Taxonomic Study Of Oonopid Spiders From Singapore (Araneae: Oonopidae)

Oonopidae(goblin spiders)belongs to Arthropoda,Chelicerata,Arachnida,Araneae,and are haplogyne spiders.Currently goblin spiders include 114 genera and 1774 species.Based on a large number of domestic and foreign literatures,the dissertation made a taxonomic study of the oonopid spiders from Singapore and 6 genera 33 species were identified,including 17 new species(5 species have been published): Gamasomorpha bukittimah sp.nov.,G.catchment sp.nov.,G.flata sp.nov.,G.nanyang sp.nov.,Ischnothyreus an Tong & Li,2016,I.brunneus Tong & Li,2016,I.cuneatus sp.nov.,I.dactylinus Tong & Li,2016,I.lingulatus sp.nov.,I.molluscus sp.nov.,I.pallidius sp.nov.,I.poculum Tong & Li,2016,I.singapore sp.nov.,I.tectorius Tong & Li,2016,Opopaea aurita sp.nov.,Prethopalpus bellus sp.nov.,P.catchment sp.nov.;2 females species were firstly discovered: Aposphragisma salewskii Thoma,2014,P.pahang Baehr,2012;and 2 new recorded species: I.serpentinum Saaristo,2001,Xyphinus karschi(B?senberg & Strand,1906),the detailed morphological description were given to 25 species,46 hand-drawing,figuresand 71 plates,with 443 photos were provided.All specimens are preserved in Shenyang Normal University(SYNU).