ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e68669
Phrynarachne birudis sp. nov., a new crab spider (Araneae, Thomisidae) from South Korea
expand article infoJae Seong Im‡, Seung Tae Kim§, Sue Yeon Lee|
‡ Entomology Program, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea§ Life and Environment Research Institute, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea| College of Agricultural Life Science, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, Republic of Korea

Corresponding author: Sue Yeon Lee ( hongdan@snu.ac.kr )

© Jae Seong Im, Seung Tae Kim, Sue Yeon Lee.
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Citation: Im JS, Kim ST, LEE S (2021) Phrynarachne birudis sp. nov., a new crab spider (Araneae, Thomisidae) from South Korea. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e68669
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Abstract

The crab spiders of the genus Phrynarachne Thorell, 1869 comprising 32 species has been widely known to distribute worldwide to date. Only one species, Phrynarachne katoi Chikuni, 1955, is known in Korea so far.

A new crab spider, Phrynarachne birudis sp. nov. is described, based on a male collected from Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. The geographic record is provided as well as photos of habitus and illustrations of the male copulatory organ. The type specimens of this study are deposited in the collection of the Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR) and Konkuk University (KKU), South Korea.

Keywords
Thomisidae, Phrynarachne, new species, description, South Korea