List of works - Xin Xu

A taxonomic monograph of the liphistiid spider genus Heptathela, endemic to Japanese islands

scholarly article

An integrative approach reveals high species diversity in the primitively segmented spider genus

scientific article published on 22 February 2022

Four new species of the jumping spider genus Portia (Araneae, Salticidae) from China ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan Island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)

scientific article

Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Chongqing Municipality, China ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 January 2022

Four new species of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae, Liphistiinae) from Myanmar

scientific article published in 2024

Four new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Halonoproctidae) from China

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Four new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 from Mainland China and Laos (Araneae, Ctenizidae)

scientific article (publication date: 5 January 2017)

From crypsis to masquerade: Ontogeny changes the colour defences of a crab spider hiding as bird droppings

scientific article published in 2022

Masquerading predators deceive prey by aggressively mimicking bird droppings in a crab spider

scholarly article by Long Yu et al published 24 July 2021 in Current Zoology

Multilocus species delimitation and phylogeny of the genus Calommata (Araneae, Atypidae) in southern China ⬇️

scientific article published on 6 January 2022

Three new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Guizhou Province, China ⬇️

scientific article

Trapdoor spiders of the genus Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 from China and Vietnam (Araneae, Ctenizidae)

scientific article (publication date: 6 January 2017)

Two new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Liphistius Schiödte, 1849 (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Myanmar

scholarly article

Two new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela from Hunan Province, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Two new species of the purse-web spider genus Atypus Latreille, 1804 from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Atypidae).

scientific article published on 30 May 2018

Seven new species of the segmented spider genus Liphistius (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) in Thailand and Myanmar