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Genus: Meotipa Simon, 1895 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Meotipa lingchuanensis (Zhu & Zhang, 1992)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007250

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: College of Environment and Plant Protection, Hainan University (HANU), Haikou, China f of Chrysso hyoshidai - (Barrion et al., 2013)
Paratype: College of Environment and Plant Protection, Hainan University (HANU), Haikou, China 2f of Chrysso hyoshidai - (Barrion et al., 2013)
Holotype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China f - (Zhu & Zhang, 1992)

Taxonomic References

Chrysso lingchuanensis Zhu & Zhang, 1992: 22, f. 2A-D (Df) Original description

Chrysso lingchuanensis Zhu, 1998: 55, f. 29A-F (Dm, f)

Chrysso lingchuanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 103, f. 49E-F, M-N (mf)

Chrysso hyoshidai Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong in Barrion et al., 2013: 34, f. 38A-E (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048450]

Chrysso lingchuanensis Lin et al., 2023a: 521 (S of Chrysso hyoshidai)

Meotipa lingchuanensis Hu et al., 2026a: 203, f. 6A-E, 7B-C, F-G, J-K (m, T from Chrysso)

References

Barrion, A. T., Barrion-Dupo, A. L. A., Catindig, J. L. A., Villarreal M., O., Cai, D., Yuan, Q. H. & Heong, K. L. (2013). New species of spiders (Araneae) from Hainan Island, China. UPLB Museum Publications in Natural History 3: 1-103. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.269136 -- Show included taxa

Hu, C. H., Zhong, R., Liu, J. & Li, Z. C. (2026a). A revision of Chrysso O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 sensu lato (Araneae, Theridiidae). ZooKeys 1266: 193-218. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.172838 -- Show included taxa

Lin, Y. J., Wu, L. B., Cai, D. C., Li, S. Q., Barrion, A. T. & Heong, K. L. (2023a). Review of 43 spider species from Hainan Island, China (Arachnida, Araneae). Zootaxa 5351(5): 501-533. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.1 -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. & Zhang, Y. Q. (1992). Notes of some species of Theridiidae in Guangxi (Arachnida: Araneae). Journal of the Guangxi Agricultural College 11(1): 20-29. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2026-01-26	Species transferred to new genus	Hu et al., 2026a	Species transferred from Chrysso O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 to Meotipa Simon, 1895
2023-09-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Lin et al., 2023a
2023-09-30	Species synonymy	Lin et al., 2023a	Chrysso hyoshidai synonymized with Chrysso lingchuanensis