Pharta bimaculata Thorell, 1891

Figs 5 E, 48A–D

Sanmenia kohi Ono, 1995: 162, figs 7-15. New synonymy.

Type material: Holotype of Pharta bimaculata: 1 subadult female from Singapore (SMNH 1167), examined (Fig 5 E).

Other material examined. SINGAPORE: 1 male, Lim Chu Kang Road, abandoned farm, foliage of creeping plant, 29 April 1990, JKH. Koh (USNM). 1 female, Woodlands Road, grasses, 7 April– 15 June 2002, JKH. Koh (USNM).

Synonymy. Several adult specimens from Singapore described in the now invalid genus Sanmenia (see above) by Ono (1995), can be unambiguously assigned to P. b i m a c u l a t a, due to their general shape and markings of the prosoma, as well as the two black spots of the opisthosoma (Fig 5 E). Further, this is the only known species of the genus from Singapore. As the holotype of P. bimaculata is a subadult, genitalic characters cannot be compared. Examination of the types of Sanmenia kohi was unnecessary as they are well illustrated.

Diagnosis. Separated from all other species of the genus by the presence of two apical apophyses which originate more or less from the same position of the tibia (Figs 48 A, 48B). Pharta brevipalpus has two tibial apophyses, of which one is furnished with short, strong hairs (Fig 47 C; Ono 1995). Pharta gongshan has a single apophysis that diverges into three parts (Fig 47A, B). See also Ono and Song (1986) and Ono (1988).

Description. This species is well described under its older name, Sanmenia kohi (Ono 1995) .

Distribution. Know only from Singapore (Ono 1995).