taxonID	type	description	language	source
678009E73BE24A0F14B47350DE60D5C1.taxon	materials_examined	♂ ex.; Thailand, Pathum Thani Prov., Khlong Sam, lat: 14.16, long: 100.66; LJO 01; LC 597525; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; Thailand, Pathum Thani Prov., Khlong Sam, lat: 14.16, long: 100.66; LJO 02; LC 597526; (Table 1).	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
F0111E3F6E2164B0F7A2A4EE71C7BDDA.taxon	materials_examined	♂ ex.; Thailand, Prachinburi Prov., Mueang Prachinburi District, Mai Khet, lat: 14.1, long: 101.33; AT 5343; LC 756453; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; Thailand, Prachinburi Prov., Mueang Prachinburi District, Mai Khet, lat: 14.1, long: 101.33; AT 5337; LC 756454; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; Thailand, Prachinburi Prov., Mueang Prachinburi District, Mai Khet, lat: 14.1, long: 101.33; AT 5338; LC 756455; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; Thailand, Prachinburi Prov., Mueang Prachinburi District, Mai Khet, lat: 14.1, long: 101.33; AT 5339; LC 756456; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; Thailand, Prachinburi Prov., Mueang Prachinburi District, Mai Khet, lat: 14.1, long: 101.33; AT 5340; LC 756457; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; Thailand, Prachinburi Prov., Mueang Prachinburi District, Mai Khet, lat: 14.1, long: 101.33; AT 5341; LC 756458; (Table 1) • ♂ ex.; Thailand, Prachinburi Prov., Mueang Prachinburi District, Mai Khet, lat: 14.1, long: 101.33; AT 5342; LC 756459; (Table 1) • ♂ ex.; Thailand, Pathum Thani Prov., Sam Khok District, Ban Pathum, lat: 14.08, long: 100.58; AT 5345; LC 756460; (Table 1).	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
79C3FD6AE5F25664B148B1F22769C556.taxon	description	Figs 1, 3, 12, 13, 14	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
79C3FD6AE5F25664B148B1F22769C556.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis and description. See Tanikawa (1989). Living specimens as in Fig. 3 A – C, male habitus as in Fig. 12 A – C, male palp as in Fig. 13 A – D, female habitus as in Fig. 12 D – F, genitalia as in Fig. 14 A – F.	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
79C3FD6AE5F25664B148B1F22769C556.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guizhou, new record for mainland China; Taiwan), India, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Philippines, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Australia.	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
79C3FD6AE5F25664B148B1F22769C556.taxon	materials_examined	♂ ex.; China, Guizhou Prov., Guiyang City, Huaxi District, Dangwu Town, lat: 26.38, long: 106.6, elev: 1138; YHGY 431; PX 230061; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; China, Guizhou Prov., Guiyang City, Huaxi District, University Town, lat: 26.38, long: 106.65, elev: 1173; YHGY 432; PX 230062; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; China, Guizhou Prov., Guiyang City, Huaxi District, Dangwu Town, lat: 26.38, long: 106.6, elev: 1138; YHGY 433; PX 230063; (Table 1) • ♂ ex.; China, Guizhou Prov., Guiyang City, Huaxi District, University Town, lat: 26.38, long: 106.65, elev: 1173; YHGY 495; PX 230065; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; China, Guizhou Prov., Guiyang City, Huaxi District, University Town, lat: 26.38, long: 106.65, elev: 1173; YHGY 507; PX 230066; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; China, Guizhou Prov., Guiyang City, Huaxi District, University Town, lat: 26.38, long: 106.65, elev: 1173; YHGY 508; PX 230064; (Table 1).	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
958E9D7168335B8E8ABF5E6B0CE739CE.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
