Zhi-Yuan Yao

Zhi-Yuan Yao Chinese arachnologist

• College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China (2018-
• Liaoning Key Laboratory of Evolution and Biodiversity, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China (2018-
• Liaoning Key Laboratory for Biological Evolution and Agricultural Ecology, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China (2018-
• Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China till 2018
• E-mail: yaozy@synu.edu.cn

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• 300 taxon names authored by Zhi-Yuan Yao

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• & Li, S.Q. 2010. Pholcid spiders of the genus Khorata Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Guangxi, China. Zootaxa 2594: 1–079. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2594.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

• & Li, S.Q. 2012. New species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China. Zootaxa 3289: 1–271. Preview Reference page. 

• & Li, S.Q. 2013. New and little known pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Laos. Zootaxa 3709(1): 1–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.1.1 Reference page. 

• , Li, S.-Q.; & Jäger, P. 2014: Four new species of pholcine spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 3793(3): 331–349. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.3.2 Reference page. 

• , Pham, D.-S. & Li, S.Q. 2015. Pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from northern Vietnam, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Zootaxa 3909(1): 1–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3909.1.1. Reference page. 

• Dong, T-T., Zheng, G., & Li, S-Q. 2016. Fifteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4136(2): 201–246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.1. Reference page. 
• Dong, T-T., Zheng, G., & Li, S-Q. 2016b. Thirteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China. Zootaxa 4170(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.1. Reference page. 
• , Dong, T.T., Zheng, G., Fu, J. & Li, S.Q. 2016. High endemism at cave entrances: a case study of spiders of the genus Uthina. Scientific Reports 6(35757): 1-9, I-LII. DOI: 10.1038/srep35757. Reference page. 

• Dong, T.T., Zheng, G., Davlatov, A.M., & Li, S.Q 2017a. Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Tajikistan, with the first description of female Pholcus sidorenkoi Dunin, 1994. European Journal of Taxonomy 301: 1-14. Reference page. 
• Dong, T-T., Zheng, G., & Li, S-Q. 2017. Ten new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4306(3): 339–369. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.3.3. Reference page. 

• Nie, L., , Pham, D.S. & Li, S.Q. 2018. Five new species of the spider genus Khorata Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4486(4): 480–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.4.4. Reference page. 
• & Li, S.Q. 2018. Belisana cas, a new spider species from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zoological Systematics 43(3): 334. Reference page. 
• , Zhu, K-L., Du, Z-H. & Li, S-Q. 2018. The Belisana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 4425(2): 243–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.2.3 Reference page. 
• Zhao, H-F., , Song, Y. & Li, S-Q. 2018. Taxonomic study of the Pinelema bailongensis species group with descriptions of six new species from China (Araneae, Telemidae). ZooKeys 784: 7–57. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.784.27758 Reference page. 
• Zhu, K-L., , Bai, X-J. & Li, S-Q. 2018. Five new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China and Thailand. Zootaxa 4377(2): 235–253. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.5 Reference page. 

• Xu, H., Zhang, C.T. & 2019. Pholcus mixiaoqii sp. nov., one new spider species from Tibet, China (Araneae: Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4656(2): 384–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.2.11. Reference page. 
• , Kioko, G.M., Kioko, E.N. & Li, S.Q. 2019: Three new species of the spider family Pholcidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taita-Taveta, Kenya. Zootaxa 4651(1): 114–124. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.1.7. Reference page. 
• , Nie, L. & Li, S.Q. 2019. Eight new species of the spider genus Khorata Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China. Zootaxa 4683(3): 336–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.3.2 . Reference page. 
• Zhao, X.C., , Song, Y. & Li, S.Q. 2018: Two new species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 4603(3): 559–567. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.3.8 Reference page. 

• Chang, W.J., & Li, S.Q. 2020. Twenty-eight new species of the spider genus Merizocera Fage, 1912 (Araneae, Psilodercidae) from South and Southeast Asia. ZooKeys 961: 41–118. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.961.53058. . Reference page. 
• Jiang, T.Y., Xin, Y.F., & Li, S.Q. 2020. Two new spider families from Late Cretaceous Kachin amber (Arachnida: Araneae). Zoological Systematics 45(4): 266–280. DOI: 10.11865/zs.202033. . Reference page. 
• Lan, T.Q., , Zheng, G. & Li, S.Q. 2020. Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Guizhou and Guangxi, China. Zootaxa 4758(2): 360–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.9. . Reference page. 
• Lan, T.Q., , Zheng, G., Wongprom, P. & Li, S.Q. 2020a. Five new species of the spider genus Savarna Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 4778(2): 311–328. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.4 . Reference page. 
• Lan, T.Q., , Ali, A., Zheng, G. & Li, S.Q. 2020b. Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa 4820(1): 177–185. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.9. . Reference page. 
• Wang, X., Shaheen, S., He, Q.Q & 2020. Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, China. ZooKeys 965: 1–16. . Reference page. 
• Xin, Y.F., & Li, S.Q. 2020. Two new species of the spider genus Wanniyala Huber & Benjamin, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4759(4): 566–574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.7. . Reference page. 
• Xu, H., Zheng, G. & 2020. Two new species of the spider genus Khorata Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 4747(1): 156–166. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.6. . Reference page. 
• Zhu, W.H., , Zheng, G. & Li, S.Q. 2020. Three new species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 4742(2): 332–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.2.6. . Reference page. 
• Zhu, W.H., , Zheng, G. & Li, S.Q. 2020. Six new species of the spider genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 4810(1): 175–197. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.12. . Reference page. 
• Zhu, W-H., , Zheng, G. & Li, S-Q. 2020. The Belisana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Tibet, China. Zootaxa 4802(1): 111–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.7 Reference page. 

