Two new and one newly recorded species of Corinnidae and Liocranidae from Taiwan (Arachnida: Araneae)
Author
Tso, I-Min
Author
Zhu, Ming-Sheng
Author
Zhang, Jun-Xia
Author
Zhang, Feng
text
Acta Arachnologica
2005
54
1
45
49
journal article
10.2476/asjaa.54.45
88906c77-3ad7-4b24-9efc-bdd9d96cf24b
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Sphingius
Thorell 1890
Sphingius
Thorell 1890
, p. 284;
Deeleman-Reinhold 2001
, p. 488.
Type species.
Sphingius
thecatus
Thorell 1890
, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Species of this genus can be distinguished from other liocranid spiders by anterior spinnerets conical and juxtaposed, abdomen of male with entire dorsal, epigastric and postgenital scuta. In female, only the epigastric scutum present. Tibiae I and II, metatarsi I and II spineless. Embolus of male palp filiform, conductor membranous or absent, median apophysis compact. Epigynum usually with an anterior depression (
Deeleman-Reinhold 2001
).
Figs.
9
-12.
Sphingins pingtung
new species
. — 9. Male, dorsal view; 10. abdomen, lateral view; 11. left male palp, ventral view; 12. same, retrolateral view. (Based on male holotype from Keng-Ting National Park, Taiwan. Scales for Figs. 9- 10, 0.5 mm; for Figs. 11-12, 0.1 mm)
Remarks.
Small genus composed of 18 species distributed in the Southeast and South Asia (
Platnick 2004
). No species have been reported from Taiwan or mainland before.