title: Six new species of the spider genus Spiricoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from caves in Jiangxi, China.
abstract: Six new species of the spider genus Spiricoelotes Wang, 2002 are described, Spiricoelotes anshiensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), Spiricoelotes chufengensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), Spiricoelotes nansheensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), Spiricoelotes taipingensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), Spiricoelotes xianheensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♂♀) and Spiricoelotes xiongxinensis Chen & Li, sp. n. (♀). All new species were collected from caves in Jiangxi Province, China.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Shuqiang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: Asia; Coelotinae; Taxonomy; cave; description; diagnosis