A new species of the tarantula genus Haplocosmia (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Tibet, China
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Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e82682
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e82682
Authors: Ye-Jie Lin, Xunyou Yan, Shuqiang Li
Abstract: Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996 is a small genus distributed in the Himalayas that includes two species. This genus has not been found in China (Li et al. 2021, Yao et al. 2021, Zhao et al. 2022).A new species of the genus Haplocosmia is described from China: Haplocosmia sherwoodae sp. n. from Tibet. Photos and a morphological description of the new species are given. The type specimen of the new species is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (IZCAS).