First description of comb-tailed spiders (Araneae: Hahniidae) from Vietnam.
Spider family Hahniidae was firstly recorded from Vietnamin the present paper. In total, three genera and five species were recorded in three national parks of Northern Vietnam: Alistra hamata sp. nov. (male), Hahnia himalayaensis Hu & Zhang, 1990 (male, female), H. rimiformis sp. nov. (male, female), H. zhejiangensis Song & Zheng, 1982 (male, female) and Scotospilus longus sp. nov. (male, female). Morphological illustrations and photos of new species as well as descriptions and copulatory organs' photos of known species are given. The genus Scotospilus and the position of S. longus sp. nov. are discussed.
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; Email: zhangzs327@gmail.com.
Zhi-Sheng
ZS
Zhang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Email: lisq@ioz.ac.cn.
Shuqiang
S
Li
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam; Email: PHAM@PHAM.com.
Dinh-Sac
DS
Pham
D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D014744:Vietnam