Xu Xin, Yu Li, Aung Khin Pyae Pyae, Yu Long, Liu Fengxiang, Lwin Wai Wai, Sang Men Zing, Li Daiqin
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, 36 Lushan Road, Changsha 410081, Hunan Province, China.
State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, and Centre for Behavioural Ecology and Evolution (CBEE), School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, 368 Youyi Road, Wuhan 430062, Hubei Province, China.
Zookeys. 2021 Apr 14;1031:41-58. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1031.59102. eCollection 2021.
Five Schiödte, 1849 species of the primitively segmented spider family Liphistiidae are currently known from Myanmar. Here, we described a new species, (♂♀), which was collected from Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, diagnosed based on its genital morphology. The specimens (2♂♂, 5♀♀) collected by Walter C. Sedgwick from Pyin Oo Lwin in 1982 were misidentified as Thorell, 1897 and are treated here as the newly described species. Accordingly, we described the males of for the first time, redescribed its female, using newly collected specimens from Yadò, Than Taung and Kalekho Atet townships, Kayin State. We also provided information on the variation in genital morphology of both species, and their relationships within the -group of species.