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Genus: Otacilia Thorell, 1897 | Family: Phrurolithidae Banks, 1892

Otacilia qiqiensis (Yin, Ubick, Bao & Xu, 2004)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040366

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China m of Otacilia wenbi - (Mu & Zhang, 2023b)
Paratype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China 10m 18f of Otacilia wenbi - (Mu & Zhang, 2023b)
Holotype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China f (00-QF-44) - (Yin et al., 2004c)
Paratype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China 1f (98-OP-15) - (Yin et al., 2004c)
Paratype: California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco, USA 2f - (Yin et al., 2004c)

Taxonomic References

Phrurolithus qiqiensis Yin et al., 2004c: 272, f. 8-10 (Df) Original description

Otacilia qiqiensis Zamani & Marusik, 2020b: 312 (T from Phrurolithus)

Otacilia wenbi Mu & Zhang, 2023b: 66, f. 52A-D, 53A-F, 54A-E (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059006]

Otacilia qiqiensis Mu et al., 2025c: 416 (S of Otacilia wenbi)

References

Mu, Y. & Zhang, F. (2023b). Further additions to the guardstone spider fauna from China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae). Zootaxa 5338(1): 1-104, Erratum 5346(5): 599-600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1 [, 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.5.7] -- Show included taxa

Mu, Y. N., Wang, L. Y., Shi, S. T. & Zhang, F. (2025c). New taxonomic and faunistic data on guardstone spiders (Araneae, Phrurolithidae) from China. Zootaxa 5719(3): 413-422. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5719.3.8 -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Ubick, D., Bao, Y. H. & Xu, X. A. (2004c). Three new species of the spider genus Phrurolithus from China (Araneae, Corinnidae). Journal of Arachnology 32(2): 270-275. doi: 10.1636/H02-69 -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020b). A survey of Phrurolithidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in southern Caucasus, Iran and Central Asia. Zootaxa 4758(2): 311-329. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.6 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2025-11-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Mu et al., 2025c
2025-11-13	Species synonymy	Mu et al., 2025c	Otacilia wenbi synonymized with Otacilia qiqiensis
2020-03-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani & Marusik, 2020b
2020-03-30	Species transferred to new genus	Zamani & Marusik, 2020b	Species transferred from Phrurolithus to Otacilia