The spider genus Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 contains 69 species, endemic to Indochina and Southeast Asia. Only one species is currently known from the Chinese province of Yunnan: Liphistius nabang Yu, Zhang & Zhang, 2021.
A new species, Liphistius liz Lin & Li, sp. nov., is described from Yunnan, China, on the basis of both sexes. Photos and a morphological description of the new species are provided.
Lin Y, Li S (2023) A new species of Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Yunnan, China. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e113290. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e113290