title: New Otacilia species from Southwest China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae).
abstract: The present paper describes nine new Otacilia species from Southwest China: O. mira sp. nov. (♀, ♂) and O. pyriformis sp. nov. (♀, ♂) from Chongqing, O. papilion sp. nov. (♀, ♂) from Guizhou, O. aurita sp. nov. (♀, ♂), O. digitata sp. nov. (♂), O. leibo sp. nov. (♀, ♂) and O. ovata sp. nov. (♀, ♂) from Sichuan, O. acuta sp. nov. (♀, ♂) and O. flexa sp. nov. (♀, ♂) from Yunnan. Line drawings, photos and descriptions of all new species are presented. In addition, the 21 known Chinese Otacilia species are divided into three species groups.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China; Email: dudu06042001@163.com.
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education), School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Zhisheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology