Four new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell 1878 from Mainland China and Laos (Araneae Ctenizidae)

摘要

Here for the first time the presence of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 (Araneae: Ctenizidae) is reported from mainland China and Laos. Four Conothele species collected from the regions are described as new to science, based on the female genital morphology: Conothele baiyunensis Xu, Xu & Liu, >sp. n. (Guangdong Province), Conothele daxinensis Xu, Xu & Li, >sp. n. (Guangxi Province), Conothele sidiechongensis Xu, Xu & Liu, >sp. n. (Yunnan Province, China and Vietnam), Conothele yundingensis Xu, Xu & Li, >sp. n. (Yunnan Province).