World Spider Catalog

Genus: Pinelema Wang & Li, 2012 | Family: Telemidae Fage, 1913

Pinelema cavernalis Ballarin, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066265

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Described:

Distribution: Vietnam

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (IEBR), Hanoi, Vietnam m (Arach 002H) - (Ballarin, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2025)
Paratype: Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (IEBR), Hanoi, Vietnam 2m 6f (Arach 002P, 003) - (Ballarin, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2025)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 2m 3f (26596) - (Ballarin, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2025)
Paratype: Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo (HNHAH), Japan 1m 2f - (Ballarin, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2025)
Paratype: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona (MCSNV), Italy 1m 2f (Ar 041-043) - (Ballarin, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2025)
Paratype: Francesco Ballarin Private Collection 1m 2f - (Ballarin, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Pinelema cavernalis Ballarin, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2025: 557, f. 3A-E, 4A-E, 11D-F, 12D-F (Dmf) Original description

References

Ballarin, F., Nguyen, D. A. & Eguchi, K. (2025). Hidden in the dark: five new species of Pinelema (Araneae: Telemidae) from caves in northern Vietnam with remarks on the genus diversity and conservation. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 73: 548-567. doi: 10.26107/RBZ-2025-0036 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-10-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Ballarin, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2025
2025-10-27	New species inserted	Ballarin, Nguyen & Eguchi, 2025