School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. .
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA. .
Zootaxa. 2021 Dec 15;5082(1):65-76. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5082.1.6.
To date, only one species of whip spider has been recorded in China. Here, we describe a new species, Weygoldtia hainanensis sp. nov., from Hainan, China. The new species is morphologically similar to W. davidovi (Fage, 1946) and W. consonensis Miranda et al. 2021, but can be distinguished with a combination of the following characters: 26 segments in tibia I, 6-7 teeth on chelicerae, distitibia IV trichobothria sc and sf series each with 10-11 trichobothria. To validate our morphological inferences and support the erection of W. hainanensis sp. nov. as a new species, we sequenced the COI gene region for two individuals and performed molecular phylogenetic analyses. The inferred phylogenetic trees placed the new species within Weygoldtia and highlighted the evolutionary distinction between W. hainanensis sp. nov. and currently described whip spiders. The type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Biology, East China Normal University (ECNU).
迄今为止，中国仅记录到一种鞭蛛。本文描述了一种来自中国海南的新种，海南威氏鞭蛛 Weygoldtia hainanensis sp. nov.。该新种在形态上与 W. davidovi (Fage, 1946) 和 W. consonensis Miranda et al. 2021 相似，但可通过以下特征组合区分：胫节 I 有 26 节，螯肢有 6-7 颗牙齿，distitibia IV trichobothria sc 和 sf 系列各有 10-11 根刚毛。为了验证我们的形态学推论并支持将 W. hainanensis sp. nov. 作为一个新种成立，我们对两个个体进行了 COI 基因区域测序，并进行了分子系统发育分析。推断的系统发育树将新种置于威氏鞭蛛属内，并突出了 W. hainanensis sp. nov. 和已描述的鞭蛛之间的进化区别。模式标本保存在华东师范大学生物博物馆（ECNU）。
