Three new species of mesothelean spiders discovered in China

A team of life scientists at Hunan Normal University, in China, working with a colleague from National University of Singapore, has discovered three new species of mesothelean spiders in China. In their study, reported in the journal ZooKeys, the group found the new species of spider living in plain sight at sites across Hunan province and discovered that it had not been identified before.

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