• Xin, Y.F., , Jiang, T.Y. & Li, S.Q. 2021. Three new species of the extinct spider genus Furcembolus (Araneae: Pacullidae) from Late Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4984(1): 258–273. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.19. . Reference page. 
• Xu, H., Zhang, X.Q., , Ali, A. & Li, S.Q. 2021. Thirty-five new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Pan-Himalaya. ZooKeys 1029: 1–92. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1029.64080. . Reference page. 
• , Luo, Y.P. & Li, S.Q. 2021. Tangguoa gen. nov., one new genus of daddy-long-leg spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from southern China. Zootaxa 4938(1): 131–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.1.7. . Reference page. 
• , Wang, X. & Li, S.Q. 2021. Tip of the iceberg: species diversity of Pholcus spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) in the Changbai Mountains, Northeast China. Zoological Research 42(3): 267–271. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.037.. Reference page. 

• Chu, C., , Wongprom, P. & Li, S.Q. 2022. Changminia gen. nov., a new genus of daddy-long-leg spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from karst caves in Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 5092(2): 238–246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.2.6. . Reference page. 
• Chu, C., Lu, Y., Li, S.Q. & 2022a. Taxonomic notes on eleven species of the subfamily Cteninae (Araneae, Ctenidae) from Asia. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: 1-46. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e96003. Reference page. 
• Chu, C., Lu, Y., & Li, S.Q. 2022b. A survey of ctenid spiders (Araneae, Ctenidae) from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e87597. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e87597. . Reference page. 
• Lu, Y., Chu, C., & Li, S.Q. 2022. Four new species of ctenid spiders (Araneae, Ctenidae) from Southeast Asia, with the first description of the female of Sinoctenus zhui Marusik, Zhang & Omelko, 2012 Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e91350. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e91350. . Reference page. 
• Lu, Y., & He, Q.Q. 2022. A new species of Pholcus yichengicus species- group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Hebei Province, China. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e81800. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e81800. . Reference page. 
• Xin, Y.F., Jiang, T.Y., & Li, S.Q. 2022. Twenty new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Late Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar). Zoological Systematics 47(1): 1–65. DOI: 10.11865/zs.2022101 Reference page. 

