Taxonomic Study On The Spiders Of The Family Tetragnathidae From Wuling Mountains(Arachnida:Araneae)

This dissertation concentrated on the taxonomic study on the spiders of family Tetragnathidae from Wulin Mountains based on predecessors'work and the related literature.Four parts are included.Part ? introduced the brief introduction to Wulin Mountains,morphological characteristics,the research history of family Tetragnathidae,current taxonomic situation,economic value,and methods and materials.Part ? concentrated on the taxonomic study of 51 species in 10 genera of the family Tetragnathidae.All specimens were given the detail collecting information,most of the specimens were given the description of detail characteristics.All new species were provided with discussion of the differences between the new species and its related species and the etymology.Part ? summarized the results of taxonomy including discussions.10 new species are described and named as:Leucauge hupingensis sp.nov.,Leucauge subliui sp.nov.,Meta intemperate sp.nov.,Metleucauge yinae sp.nov.,Metleucauge yinae sp.nov.,Tetragnatha bicrura sp.nov.,Tetragnatha jiangkouensis sp.nov.,Tetragnatha subhasselti sp.nov.,Tetragnatha subsquamata sp.nov.,Tylorida hubeiensis sp.nov.,Tylorida jinfoensis sp.nov..Finally,part ? contains 202 color photos which were given to all new species and parts of the known species whose description and diagnostic figures in the related literatures are not correct enough to identification.55 point plots inked on ink jet plotter paper for all new species.