958E9D7168335B8E8ABF5E6B0CE739CE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Males of L. guiyang sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from all other congeners with the exception of L. phosop by having a bifurcate terminal apophysis (TA); a terminal apophysis appendix (TAA) that is relatively short, with its apex not extending beyond the apex of the TA and directed distally; and a relatively long conductor (C) that is nearly as long as the tegular extension (TE) (Figs 8 A – C, 9 A – E; Tanikawa et al. 2023: figs 3 – 5, 9 – 11) (TA not bifurcate, TAA tongue-shaped, wrapping around TA, apex directed proximally, C rostrate and distinctly shorter than TE, such as in L. epeiroides, L. fusiformis and L. longissima as in Fig. 13 A – C, Levy 1986: figs 32 – 34, Tanikawa 2009: figs 191, 192, Grasshoff 1970: figs 12 a, b, 15 a, b) but can be easily differentiated from L. phosop by: (1) TA distinctly bifurcating into two apophyses (vs slightly bifurcate and not forming two processes) (cf. Figs 8 B, C, 9 A, B, D, E and Tanikawa et al. 2023: figs 3 – 5, 9 – 11); (2) TAA digitiform (vs papilliform) (cf. Figs 8 B, C, 9 B, C, E and Tanikawa et al. 2023: figs 3, 9 – 11); (3) process of median apophysis (HP) hook-shaped, distinctly curved (vs nearly triangular) (cf. Figs 8 A – C, 9 A – C, E and Tanikawa et al. 2023: figs 3 – 5, 9 – 11); (4) C shaped like a ox horn (vs finger-shaped) (cf. Figs 8 A – C, 9 A – C, E and Tanikawa et al. 2023: figs 3 – 5, 9 – 11). Females of L. guiyang sp. nov. also resemble those of L. phosop by the presence of a knob-shaped projection (KP) (epigyne with a scape instead of a KP in all other congeners, such as L. fusiformis; as in Fig. 14 A – D), but it can be easily differentiated from L. phosop by the following features: (1) epigyne nearly trapeziform or disc-shaped in ventral view (vs inverted heart shape) (cf. Figs 10 C, 11 A, C and Tanikawa et al. 2023: figs 6, 12); (2) KP partly membranous and translucent (vs KP more sclerotized, non-transparent) (cf. Fig. 10 C and Tanikawa et al. 2023: figs 6, 12); (3) copulatory openings (CO) located on comma-shaped or circular windows, with the posterior margin clearly separated from the posterior margin of epigyne (vs windows shaped like a horizontally oriented check mark, posterior margin of CO close to posterior margin of epigyne) (cf. Figs 10 C, 11 A, C and Tanikawa et al. 2023: figs 6, 12).	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
958E9D7168335B8E8ABF5E6B0CE739CE.taxon	description	Description. Male (holotype, YHGY 208). Measurements. Total length 6.09. Carapace 2.70 long, 1.77 wide. Abdomen 3.55 long, 1.52 wide. Sternum 1.30 long and 0.76 wide. Labium 0.19 long and 0.39 wide. Endites 0.55 long and 0.35 wide. Clypeus height 0.10. Both margins of chelicerae with four teeth. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.17, ALE 0.12, PME 0.14, PLE 0.11, AME – AME 0.20, ALE – AME 0.12, PME – PME 0.03, PME – PLE 0.26. MOQ 0.43 long, anterior width 0.47, posterior width 0.28. Leg measurements: I missing, II 12.63 (3.07, 4.55, 3.91, 1.10), III 6.22 (2.09, 2.03, 1.45, 0.65), IV 10.53 (3.11, 3.53, 3.08, 0.81). Habitus (Fig. 6 A – D). Carapace nearly oval, basically yellowish white, with a narrow red midline extending from just behind the PME almost to the black fovea; a faint dark spot present approximately at the midpoint of the midline; pars cephalica distinctly narrowed; cervical groove and radial grooves invisible; tegument smooth. AER distinctly recurved, PER nearly as wide as AER, almost straight in dorsal view. Sternum bright yellow, shield shaped; anterior margin nearly straight, posterior region strongly protruding between coxae III. Chelicerae colored as carapace, with reddish fangs. Labium and endites colored as carapace; labium nearly triangular, concave laterally; endites depressed posteriorly, slightly convergent anteriorly, with dense scopulae on inner margin. Legs uniformly colored as carapace. Abdomen