• Chu, C., Li, S., Pham, D-S. & Yao, Z. 2023. Three new species of the spider genus Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 (Araneae, Trachelidae) from China and Vietnam. Zookeys 1181ː 201–217. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1181.110628 Reference page. 
• Chu, c., Li, S., Yao, Y. & Yao, Z. 2023. One new genus and four new species of Liocranidae Simon, 1897 (Arachnida, Araneae) from China and Vietnam. Zookeys 1181ː 219–240. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1181.108822 Reference page. 
• Lu, Y., Chu, C., Li, S-Q. & Yao, Z. 2023. On two new Oedignatha species from Xishuangbanna, China, and the first description of the female of Jacaena menglaensis Mu & Zhang, 2020 (Araneae, Liocranidae). Zookeys 1144ː 197–215. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1144.97073 Reference page. 
• Lu, Y., Chu, C., Lin, Z.X., Pham, D.S., Li, S.Q. & 2023a. Two new genera and five new species of Corinnidae Karsch, 1880 (Arachnida, Araneae) from China and Vietnam. ZooKeys 1165: 17-42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1165.102672. . Reference page. 
• Lu, Y., Li, S., Yu, H. & Yao, Z. 2023. Three new ant-eating spiders of the family Zodariidae Thorell, 1881 (Araneae, Zodariidae) from Xishuangbanna, China. Zookeys 1175ː 321–332. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1175.107644 Reference page. 
• Yang, L., & Li,S.Q. 2023. A new species of Wuliphantes from Sichuan, China, with re-description on the type specimens of W. tongluensis (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 11(e114390): 1-9. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e114390. . Reference page. 
• Yang, L., Zhao, F-Y., He, Q-Q. & 2023d. A survey of pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China. ZooKeys 1186: 175-184. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1186.105736 Reference page. 
• Yang, L., , Irfan, M. & He, Q.Q. 2023i. A newly recorded genus with description of a new cave-dwelling species of Flagelliphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from northeastern China. Biodiversity Data Journal 11(e105488): 1-7. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e105488. . Reference page. 
• Zhang, Q.Q., Li, Y., Lin, Y.C., Li, S.Q., & Zhang, X.Q. 2023. Regression of East Tethys resulted in a center of biodiversity: a study of Mysmenidae spiders from the Gaoligong Mountains, China. Zoological Research 44(4): 737–738, S1-S91. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2023.206 Reference page. 
• Zhang, L., Wang, B., He, Q-Q. & 2024. A new species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Liaoning, China, with identification keys to four closely related species. ZooKeys 1193: 171–179. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1193.115640 Reference page. 
• Zhao, F-Y., Jiang, T., Yang, L., He, Q-Q., Zheng, G. & Yao, Z. 2023. Pholcid spiders of the Pholcus phungiformes species-group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Liaoning Province, China: an overview, with description of a new species. Zookeys 1156ː 1–14. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1156.98331 Reference page. 
• Zhao, F.Y., Yang, L., Zou, Q.X., Ali, A., Li, S.Q. & 2023d. Diversity of Pholcus Spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) in China’s Lüliang Mountains: An Integrated Morphological and Molecular Approach. Insects 14(4, 364): 1–34. DOI: 10.3390/insects14040364. . Reference page. 

• Li, J.L., Zhang, X.Q. & 2024. A new spider species of the Pholcus yichengicus species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Hebei Province, northern China. Biodiversity Data Journal 12(e141640): 1-7. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e141640. . Reference page. 
• Wang, B., Li, J-L., Li, S-Q. & 2024. Nine new spider species of Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from karst caves, with a list of species of the genus from Guizhou, southwestern China. ZooKeys 1216: 265–302. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.132561 Reference page. 
• Wang, B., & Zhang, X.Q. 2024. A new spider species of Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Guizhou Province, south-western China. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e125111. 1-7. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e125111. . Reference page. 
• Yang, L., FU, C., Zhang, Y.X., He, Q.Q. & 2024. A survey of Pholcus spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) from the Qinling Mountains of central China, with descriptions of seven new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(1): 199-221. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.116759. . Reference page. 
• Yang, L., He, Q.Q. & 2024. Taxonomic study of four closely-related species of the Pholcus yichengicus species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from China’s Qinling Mountains: an integrated morphological and molecular approach. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(1): 279-289. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.115633. . Reference page. 
• Yang, L.,Li, S-Q. & 2024. Five new species of the spider genus Bifurcia Saaristo, Tu & Li, 2006 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Sichuan, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(2): 705–720. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.124160. Reference page. 
• Zhang, L.D., Li, S-Q. & 2024. A new species of the spider genus Khorata Huber, 2005 (Araneae, Pholcidae), with a list of Khorata species from Vietnam. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e128884. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e128884. . Reference page. 
• Zhang, L-D., Wang, Y., Li, S-Q., Zhang, X-Q. & 2024. Three new spider species of Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from karst caves, with a list of Belisana species from Guangxi, China. ZooKeys 1209: 315–330. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1209.127951 Reference page. 
• Zhang, L., Wu, Z., Li, S-Q. & 2024. Eight new spider species of Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae), with an updated overview of Belisana species from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1202: 255–286. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1202.121633 Reference page. 
• Zhao, F.Y., Yang, L., Li, S.Q., Zheng, G. & Yao, Z.Y. 2024. A further study on the Belisana spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5351 (5): 543–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.5.3. Reference page. 

• Li, J.L., He, Q.Q., Li, S.Q. & 2025. Filling a zoogeographical gap in China: Taxonomic descriptions of six new spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae). ZooKeys 1232: 285–310. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1232.145622. . Reference page. 
• Li, J.L., Li, S.Q., Zhang, X.Q. & 2025. Diversity survey of Pholcus spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan and neighboring areas, with descriptions of six new species. ZooKeys 1240: 39–64. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1240.147905. . Reference page. 
• Li, J-L., Zhang, B.S., Li, S-Q. & 2025. Taxonomic notes on four closely related spider species of the genus Khorata (Araneae, Pholcidae). ZooKeys 1244: 281–291. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1244.154422 Reference page. 
• Wang, B., Wang, Y., Li, S-Q., Wu, P-F. & 2025g. A survey of Belisana spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China. ZooKeys 1236: 219–231. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1236.146511 Reference page.