A new species of Khorata Huber, 2005 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Jiangxi Qiyunshan National Nature Reserve, southern China todayheadline

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A new species of Khorata Huber, 2005 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Jiangxi Qiyunshan National Nature Reserve, southern China

The genusÂKhorata Huber, 2005, belonging to the subfamilyÂPholcinae C.L. Koch, 1850, is mainly distributed in China and Southeast Asia (World Spider Catalog 2024). Out of 52 species of this genus, 34 are recorded in the southern provinces of China, such as Guangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan and Hainan (Tong and Li 2008, Zhang and Zhu 2009, Yao and Li 2010, Yao and Li 2013, Wei and Xu 2014, Yao et al. 2015, Yao et al. 2019, Xu et al. 2020, Yao et al. 2021, Sheng et al. 2021, Zhang et al. 2024,ÂWorld Spider Catalog 2024). Qiyunshan National Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province is located at the intersection area of Nanling and Luoxiao Mountains, boasting a forest coverage rate of 97.6%, making it a crucial area for biodiversity conservation in China (Huang et al. 2020). Moreover, it is also located in the humid monsoon climate zone in the eastern mid-subtropics, where spiders and insects can survive in warm and humid weather. Simultaneously, the reserve complex and variable topography offers a diverse habitat for species such as spiders, fostering their adaptation and evolution (Huang et al. 2020). The aim of this work is to describe a new species ofÂKhorata Huber, 2005 from Qiyunshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China.