elongate-oval; dorsum reddish brown, with a sword-shaped median band extending along its entire length, bordered with yellow lines and bearing a prominent large black spot anteriorly; laterally with two distinct yellow longitudinal lines, each line accompanied by approximately four small black spots; venter grayish, without distinct pattern; spinnerets yellow. Palp (Figs 8 A – D, 9 A – E). Cymbium (Cy) navicular, ~ 2.2 × longer than wide, dorsally with sparse, long setae (all detached in ethanol), basoretrolaterally with a thumb-like paracymbium (Pc). Pc moderately large, about 1 / 5 length of cymbium, apex blunt, slightly curved and pointing retrolatero-distally. Tegulum (T) disc-shaped, slightly wider than cymbium, with distinct sperm duct along anterior margin, proximally covered by broad subtegulum (St). Tegular extension (TE) laminar, extending dorsally, almost completely concealed by conductor (C) in ventral view. St ~ 1 / 2 cymbium length, partly membranous, surface wrinkled and ribbed, with numerous diagonal ridges. Radix (R) leaf shaped, ~ ½ the width of the subtegulum length, distally with a triangular apophysis (RA). RA hyaline, nearly as long as radix, apex sharp and pointing distally. Median apophysis (MA) heavily sclerotized, located prolaterally to tegulum, consisting of a broad base and a hook-shaped process (HP); base navicular, ~ 2 / 5 the width of the subtegulum in length; HP nearly as long as base, apex sharp, distinctly curved and pointing retrolaterally. Terminal apophysis (TA) hidden behind tegulum, extending distally, apex surpassing the tegulum and bifurcating into two apophyses, forming a C-shape in anterior view; both terminal apophysis I (TA I) and terminal apophysis II (TA II) heavily sclerotized, with blunt apices pointing prolaterally; TA I relatively large, its length nearly equal to the width of the tegulum; TA II smaller and humble, ~ ½ the length of TAI. Terminal apophysis appendix (TAA) membranous, digitiform, accompanied by terminal apophysis, hidden behind tegulum, extending distally. C originating from dorsal-anterior portion of tegulum, proximally fused to weakly sclerotized TE; tip distinctly curved, shaped like an ox horn, with a sharp apex pointing dorso-distally. Embolus (Em) spine-shaped, nearly as long as the hook-shaped process of the median apophysis, originating centrally in anterior view, extending distally, surrounded by the RA, MA, TA, and C. Female (YHGY 428). Total length 7.30. Carapace 2.83 long, 1.81 wide. Abdomen 4.96 long, 2.67 wide. Sternum 1.25 long and 0.84 wide. Labium 0.28 long and 0.49 wide. Endites 0.61 long and 0.43 wide. Clypeus height 0.10. Both margins of chelicerae with four teeth. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.15, ALE 0.13, PME 0.13, PLE 0.11, AME – AME 0.23, ALE – AME 0.19, PME – PME 0.02, PME – PLE 0.35. MOQ 0.44 long, anterior width 0.48, posterior width 0.27. Leg measurements: I 14.53 (3.33, 5.36, 4.54, 1.30), II 13.15 (3.26, 4.89, 3.86, 1.14), III 6.96 (2.31, 2.27, 1.58, 0.80), IV 11.80 (3.28, 4.39, 3.14, 0.99). Habitus (Fig. 7 A – C, 10 A). Similar to males, but the dorsum of the abdomen lacks the prominent anterior black spot. Genitalia (Fig. 10 B – F). Epigyne strongly sclerotized with large postero-lateral lobes, distinctly wider than long, nearly trapeziform in ventral view and inverted triangular in lateral view. Knob-shaped projection (KP) represented by a small, partly membranous tubercle, located at anterior portion of epigynal plate. Copulatory openings (CO) large, located on the comma-shaped window (or pockets with chitinous posterior margins) is at the postero-lateral portion of the epigynal plate, separated by indistinct median septum (MS). Copulatory ducts (CD) short, diverging and ascending obliquely, forming V-shaped course in dorsal view, finally entering anteriorly located spermathecae. Spermathecae (Sp) oval, ~ 1.2 × longer than wide, relatively large, ~ 2 / 3 of epigyne length; two spermathecae close together, separated by ~ 2 / 3 of their width. Fertilization ducts (FD) membranous, relatively long, ~ 2 / 3 of spermathecae length, located on dorsal-basal surface of spermathecae.	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
