On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae)
Author
Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1325
277
311
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273569
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273569
Houshenzinus
gen. n.
Type
species
.
Houshenzinus rimosus
sp. n.
Etymology
. The generic name is derived from the
type
locality. Gender masculine.
Diagnosis
. Mediumsized erigonines, total length about
2 mm
. Chaetotaxy unclear. The genus is characterised by a combination of the following characters: Male carapace highly modified. Metatarsi I–IV each with a trichobothrium. TmI ca 0.80. Palpal tibia with two processes. Paracymbium Lshaped. Embolus long and slender, radical part of embolic division with a hypertrophied, wide, curved, distally pointed outgrowth conducting and covering the embolus all along its extent.
Taxonomic remarks
. The combination of the unique characters, as well as the absence of female material, makes the taxonomic position of this genus unclear.
Species included
. Only the
type
species.