New euagrid spider species from Thailand and Malaysia, and new localities of Leptothele bencha (Arachnida: Araneae) Author Schwendinger, Peter J. Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland Author Lehmann-Graber, Christina Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland Author Hongpadharakiree, Komson Sirinath Rajini Mangrove Ecosystem Learning Center, Pranburi, Prachuab Khiri Khan, Thailand Author Syuhadah, Nurul The Liphistius Project, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia text Revue suisse de Zoologie 2020 127 2 423 453 journal article 123209 10.35929/RSZ.0031 72faffc3-802a-4d40-944d-4f6e5f002bbb 0035-418 5743952 Malayathele sp. Material: MHNG ; 2 juveniles ; MALAYSIA , Perak , NE of Chenderiang , 300 m , rain forest; 22.-31.I.1994 ; leg. P.J. Schwendinger. Remark: The locality ( Fig. 2 , locality 13) lies about 20 km south of Ulu Groh, the type locality of M. ulu sp. nov. , and these specimens are presumably conspecific. Malayathele sp. Material: MHNG ; 1 female ; MALAYSIA , Kelantan , Jeram Pasu Waterfall , 100 m , rain forest; 10./ 11.I.1999 ; leg. P.J. Schwendinger. Remarks: The locality ( Fig. 2 , locality 19) of this specimen is quite distant from the localities of the species described above. The spider is a fully adult female which possesses metatarsal preening combs and a relatively thin hair cover on the carapace, and therefore most likely belongs to the genus Malayathele gen. nov. Its vulva (not illustrated) resembles that of the M. cameronensis sp. nov. female in having reduced lateral receptacles; it is distinguished by narrow spermathecal trunks and by the lateral receptacles essentially lost. ? Malayathele sp. Material: MHNG ; 1 female (sample Sum-06/31); INDONESIA , North Sumatra Province , Lumban Rang National Park , near road from Prapat to Porsea , 2°36’14”N , 99°02’42”E , 1350 m , rain forest; 1.VII.2006 ; leg. P.J. Schwendinger. Remarks: This specimen resembles Malayathele specimens from Peninsular Malaysia in having metatarsal preening combs and a quite thin hair cover on the carapace. Due to the lack of cuspules and to the shape of the palpal coxae (with bulging ventral surface, pale and glabrous prolateral zone and without retrolateral-proximal heel) and of the labium (with pale and glabrous anterior zone) it clearly is not an early instar of a Macrothele (Macrothelidae) , a spider genus that also occurs on Sumatra and has a similar habitus. The specimen appears to be a female, but its genital region was not dissected. The locality (not given in Fig. 2 ) is far away from the localities of the species treated above, separated by the Straits of Malacca , and therefore it is possible that this specimen belongs to an undescribed genus. The MHNG houses extensive spider material collected by extraction of forest litter on Sumatra, but this is the only euagrid/diplurid specimen among them.