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Genus: Gushangzao Lin & Li, 2024 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Gushangzao pelorosus (Zhu, 1998)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007451

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China f - (Zhu, 1998)
Allotype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China m - (Zhu, 1998)
Paratype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China 4m 4f - (Zhu, 1998)

Taxonomic References

Dipoena pelorosa Zhu, 1998: 243, 376, f. 160A-E (Dmf) Original description

Dipoena pelorosa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 55I-J, O (mf)

Dipoena pelorosa Yin et al., 2012: 322, f. 125a-c (f)

Gushangzao pelorosus Lin et al., 2024a: 75, f. 64A, 65A, 66A, 74A-B (mf, T from Dipoena)

Dipoena pelorosa Liu et al., 2025b: 315, f. 4a-f (mf)

References

Lin, Y. J., Li, S. Q., Mo, H. L. & Wang, X. H. (2024a). Thirty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam. Zoological Systematics 49(1): 4-98. doi: 10.11865/zs.2024101 -- Show included taxa

Liu, J. X., Liang, Y., Yin, H. Q. & Xu, X. (2025b). Molecular phylogeny of the hadrotarsine genera from East Asia provides new insights for their affinities and positions within cobweb spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae: Hadrotarsinae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 25: 303-327. doi: 10.1007/s13127-025-00670-5 -- 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

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press Changsha, 1590 pp. -- 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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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Liu et al., 2025b
2024-01-19	Species distribution update	Lin et al., 2024a	Old value
2024-01-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Lin et al., 2024a
2024-01-19	Species transferred to new genus	Lin et al., 2024a		Species transferred from Dipoena to Gushangzao
2024-01-19	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Gushangzao goemon Lin & Li, 2024
2017-09-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Tanikawa, 2017b
2017-09-18	Species distribution update	Tanikawa, 2017b	Old value