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The fourth species of Sinamma Lin & Li, 2014 (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from China

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The fourth species of Sinamma Lin & Li, 2014 (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from China

Background

Sinamma Lin & Li, 2014 is a small tetrablemmid genus distributed in China, with three currently known species: Sinamma oxycera Lin & Li, 2014 from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and S. quadrata Tong & Li, 2022 and S. yingae Tong & Li, 2022 from Guangdong Province.

New information

While examining spider specimens obtained by sifting leaf litter from Danxiashan National Nature Reserve in Guangdong Province of China, we discovered a new species of the genus Sinamma, S. danxia sp. nov., which is described here.


He A, Zhu J, Chen F, Guo J (2024) The fourth species of Sinamma Lin & Li, 2014 (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from China. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e134334. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e134334