958E9D7168335B8E8ABF5E6B0CE739CE.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 1).	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
958E9D7168335B8E8ABF5E6B0CE739CE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the name of the type locality; noun in apposition.	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
958E9D7168335B8E8ABF5E6B0CE739CE.taxon	materials_examined	♂ ex.; China, Guizhou Prov., Kaiyang County, Guiyang City, Nanjiang Grand Canyon, lat: 26.94, long: 106.97, elev: 861; YHGY 208; PX 230067; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; China, Guizhou Prov., Kaiyang County, Guiyang City, Nanjiang Grand Canyon, lat: 26.94, long: 106.97, elev: 861; YHGY 209; PX 230068; (Table 1) • ♀ ex.; China, Guizhou Prov., Kaiyang County, Guiyang City, Nanjiang Grand Canyon, lat: 26.94, long: 106.97, elev: 861; YHGY 428; PX 230069; (Table 1).	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
540FDC1FABAD539391BCA719732BC7B9.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Meta fusiformis Thorell, 1877, from Indonesia (Sulawesi), India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Japan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Thailand, China, New Guinea, Australia (Grasshoff 1970; Tanikawa 1989; Okuma et al. 1993; Barrion and Litsinger 1995; Chang and Tso 2004).	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
540FDC1FABAD539391BCA719732BC7B9.taxon	distribution	Composition and distribution. The genus Lipocrea currently comprises five species (WSC 2025): L. diluta Thorell, 1887, distributed from Myanmar to Indonesia; L. epeiroides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), occurring from Spain and Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily) to Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Yemen, and India; L. fusiformis (Thorell, 1877), with a distribution extending from India to Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia (Sulawesi); L. longissima (Simon, 1881), found throughout central, eastern, and southern Africa; and L. phosop (Tanikawa, Into & Petcharad, 2023), currently known only from Thailand. This paper reports the sixth member of the genus, L. guiyang sp. nov., currently endemic to Guiyang City, China. Based on preliminary molecular phylogenetic results (Suppl. material 1: fig. S 1) and morphological evidence (see diagnosis above), L. fusiformis, L. guiyang sp. nov., and L. phosop are confidently placed in the genus Lipocrea (Figs 8 – 10 B – F, 11, 13, 14; Tanikawa et al. 2023 figs 3 – 14). In addition, although not included in our molecular analyses, L. epeiroides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) and L. longissima (Simon, 1881) exhibit characteristics typical of Lipocrea and are thus justifiably assigned to this genus (Bosmans and Colombo 2015: figs 43 – 48; Grasshoff 1970: figs 12 a, b, 14 a – c). However, due to the absence of a spine-like or hook-shaped process on the median apophysis, a keel-like ridge on the radix, and a broad epigynal base in L. diluta (Grasshoff 1970: fig. 17 a – c), there remains considerable uncertainty regarding the placement of this species within Lipocrea.	en	Zhang, Jianshuang, Zhang, Chengwen, Xing, Yuanqian, Yu, Hao, Mi, Xiaoqi (2025): A survey of the spider genus Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Guiyang City, Southwest China: An integrated morphological and molecular approach. ZooKeys 1255: 207-237, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1255.158340
