Neotype designation for Sphingius thecatus Thorell, 1890, synonymies, new records and descriptions of six new species from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Liocranidae) Author Dankittipakul, Pakawin Author Tavano, Maria Author Singtripop, Tippawan text Zootaxa 2011 3066 1 20 journal article 46134 10.5281/zenodo.201922 1412e385-14b4-48dc-90a4-703acf31b1f2 1175-5326 201922 Sphingius caniceps Simon, 1906 Figure 38–39 Sphingius caniceps Simon: Simon, 1906 : 301; description of female. Gravely, 1931 : 271 , figs 19E–F; description of male. Majumder & Tikader, 1991: 150, figs 315–319. Type material. Syntypes : ♀, INDIA : Genji : no date, no collector ( MNHN , examined). Original label (in Simon’s handwritten): 17599 Sphing. caniceps E. S, Genji. (Mdr) . Gengi : ♀ (juvenile), no date, no collector ( MNHN , examined). Original label (in Simon’s handwritten): Sphingius caniceps E. Simon, Gengi. Notes: The abbreviation Mdr stands for Maindron, confirming that these specimens were collected by Monsieur Maurice Maindron during his expedition to southern India in 1901, whose collection had been studied by Simon (1906) . Remarks. Sphingius caniceps belongs to a group of species sharing distinctive genitalic similarities in which the elliptic genital orifices are enlarged, situated in the middle of a shallow epigynal atrium.