Taxonomic Study On The Araneae From Yuelu Mountain,Hunan Province

Yuelu Mountain is located near the Xianjiang River in Yuelu District,Changsha,Hunan Province and belong to subtropical monsoon humid climate.The highest altitude is 300 m.Its surrounding area is open.The exchange of exotic species is relatively smooth.The spider diversity is very high.The systematic survey on spiders Yuelu Mountain was conducted from September 2016 to December 2018 by the sweeping,sieving,shaking,hand picking and spray from leaf litter,grass,shrub layer,canopy layer,etc.A total of 16,547 spider specimens belonging to 243 species in 162 genera and 42 families were collected,of which,9428(57%)were adults.Three new genera are erected: Sinatheridion gen.nov.,Ceratinellaoides gen.nov.and Spinarans gen.nov..24 new species are described: Songthela yuelushanensis sp.nov.,Latouchia xiangjiangensis sp.nov.,Argyrodes subitacaput sp.nov.,Carniella yinae sp.nov.,Dipoena yueluensis sp.nov.,Dipoena mirabilis sp.nov.,Phoroncidia symmetrica sp.nov.,Sinatheridion minorcymbium sp.nov.,Stemmops subforcipus sp.nov.,Theridion subundatum sp.nov.,Ceratinellaoides barbatus sp.nov.,Oia yani sp.nov.,Syedra yueluensis sp.nov.,Weintrauboa yueluensis sp.nov.,Spinarans yueluensis sp.nov.,Draconarius pseudorugosus sp.nov.,Spiricoelotes pseudoanshiensis sp.nov.,Cicurina pengi sp.nov.,Cicurina yueluensis sp.nov.,Lathys yueluensis sp.nov.,Clubiona bristlen sp.nov.,Olios tangi sp.nov.,Tmarus sublongqicus sp.nov.and Pancorius yueluensis sp.nov..Males of Pseudanapis serica Brignoli,1981 and Zodarion hunanensis Yin,2012 as well as females of Episinus longabdomenus Zhu,1998,Leptonetela unispinosa(Yin,Wang et Wang,1984)are described for the first time.The photos of body,male palp,female epigyna of each species have been photographed.1622 colour photos in 273 plates have been presented.