Taxonomic Study On Genus Of The Family Sparassidae From China, With Description Of New Species (Arachnida: Araneae)

The present paper deals with a comprehensive taxonomic research of Sparassidae from China (Arachnida:Araneae) in genus grade for the first time and new species and new record species are described. The content consists of two parts as follows:the general account and the systematic account.The general account introduces status and system of classification, phylogenetic research, morphological characters, distribution and biology of Sparassidae in China in detail.In the systematic account, the key of 11 genus of Sparassidae was compiled, the characteristic and diagnose of 11 genus were described, and the species and the distribution were acquired. One species was described as the delegate for each genus and 11 morphological characters of which were illustrated including eyes, cheliceral teeth, trilobate membrane and so on. Among the 11 species,3 species are new to science,2 known species without specimens in hand, the illustrations for that were copied from other authors. Besides, 8 new species and 5 new recorded species from China were described. Add up to, there were 11 new species and 5 new recorded species from China in the present paper.Type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University (MHBU).