World Spider Catalog

Genus: Pararana Lin & Li, 2022 | Family: Leptonetidae Simon, 1890

Pararana gaofani Lin & Li, 2022

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China m (Ar43265) - (Lin et al., 2022c)

Taxonomic References

Pararana gaofani Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2022c: 217, f. 17A-C, 18A-B (Dm) Original description

Pararana gaofani Wang et al., 2025e: 192, f. 3A-C, 4A-I, 12A-B (m, Df)

References

Lin, Y. J., Zhao, H. F., Koh, J. K. H. & Li, S. Q. (2022c). Taxonomy notes on twenty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia. Zoological Systematics 47(3): 198-270. doi: 10.11865/zs.2022303 -- Show included taxa

Wang, Z. J., Liu, B. L., Yao, Y. B., Shi, Y. Y. & Liu, K. K. (2025e). Preliminary survey of midget cave spiders (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from forest ecosystems in southern China with the description of three new species. ZooKeys 1247: 187-205. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1247.154546 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2025-07-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Wang et al., 2025e
2025-07-28	First description of female	Wang et al., 2025e	Old value
2022-07-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Lin et al., 2022c
2022-07-28	New species inserted	Lin et al., 2022c