Telema auricoma Lin & Li, 2010

Zhao, Huifeng, Li, Shuqiang & Zhang, Aibing, 2020, Taxonomic revision of Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from East and Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 933, pp. 15-93 : 15

Telema auricoma Lin & Li, 2010

Telema auricoma Lin and Li 2010: 3, fig. 1 (♀).

Type material.

Holotype: ♀ (IZCAS), China, Guizhou Province, Dafang County, Xiaotun Town, Shiqiang Village, Daxiao Cave, 27.0925N, 105.5551E, 1168m, 4.V.2007, J. Liu and Y. Lin leg. Paratypes 2♀ (IZCAS), same data as holotype. Examined.

Other material examined.

1♀ (molecular voucher, IZCAS), same data as holotype; 2♀ (IZCAS), Guizhou Province, Bijie County, Xiaoyan Cave, 27.1181N, 105.2367E; 1♀ (IZCAS) Guizhou Province, Dafang County, Shilongshang Cave, 27.0925N, 105.5551E; 3♀ (IZCAS) Guizhou Province, Hezhang County, Tanjiayan Cave, 27.2003N, 104.5910E; 1♀ (IZCAS) Guizhou Province, Weining County, Banbianshan Cave, 33.9061N, 104.5396E; 2♀ (IZCAS), Yunnan Province, Xuanwei County, Jianjiao Cave, 33.3085N, 104.3900E; 3♀ (IZCAS), Yunnan Province, Xuanwei County, Fengchao Cave, 33.3909N, 104.2093E.

Diagnosis and description.

See Lin and Li (2010).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau).

Comments.

All known specimens of this species are female, and molecular barcoding data from all eight populations examined shows no differences (unpublished data). This indicates that the species may be parthenogenetic, a character that may allow it to easily disperse more broadly than gametogenetic species.