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 824933 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.