ZooKeys 993: 1–26 (2020) A peer-reviewed open-access journal doi: 10.3897/zookeys.993.57676 RESEARCH ARticLE https://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Taxonomic study of the genus Ischnothyreus Simon, 1893 from Myanmar (Araneae, Oonopidae) Yanfeng Tong1,2, Shuqiang Li3, Dongju Bian4 1 Life Science College, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China 2 Southeast Asia Biological Diversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar 3 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China 4 CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Shenyang 110016, China Corresponding author: Shuqiang Li (
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[email protected]) Academic editor: I. Agnarsson | Received 17 August 2020 | Accepted 19 October 2020 | Published 16 November 2020 http://zoobank.org/DAFA5BEE-7571-4CA8-99D1-D76DFFCAB875 Citation: Tong Y, Li S, Bian D (2020) Taxonomic study of the genus Ischnothyreus Simon, 1893 from Myanmar (Araneae, Oonopidae). ZooKeys 993: 1–26. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.993.57676 Abstract Seven new species of the genus Ischnothyreus Simon, 1893 from the spider family Oonopidae Simon, 1890 are reported from Myanmar: I. hponkanrazi sp. nov. (♀), I. jianglangi sp. nov. (♀), I. meukyawwa sp. nov. (♂♀), I. putao sp. nov. (♀), I. qiuxing sp. nov. (♀), I. taunggyi sp. nov. (♂♀) and I. zhigangi sp. nov. (♂♀). Morphological descriptions and photographic illustrations of the new species are given. All types are preserved in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (IZCAS). Keywords Goblin spider, morphology, new species, taxonomy Introduction The genus Ischnothyreus was established by Simon in 1893, with Ischnaspis peltifer Simon, 1892 from Saint Vincent in the Caribbean as the type species (Simon 1893).