we propose that N. xiquanensis syn. nov. is a junior synonym of N. polyspinipes .