Trachelas japonicus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906

Liu, Kaizhen, Liu, Jiannan, Zhang, Feng, Li, Liangtao, Mi, Xiaoqi & Jin, Chi, 2024, An update on the distribution of the genus Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae, Trachelidae) in China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5453 (4), pp. 567-576 : 569

Trachelas japonicus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906

Trachelas japonius Feng, 1990: 170 , fig. 145 (♀) (Zhejiang).

Trachelas japonica Chen & Gao, 1990: 156 , fig. 199 (♀) (Sichuan).

Trachelas japonicus Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1727 , fig. 33a–b (♀) (Hubei).

Trachelas japonicus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 429 , fig. 255S–T (♀) (Shanxi).

Trachelas japonicus Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 324 , fig. 209A–H (♂ ♀) (Hebei).

Trachelas japonicus Zhang, Fu & Zhu, 2009: 51 , figs 23–35 (♂ ♀) (Hebei, Hunan, Liaoning).

Trachelas japonicus Wang, Zhang & Zhang, 2012: 48 , fig. 12A–I (♂ ♀) (Chongqing).

Trachelas japonicus Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 206 , fig. 151A–G (♂ ♀) (Hebei).

For complete bibliography see WSC (2024).

Material examined. CHINA: Zhejiang Province: 2♀, Hangzhou City, Lin 'an District , Qingliangfeng Town , Zhechuan Village , 2 June 2013, leg. Shanjie Zha. Tianjin Municipality : 2♀, Jixian County, Baxianshan Mountain , 24 May 2007, leg. Feng Zhang. Guizou Province : 1♀, Zunyi City, Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County, Dashahe National Nature Reserve , Qianfeng Village , 20 May 2004, leg. Huiming Chen ; 1♀, Panzhou City, Baoji Township, Gesuo Village (25°59.492′N, 104°52.970′E), 1669 m a.s.l., 23 July 2012, leg. Dong Wang and Xuankong Jiang ; 1♀, Suiyang County, Kuankuoshui National Nature Reserve, Central Management Station , 3 June 2010, leg. Luyu Wang. Shaanxi Province: 4♀, Baoji City, Mei County, Taibai Mountain (34°05.928′N, 107°50.048′E), 1279 m a.s.l., 23 May 2009, leg. Luyu Wang. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region : 1♀, Guyuan City, Pengyang County, Liupan Mountain , Guamagou Forest Farm , Dojia Villa , 27 July 2010, leg. Long Liu.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Sichuan, Hubei, Shanxi, Hebei, Hunan, Liaoning, Chongqing; new provincial record: Tianjin, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Ningxia) ( Fig. 4 ). Also known from Russia, Korea and Japan.

Remarks. The specimens from Sichuan and Shanxi Province of China were recorded in Chen & Gao (1990) and Song et al. (1999), respectively, with no detailed specimen collection locations given, even at the city level. Therefore, in the map ( Fig. 4 ), there are no clear distribution points of T. japonicus in Sichuan and Shanxi, but an eight-pointed star is used to represent the vague records in these two provinces.

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FIGURE 4. Currently known distribution of the Trachelas species in China (the eight-pointed star represents a vague distribution because there is no clear collection location in the original record).