First records of the genus Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004 (Araneae, Araneidae) from China, with the description of two new species

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Authors: Xiaoqi Mi, Cheng Wang, Haochun Chen
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Abstract

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Mi, Xiaoqi, Wang, Cheng, Chen, Haochun (2026): First records of the genus Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004 (Araneae, Araneidae) from China, with the description of two new species. ZooKeys 1269: 41-54, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1269.163661AbstractThe genus Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004 is recorded from China for the first time, with two new species described here from Xizang: Parazygiella jianxini Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♂ ♀) and P. yanghongae Mi & Wang, sp. nov. (♂ ♀). Additionally, two species, P. hiramatsui (Tanikawa, 2017), comb. nov. and P. nearctica (Gertsch, 1964), comb. nov. are transferred from Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902.

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Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Study of Mite Species Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Publication date
13 February 2026
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EN
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