Tekellina Levi, 1957

Wang, Zhong-Jing, Yao, Yan-Bin, Lyu, Xiao-Ting, Liu, Ke-Ke & Lin, Yu-Cheng, 2025, Two new species of Synotaxidae from eastern China (Araneae, Synotaxidae), ZooKeys 1248, pp. 1-16 : 1-16

Genus Tekellina Levi, 1957

Comments.

The genus Tekellina was originally placed in Theridiidae , but its familial placement became uncertain following Marusik and Omelko (2017). It was subsequently transferred to Synotaxidae by Ramírez et al. (2022). This genus includes 14 species, mainly distributed in Brazil and East Asia ( WSC 2025). Current records indicate four Tekellina species occur in China: T. haosiwen Lin & Li, 2024 , T. helixicis Gao & Li, 2014 , T. huihangi Lin & Li, 2024 and T. sadamotoi Yoshida & Ogata, 2016 ( WSC 2025).

Keys to Tekellina species from China

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Figures

Figure 5. Tekellina zhangziqingi sp. nov., male holotype and female paratype. A. Right palp, ventral view; B. Vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: CC – terminal claw-like arm of conductor, CD – copulatory duct, CM – mesal arm of conductor, CO – copulatory opening, Em – embolus, FD – fertilization duct, Spe – spermatheca, Te – tegulum. Scale bars: 0.10 mm (A); 0.05 mm (B).

Figure 7. Scanning electron micrographs of Tekellina zhangziqingi sp. nov., male palp, holotype. A. Left palp, ventral view; B. Same, detail of bulb. Abbreviations: CC – terminal claw-like arm of conductor, Con – conductor, CM – mesal arm of conductor, Em – embolus, Pa – paracymbium.