Southwest China is one of three famous karst areas of the world but research on cave spiders of the area is sparse.  A Chinese endemic midget spider genus and species, Qianleptoneta quinquespinata (Leptonetidae) was erected by Chen and Zhu, 2008.  Here, based on numerous materials collected from Guizhou Province, the mainly karst area of southwest China, Qianleptoneta is revised.  Ten new species are described and illustrated: Q.triangula, Q.nuda, Q.identica, Q.lycotropa, Q.multiseta, Q.lophacantha, Q.robustispina, Q.palmata, Q.sublunata and Q.megaloda.  The natural history of each species is presented.

Author Keywords: Leptonetidae; Qianleptoneta; revision; new species; karst cave; China
KeyWords Plus: CHINA　

Publication name	Journal of Natural History, Volume 44, Issue 47 & 48 December 2010 , pages 2873 - 2915
Author(s)	Chen, Hui-Ming, Jia, Qiang, Wang Shi-Jie
Corresponding author	WANG Shi-Jie  Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, State Key Lab Environm Geochem, Guiyang 550002, Peoples R China

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