Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879

Lin, Yejie, Wu, Lingbing, Cai, Ducheng, Li, Shuqiang, Barrion, Alberto Tomas & Heong, Kong-Luen, 2023, Review of 43 spider species from Hainan Island, China (Arachnida, Araneae), Zootaxa 5351 (5), pp. 501-533 : 518-519

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8392262
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scientific name	Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879
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Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879 View in CoL View at ENA

Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879: 65 View in CoL , pl. 1, fig. 3 (♁ ♀); Zhu et al., 2003: 183, figs 97A–G, 98A–G (♁ ♀).

Tetragnatha bandapula Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Heong View in CoL , in Barrion et al., 2013: 31, fig. 34A–D (♀). syn. nov.

Tetragnatha laochenga Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Heong View in CoL , in Barrion et al., 2013: 32, fig. 35A–F (♀). syn. nov.

For a complete list of taxonomic references see World Spider Catalog (2023).

Type material of Tetragnatha bandapula (examined). Holotype ♀ (coll. no. Dan2012-02), CHINA: Hainan Island, Danzhou , 4.IV.2012, leg. A. T. Barrion et al.

Type material of Tetragnatha laochenga (examined). Holotype ♀ (coll. no. H55-2012), CHINA: Hainan Island, Laocheng , 24.IV.2012, leg. A. T. Barrion et al.

Description and diagnosis. See Zhu et al. (2003) for a redescription and diagnosis of both sexes.

Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Taiwan and Hainan), Korea, Japan and Russia.

Comments. The female type specimens of T. bandapula and T. laochenga were examined and both are consistent in morphology with T. squamata . Thus, we consider both T. bandapula syn. nov. and T. laochenga syn. nov. to be junior synonyms of T. squamata .