Draconarius (spider)

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Draconarius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Draconarius
Ovtchinnikov, 1999 [1]
Type species
D. venustus Ovtchinnikov, 1999
Species

281, see text

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blue: reported countries (WSC)

Draconarius is a genus of Asian funnel weavers first described by S. V. Ovtchinnikov in 1999. [2]

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Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in Asia from Tajikistan to Japan, with most species endemic to China. [1]

Description

The body is slender, with legs of normal length. [2]

Etymology

The genus is named after Latin drăcōnārĭus "standard-bearer", for the long shape of parts of the male palp. [2]

Taxonomy

The genus was originally described in 1999 with just the type species. [1]

In 2002, H.H. Wang recognized that Coelotes was a polyphyletic wastebasket genus, transferring dozens of species to Draconarius. [3] [4]

Since a 2017 molecular study, it was recognized that Draconarius itself is polyphyletic, with species being transferred to other genera, such as Sinodraconarius , Nuconarius , and Hengconarius . [5] [6]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes 281 species: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Ovtchinnikov, 1999". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-28.
  2. 1 2 3 Ovtchinnikov, S. V. (1999). "On the supraspecific systematics of the subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae) in the former USSR fauna". Tethys Entomological Research. 1: 63–80.
  3. Wang, X. P. (2002). "A generic-level revision of the spider subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 269: 1–150. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)269<0001:AGLROT>2.0.CO;2.
  4. Wang, X. P. (2003). "Species revision of the coelotine spider genera Bifidocoelotes, Coronilla, Draconarius, Femoracoelotes, Leptocoelotes, Longicoelotes, Platocoelotes, Spiricoelotes, Tegecoelotes, and Tonsilla (Araneae: Amaurobiidae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 54: 499–662.
  5. Li, B; Zhao, Z; Zhang, C; Li, SQ (2018). "Sinodraconarius gen. n., a new genus of Coelotinae spiders from Southwest China (Araneae, Agelenidae)". ZooKeys (770): 117–135. Bibcode:2018ZooK..770..117L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.770.22470 . PMC   6041365 . PMID   30002592.
  6. Li, B; Zhao, Z; Zhang, C; Li, SQ (2018). "Nuconarius gen. n. and Hengconarius gen. n., two new genera of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) spiders from southwest China". Zootaxa. 4457 (2): 237–262. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.2. PMID   30314168.