Xin Xu

Xin Xu, Chinese arachnologist

• Hunan Normal University, Hunan, China
• Hubei University, Hubei, China
• E-mail: xuxin@hunnu.edu.cn

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 91 taxon names authored by Xin Xu

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2000

• Xu, X. & Yin, C.M. 2000. One new species of the genus Heteropoda from China (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Acta Laser Biology Sinica 9: 37–39. Reference page. 
• Xu, X. & Yin, C.M. 2000a. A new species of genus Macrothele (Araneae: Hexathelidae) from China. Acta Laser Biology Sinica 9: 200-202. Reference page. 

2015

• Xu, X., Liu, F.X., Chen, J., Ono, H., Li, D.Q. & Kuntner, M. 2015d. A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 488: 121-151. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.488.8726. . Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Liu, F.X., Chen, J., Li, D.Q. & Kuntner, M. 2015f. Integrative taxonomy of the primitively segmented spider genus Ganthela (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae): DNA barcoding gap agrees with morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2): 288-306. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12280. . Reference page. 

2017

• Wang, C-X., Xu, X. & Li, S-Q. 2017. Integrative taxonomy of Leptonetela spiders (Araneae, Leptonetidae), with descriptions of 46 new species. Zoological Research 38(6): 321-448. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.076. . Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Liu, F-X., Kuntner, M. & Li, D-Q. 2017. Four new species of the primitive segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 714: 1—11. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.714.19858. . Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Liu, F.X., Ono, H., Chen, J., Kuntner, M. & Li, D.Q. 2017h. Targeted sampling in Ryukyus facilitates species delimitation of the primitively segmented spider genus Ryuthela (Araneae: Mesothelae: Liphistiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181(4): 867-909. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx024. . Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Xu, C., Liu, F-X., Zhang, Z-T. & Li, D-Q. 2017. Four new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 from Mainland China and Laos (Araneae, Ctenizidae). ZooKeys 643: 63-74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.643.10543. . Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Xu, C., Li, F., Pham, D-S. & Li, D-Q. 2017. Trapdoor spiders of the genus Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 from China and Vietnam (Araneae, Ctenizidae). ZooKeys 643: 75–85. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.643.10797 Reference page. 

2018

• Li, F., Xu, X., Zhang, Z-T., Liu, F-X., Zhang, H-L. & Li, D-Q. 2018. Two new species of the purse-web spider genus Atypus Latreille, 1804 from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Atypidae). ZooKeys 762: 47–57. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.762.23282 Reference page. 
• Yang, Z-Z. & Xu, X. 2018. Two new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 (Mygalomorphae: Halonoproctidae) from China. Zootaxa 4442(1): 171–180. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.10 Reference page. 

2019

• Aung, K.P.P., Xu, X., Lwin, W.W., Sang, M.Z., Yu, L., Liu, H., Liu, F.X. & Li, D.Q.. Two new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Liphistius Schiödte, 1849 (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Myanmar. ZooKeys 882: 29-39. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.882.38811 . Reference page. 
• Li, D.Q., Liu, H. & Xu, X. 2019. Three new species of the primitively segmented spiders from Mt Yuelu, Hunan, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae. Zootaxa 4691(2): 139–152. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.2.3. . Reference page. 
• Liu, H., Xu, X., Zhang, Z-T., Liu, F-X. & Li, D-Q. 2019. Four new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Halonoproctidae) from China. Zookeys, 833: 133–150. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.833.32736 Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Ono, H., Kuntner, M., Liu, F.X. & Li, D.Q. 2019. A taxonomic monograph of the liphistiid spider genus Heptathela, endemic to Japanese islands. ZooKeys 888: 1-50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.888.34494 . Reference page. 

2020

• Li, D-Q., Liu, F-Q., Li, D-Q. & Xu, X. 2020. Two new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela from Hunan Province, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys, 937: 1–19. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.937.50548 Reference page. 
• Yu, L., Liu, F.X., Zhang, Z.T., Wang, Y., Li, D.Q. & Xu, X. 2020. Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan Island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 911: 51-66. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.911.48703. . Reference page. 

2021

• Chen, Z.Y., Li, D.Q., Li, D.Q. & Xu, X. 2021. Three new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Guizhou Province, China. ZooKeys 1037: 57–71. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1037.62916. . Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Peng, X-J. & Li, D-Q. 2021. Four new species of the jumping spider genus Portia (Araneae, Salticidae) from China. Zookeys 1068ː 27–40. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1068.72805 Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Yu, L., Aung, K.P.P., Yu, L., Liu, F.X., Lwin, W.W., Sang, M.Z. & Li, D.Q. 2021. A new species of Liphistius from Myanmar and description of the actual male of L. birmanicus Thorell, 1897 (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). ZooKeys 1031: 41–58. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1031.59102 Reference page. 
• Yu, L., Liu, F-X., Zhang, Z-T., Li, D-Q. & Xu, X. 2021. Three new species of the segmented spider genus Qiongthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys, 1009: 123–138. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1009.57857 Reference page. 

2022

• Chen, Z.Y., Liu, F.X., Li, D.Q. & Xu, X. 2022. Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Chongqing Municipality, China. Zootaxa 5091(4): 546–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.4.2. . Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Yu, L., Liu, F.X. & Li, D.Q. 2022. Delimitation of the segmented trapdoor spider genus Luthela gen. nov., with comments on the genus Sinothela from northern China (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). Zootaxa 5091(1): 131–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.1.5. . Reference page. 
• Zhan, Y., Sivayyapram, V., Liu, F-X., Li, D-Q. & Xu, X. 2022. Three new species of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Thailand. Zookeys 1104ː 115–128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1104.83264 Reference page. 

2023

• Zhang, Y., Chen, Z-Y., Li, D-Q. & Xu, X. 2023. Three new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae, Heptathelinae) from Hunan Province, China. Zookeys 1154ː 17–31. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1154.98273 Reference page. 

2024

• Sivayyapram, V., Kunsete, C., Xu, X., Smith, D.R., Traiyasut, P., Deowanish, S., Aung, M.M., Ono, H., Li, D. & Warrit, N. 2024. Seven new species of the segmented spider genus Liphistius (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) in Thailand and Myanmar. ZooKeys 1189: 201–229. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1189.115850 Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Zhan, Y., Aung, K.P.P., Liu, F-X., Yu, L. & Li, D-Q. 2024. Four new species of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae, Liphistiinae) from Myanmar. ZooKeys 1210: 99–115. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1210.123986 Reference page. 

2025

• Li, Y-X., Li, F., Li, D-Q. & Xu, X. 2025. Two new species of the purse-web spider genus Atypus Latreille, 1804 from China (Araneae, Atypidae). ZooKeys 1229: 201–212. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.143547 Reference page.