Revision of the theraphosid spiders from China (Araneae: Mygalomorphae)
Journal of Arachnology 36: 425-447.
Abstract
Ten theraphosid spiders of the genera <i>Citharognathus</i> Pocock 1895, <i>Haplopelma</i> Simon 1892, <i>Chilobrachys</i> Karsch 1891, <i>Yamia</i> Kishida 1920 and <i>Selenocosmia</i> Ausserer 1871 from China are described, including four new species, namely <i>Selenocosmia xinping</i> sp. nov., <i>S. jiafu</i> sp. nov., <i>S. xinhuaensis</i> sp. nov., and <i>Chilobrachys liboensis</i> sp. nov. <i>Plesiophrictus guangxiensis</i> is transferred to the genus <i>Chilobrachys</i>. Additionally, the species <i>Chilobrachys jingzhao</i> Zhu, Song & Li, 2001 is newly synonymized with <i>Chilobrachys guangxiensis</i> (Yin & Tan 2000)