Houshenzinus, Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2006, On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 1325, pp. 277-311 : 292

Houshenzinus gen. n.

Type species. Houshenzinus rimosus sp. n.

Etymology. The generic name is derived from the type locality. Gender masculine.

Diagnosis. Medium­sized erigonines, total length about 2 mm. Chaetotaxy unclear. The genus is characterised by a combination of the following characters: Male carapace highly modified. Metatarsi I–IV each with a trichobothrium. TmI ca 0.80. Palpal tibia with two processes. Paracymbium L­shaped. Embolus long and slender, radical part of embolic division with a hypertrophied, wide, curved, distally pointed outgrowth conducting and covering the embolus all along its extent.

Taxonomic remarks. The combination of the unique characters, as well as the absence of female material, makes the taxonomic position of this genus unclear.

Species included. Only the type species.