title: Anapidae (Arachnida: Araneae), a spider family newly recorded from Laos.
abstract: The spider family Anapidae is reported from Laos for the first time. One new species is described: Pseudanapis namkhan n. sp. from Nam Khan Valley, Luang Prabang Province. Another species is recorded for the first time from Champasak Province, Laos and the following new synonymy is proposed: Sinanapis thaleri Ono 2009 = Sinanapis crassitarsus Wunderlich & Song 1995 n. syn. Morphological descriptions, diagnoses and comparative illustrations are provided for the two species.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China; Email: Yucheng@LIN.com.
authors.forename: Yucheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Email: Shuqiang@li.com.
authors.forename: Shuqiang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Arachnology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Email: Peter.jaeger@Senckenberg.de.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jäger
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D007812:Laos; D008297:Male; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology