Sinocranum
| Sinocranum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Liocranidae |
| Genus: | Sinocranum Chu & Li, 2023[1] |
| Species: | S. menghai |
| Binomial name | |
| Sinocranum menghai Chu & Li, 2023[2] | |
Sinocranum is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Liocranidae containing the single species, Sinocranum menghai.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Sinocranum menghai has been recorded from Menghai County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, where one male and two females were caught in leaf litter by hand.[2]
Description
[edit]Body length is between 8-11 mm. The eight eyes are in two rows. The species resembles the genus Agroeca.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name is a combination of "sino" ("China") and related genus Liocranum. The species is named after the type locality.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Chu, C.; Li, S. Q.; Yao, Y. B.; Yao, Z. Y. (2023). "One new genus and four new species of Liocranidae Simon, 1897 (Arachnida, Araneae) from China and Vietnam". ZooKeys (1181): 219–240. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1181..219C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1181.108822. PMC 10576239. PMID 37841029.
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Sinocranum Chu & Li, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-19.