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

This study reports two new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela from Hunan Province, China, based on morphological characters: S. huangyangsp. nov. (♂♀), S. xiangnansp. nov. (♂♀). Additional material also facilitates a more accurate description of S. goulouensis (Yin, 2001) with the first description of the male. Nucleotide data for the barcoding gene, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), is also provided for these three species.