Three new species of liocranid spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from China and Nepal Author Chu, Chang 0000-0003-3520-5463 College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China. & changchu 1998 @ outlook. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3520 - 5463 changchu1998@outlook.com Author Lu, Ying 0000-0002-0316-3564 College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China. & yinglu 98 @ outlook. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0316 - 3564 yinglu98@outlook.com Author Li, Shuqiang 0000-0002-3290-5416 Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. & lisq @ ioz. ac. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3290 - 5416 lisq@ioz.ac.cn Author Yao, Zhiyuan 0000-0002-1631-0949 College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China. & yaozy @ synu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1631 - 0949 yaozy@synu.edu.cn text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-15 5285 1 176 186 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.8 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.8 e2d252ba-2278-4231-8339-c7110d30ae0a 1175-5326 7935954 E133A221-122D-4F12-8F39-C8EE7A7C9068 Genus Paratus Simon, 1898 Type species: Paratus reticulatus Simon, 1898 , by monotypy. Diagnosis. It can be distinguished from other genera of the family by the carapace almost globular, highest point of carapace at fovea, coxa I without retrocoxal window, leg length almost uniform, bulb globular, without subtegulum, epigynal plate simple, without fovea, grooves or outgrowths, copulatory openings hidden under epigynal plate, and fertilization ducts longer than diameter of spermathecae (cf. Figs 3A–C , 4A–B , 5A–B , 6A–C , 7A–B , 8A–F ).